The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology offers a thorough introduction to practical theology, highlighting its significance as a key area of Christian study and practice. Through essays by leading experts, it covers essential developments, themes, and methods, while examining its presence across diverse Christian traditions globally. The book also explores sub-disciplines like pastoral care and preaching, demonstrating the relevance of practical theology to everyday life.
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This volume is ideal for students, educators, and practitioners of Christian theology, pastoral care professionals, and anyone interested in the intersection of theology and practical ministry across global contexts.

Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions.

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Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions.

The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of practical theology as an area of study:

A range of leading scholars in the field provide original contributions on the major areas, issues, and figures in practical theology.
Reviews an extensive range of methods for studying theology in practice, along with sub-disciplines in theological education such as pastoral care and preaching.
Covers developments in the discipline in a range of global contexts and distinct Christian traditions.
Shows how practical theology is relevant to everyday life.

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Praised as the first comprehensive reference work in its field, this Companion is noted for its wide scope and definitive coverage of practical theology. Reviewers commend it as an important resource for educators, ministers, and students, offering insightful essays that open new perspectives and valuable bibliographies for further study. It has been described as an excellent handbook showcasing contemporary scholarship and novel approaches within practical theology.

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ISBN: 9781118724095

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

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Edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 173.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 971g

Pages: 640

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Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion

About the Author

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Pastoral Theology at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion. Winner of a prestigious Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology award, she is a national and international leader in pastoral and practical theologies and widely recognized for research on families, women, and children. Her publications include Feminist and Womanist Pastoral Theology (1999) and an upcoming collection of essays, Christian Theology in Practice: Discovering a Discipline (2012).

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology