Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
About the Book Series
Theological reflection on the church’s practice is now recognised as a significant element in theological studies in the academy and seminary. Routledge's series in practical, pastoral and empirical theology seeks to foster this resurgence of interest and encourage new developments in practical and applied aspects of theology worldwide. This timely series draws together a wide range of disciplinary approaches and empirical studies to embrace contemporary developments including: the expansion of research in empirical theology, psychological theology, ministry studies, public theology, Christian education and faith development; key issues of contemporary society such as health, ethics and the environment; and more traditional areas of concern such as pastoral care and counselling.
Intercultural Bible Reading in Empirical Design: Ecumenical Discussions of the Jerusalem Council
1st Edition
By Daniel Jara J.
June 04, 2026
Intercultural Bible Reading in Empirical Design offers an innovative exploration of how global Christian communities engage with Scripture together across cultural, theological, and denominational boundaries. Focusing on the text of the Jerusalem Council (Acts of the Apostles 15), the book analyses...
Pentecostal Spirituality in Black Female Experience: Endued with Power
1st Edition
By Marcia Clarke
January 29, 2026
This book focuses on the Pentecostal experience of African-Caribbean women in Britain, paying attention to the influence of Pentecostalism as it is expressed in everyday life. Foregrounding the voices of Black British Pentecostal women, it presents the church not as a haven but as a context of ...
The Lived Experience of Palliative Chaplains: Practising Hospitality in an Inhospitable Land
1st Edition
By Caroline Yih
December 26, 2025
This book explores the unique challenges of disenfranchisement faced by Christian chaplains working within the secular and pluralistic context of contemporary healthcare. The case study focuses on practitioners in Hong Kong and showcases the utilisation of interpretative phenomenological analysis (...
Catholic Social Thought and Prison Ministry: Resourcing Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth Phillips, Férdia J. Stone-Davis
July 31, 2025
This book explores how the themes and insights of official Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and broader Catholic social thought might illuminate, and be illuminated by, a deeper engagement with the context of prisons. What resources might Catholic social thought bring to pastoral work in prisons? And...
Christian Faith and Christian Learning: A Theological Action Research Account
1st Edition
By Clare Watkins, James Butler
July 31, 2025
Following a critical analysis of the pedagogical theology and practice of Christian learning, this book develops a radical alternative account of ‘faith learning’. Recognising the ways in which institutionally anxious churches are turning to processes of education and ‘discipling’, it takes the ...
Prisoners of Hope: Malta, Migration and Theology
1st Edition
By Nathan McConnell
May 30, 2025
Prisoners of Hope focuses on ecclesiological and practical theological responses to migration, asylum-seeking, and refugee integration and assimilation. It considers the relationship between the church and the nation-state relative to political asylum by questioning the various responses of ...
Future Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World
1st Edition
Edited
By Graeme Smith, Andrew Todd
December 30, 2024
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 ...
Female Faith Practices: Qualitative Research Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Nicola Slee, Dawn Llewellyn, Kim Wasey, Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
December 19, 2024
This book explores female faith practices, drawing on qualitative research to consider how women navigate and create spiritual and religious practices. The chapters cover Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist contexts as well as newer spiritual movements. The contributors examine prayer and ritual...
Dissident Women, Beguines, and the Quest for Spiritual Authority
1st Edition
By Catherine Lambert
November 12, 2024
Dissident Women, Beguines, and the Quest for Spiritual Authority focuses on the responses of a group of twenty-first-century women to the lives and writings of thirteenth-century beguine mystics, and reveals how the struggle to discover their own inner spiritual authority connects two groups of ...
A Perichoretic Pastoral Theology: In Cadence with God
1st Edition
By Jim Horsthuis
May 27, 2024
This book articulates a perichoretic pastoral theology, offering a pastoral theological response to the question of how ministering persons practice ministry in communion with the triune God. Key elements from contemporary pastoral theology—theologies of human experience, concern for human ...
Evangelicals Engaging in Practical Theology: Theology that Impacts Church and World
1st Edition
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By Helen Morris, Helen Cameron
September 25, 2023
This book aims to introduce a distinctively evangelical voice to the discipline of practical theology. Evangelicals have sometimes seen practical theology as primarily a ‘liberal’ project. This collection, however, actively engages with practical theology from an evangelical perspective, both ...
A Practical Christology for Pastoral Supervision
1st Edition
By Geoff Broughton
September 26, 2022
This book sets out a Christological framework for developing and delivering pastoral supervision. Pastoral supervision is a key consideration for any denomination, congregation, or faith-based organisation, so this is a vital resource for well-being for clergy, chaplains, and a wide array of ...