The formal discipline of practical theology developed largely in Protestant contexts and has recently garnered increasing attention among Catholic academics. Claire Wolfteich, a leading Catholic scholar in the field of practical theology, in this volume gathers significant voices to write on the many aspects to be considered in the study of practical theology. The result is the first text of its kind for professors and students of practical theology wishing to consider it from a Catholic perspective and a much needed core text for use in Catholic graduate programs of ministry and theology.
Contributors
Claire E. Wolfteich
Kathleen Cahalan and Bryan Froehle
Colleen Griffith
David Tracy
Terrence W. Tilley
Edward Foley
M. Shawn Copeland
Roberto Goizueta
Carmen María Cervantes, Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ, and Ken Johnson-Mondragón
Janet K. Ruffing
Julie Hanlon Rubio
Bradford Hinze
Stephen Bevans, SVD
Thomas Groome
Annemie Dillen and Robert Mager
Table of Contents — Invitation to Practical Theology
Introduction: An Invitation to Practical Theology, Claire E. Wolfteich
A Developing Discipline: The Catholic Voice in Practical Theology, Kathleen Cahalan and Bryan Froehle
Practice as Embodied Knowing: Epistemological and Theological Considerations, Colleen Griffith
A Correlational Model of Practical Theology Revisited, David Tracy Practices, Contexts, and Conversations
Practicing the Faith: Tradition in a Practical Theology, Terrence W. Tilley
Eucharistic Practice-Eucharistic Theology: The Fount and Summit of Ecclesial Life, Edward Foley
Weaving Memory, Structuring Ritual, Making Mythos: Commemoration of the Ancestors, M. Shawn Copeland
Practicing Beauty: Aesthetic Praxis, Justice, and U.S. Latino/a Popular Religion, Roberto Goizueta
Pastoral Ministry and Vision: Latino/a Contributions to the Transformation of Practical Theology in the United States, Carmen María Cervantes, Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ, and Ken Johnson-Mondragón
Practices of Spiritual Direction: A Theologically Complex Process, Janet K. Ruffing
Practices of Love and Solidarity: Family Ethics, Julie Hanlon Rubio
Practices of Dialogue: Ecclesiology and Practical Theology, Bradford Hinze
Missiology as Practical Theology: Understanding and Embodying Mission as Trinitarian Practice, Stephen Bevans, SVD Teaching, Research, and Future Directions
Practices of Teaching: A Pedagogy for Practical Theology, Thomas Groome
Research in Practical Theology: Methods, Methodology, and Normativity, Annemie Dillen and Robert Mager
Catholic Voices and Visions in Practical Theology: Contributions and Future Directions, Claire E. Wolfteich