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.
Reimagining Theologies of Marriage in Contexts of Domestic Violence: When Salvation is Survival
1st Edition
By Rachel Starr
June 30, 2020
Domestic violence is a significant threat to women’s survival. But Christian understandings of marriage often prevent women from resisting abusive relationships. Can the Church’s teaching on marriage be reshaped so that it helps women to survive, rather than encourage them to submit to their ...
Researching Female Faith: Qualitative Research Methods
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicola Slee, Fran Porter, Anne Phillips
December 12, 2019
Religious and spiritual engagement has undergone multiple significant changes in recent decades. Researching Female Faith is a collection of essays based on recent and original field research conducted by the contributors, and informed by a variety of theoretical perspectives, into the faith lives ...
Scripting Pentecost: A Study of Pentecostals, Worship and Liturgy
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark J. Cartledge, A.J. Swoboda
December 12, 2019
Scripting Pentecost explores and develops an analysis of worship and liturgy in Pentecostal and Charismatic traditions around the world. It is organized into two main sections: history and theology, and global case studies. The first section considers early Pentecostal traditions, the influence of ...
Ordinary Christology: Who Do You Say I Am? Answers From The Pews
1st Edition
By Ann Christie
May 22, 2017
Ordinary Christology is defined as the account of who Jesus was/is and what he did/does that is given by Christian believers who have received no formal theological education. In this fascinating study Ann Christie analyses, and offers a theological appraisal, of the main christologies and ...
Testimony in the Spirit: Rescripting Ordinary Pentecostal Theology
1st Edition
By Mark J. Cartledge
April 11, 2017
This book explores ordinary practices of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians in relation to the Holy Spirit. It offers varied picture of contemporary Christians in the Pentecostal and Charismatic traditions, enabling a greater understanding to be appreciated for academic and ecclesial audiences....
Sharing Friendship: Exploring Anglican Character, Vocation, Witness and Mission
1st Edition
By John B. Thomson
March 29, 2017
Sharing Friendship represents a post-liberal approach to ecclesiology and theology generated out of the history, practices and traditions of the Anglican Church. Drawing on the theological ethics of Stanley Hauerwas, this book explores the way friendship for the stranger emerges from contextually ...
The Faith of Girls: Children's Spirituality and Transition to Adulthood
1st Edition
By Anne Phillips
November 28, 2016
Exploring the spirituality and faith of girls on the verge of adolescence, this book presents fresh insights into children's spirituality and their transition to adulthood. Phillips has listened to girls' voices speaking in depth on the themes of self, God, church, and world, and reflected on their...
How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God: The Authentic Spirituality of the Annihilated Soul
1st Edition
By Susan Shooter
November 17, 2016
Grappling with theological issues raised by abuse, this book argues that the Church should be challenged, and ministered to, by survivors. Paying careful attention to her interviews with Christian women survivors, Shooter finds that through painful experiences of transformation they have ...
Entering the New Theological Space: Blurred Encounters of Faith, Politics and Community
1st Edition
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By Christopher R. Baker, John Reader
November 15, 2016
This book presents theological reflections on the changing nature of church mission and Christian identity within a theology of 'blurred encounter' - a physical, social, political and spiritual space where once solid hierarchies and patterns are giving way to more fluid and in many ways unsettling ...
Evangelicalism and the Emerging Church: A Congregational Study of a Vineyard Church
1st Edition
By Cory E. Labanow
November 15, 2016
With the Christian church in the west in decline, some churches are undergoing difficult transitions as they seek to become relevant, to both themselves and their surrounding cultures. Evangelicalism and the Emerging Church details an ethnographic study of a Vineyard congregation making sense of ...
The Faith Lives of Women and Girls: Qualitative Research Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicola Slee, Fran Porter, Anne Phillips
November 15, 2016
Identifying, illuminating and enhancing understanding of key aspects of women and girls' faith lives, The Faith Lives of Women and Girls represents a significant body of original qualitative research from practitioners and researchers across the UK. Contributors include new and upcoming researchers...
Inspiring Faith in Schools: Studies in Religious Education
1st Edition
By Marius Felderhof, Penny Thompson
November 10, 2016
Inspiring Faith in Schools addresses the privileging of secularism that appears to affect RE in countries influenced by modern western thought. The authors argue that a more engaging form of RE would emerge if religious life were to inhabit centre stage. Currently religious faith is made to hover ...