| ISBN13: | 9781032466507 |
| ISBN10: | 1032466502 |
| Kötéstípus: | Keménykötés |
| Terjedelem: | 264 oldal |
| Méret: | 234x156 mm |
| Súly: | 453 g |
| Nyelv: | angol |
| 700 |
Future Faith
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Future Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World explores what is needed for theology to survive and thrive in the next generation given the current challenges it faces. It will be of particular interest to scholars and students working in these spheres.
Future Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World explores what is needed for theology to survive and thrive in the next generation. As well as declining student numbers and pressures on university theology departments, churches are increasingly questioning the value of theological study.
The volume addresses the need for innovative responses to this crisis, which re-evaluate the place of theological study in the ecclesial, academic, social and cultural landscape. Focusing on the UK, it brings together leading scholars in public and practical theology from the academy and the churches. Contributors engage in particular with the insights and work of Professor Stephen Pattison. It is argued that the future of contemporary theology lies in its ability to contribute to modern life in practical and public ways. If theology is to have a future, it must be relevant in the workplace, in public institutions and in public life. The chapters consider the methodological innovations required for theology to have such a future and investigate specific examples of the practical expressions of a future theology in some important contemporary settings. Public theology, professional life and chaplaincy are the three key areas in which the outward-facing nature of theological reflection is explored and developed.
Future Faith will be of particular interest to scholars and students working in these spheres.
Part 1 Practical and Public Theology 1. In Praise of Conversation: Stephen Pattison on Practical and Public Theology 2. Practical Theology for the Non-Religious 3. Public Theology as a Type of Social Science: Responding to the Issue of Theological Relevance 4. Theology and the Public Secular Sacred 5. Rethinking Relations between Art and Theology in Troubled Times 6. Humour, Theology and Pastoral Care Part 2 Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care 7. Chaplaincy, Liminality and the Future of Theology 8. Setting the Agenda in Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care 9. Praying with, Praying for and Praying on Patients: Towards a Muslim Practical Theology in Chaplaincy 10. Chaplaincy Education Part 3 Professional and Public Values 11. Professional and Public Values in Health and Social Care 12. Knowledge as a Professional Value 13. Herding Cats: The Case for Attempting to Manage the Church of England 14. On Deciding upon the Right Thing to Do: Embracing the Human Capital Case for Studying Theology 15. Values-Talk in British Universities: What Do Campus Novels Tell Us? 16. Acceptable Faces: Shame, Othering and Institutions
