Conundrums in practical theology / / edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Joyce Ann Mercer.

In this landmark volume, internationally recognized scholars address key intellectual and practical conundrums that not only trouble practical theology but also reflect biases and breakdowns in the construction of theological knowledge in academy and religious communities at large. With critical fac...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Theology in Practice 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 pages) :; illustrations (some colour)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Joyce Ann Mercer and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
  • Introduction / Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore and Joyce Ann Mercer
  • Why Does Practice Matter Theologically? / Tom Beaudoin
  • The Power and Danger of a Single Case Study in Practical Theological Research / Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
  • The Tension between Scholarship and Service / Faustino M. Cruz
  • Knowledge, Subjectivity, (De)Coloniality, and the Conundrum of Reflexivity / Jaco S. Dreyer
  • Writing in Compliance with the Racialized “Zoo” of Practical Theology / Courtney T. Goto
  • From the Outside, Within, or In Between? Normativity at Work in Empirical Practical Theological Research / Tone Stangeland Kaufman
  • Interdisciplinarity as a Practical Theological Conundrum / Joyce Ann Mercer
  • The Theory-Practice Binary and the Politics of Practical Knowledge / Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
  • Raced Bodies: Portraying Bodies, Reifying Racism / Phillis Isabella Sheppard
  • The Complexity of Local Knowledge / Katherine Turpin
  • Reframing Practical Theology: Catholic Contributions and Conundrums / Claire E. Wolfteich
  • Index of Names / Joyce Ann Mercer and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
  • Index of Subjects / Joyce Ann Mercer and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore.