Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors xi
Introduction: The Contributions of Practical Theology 1 Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Part I Way of Life: Shaping Faith among Believers in Home and Society 21
1 Suffering 23 Pamela Cooper-White
2 Healing 32 Susan J. Dunlap
3 Playing 42 Jaco Hamman
4 Eating 51 Dorothy C. Bass
5 Loving 61 Herbert Anderson
6 Consuming 70 Katherine Turpin
7 Blessing 80 Christian Scharen
Part II Method: Studying Theology in Practice in Library and Field 89
8 Case Study Method 91 Daniel S. Schipani
9 Psychological Theory 102 Lee H. Butler, Jr.
10 Hermeneutical Theory 112 Sally A. Brown
11 Quantitative Method 123 Hans Schilderman
12 Congregational Studies 133 James R. Nieman
13 Ritual Theory 143 Edward Foley
14 Social Policy 153 Pamela D. Couture
15 The Use of Scripture 163 Paul Ballard
16 Poetics 173 Heather Walton
17 Emancipatory Theory and Method 183 Nancy J. Ramsay
18 Feminist Theory 193 Elaine Graham
19 Womanist Theory 204 Evelyn L. Parker
20 Narrative Approaches 214 R. Ruard Ganzevoort
21 Ethnography 224 Mary Clark Moschella
22 Participatory Action Research 234 Elizabeth Conde-Frazier
23 Theories of Practice 244 Ted A. Smith
24 Action Theories 255 Robert Mager
Part III Curriculum: Educating for Ministry and Faith in Classroom, Congregation, and Community 267
25 Pastoral Care 269 Barbara McClure
26 Homiletics 279 John S. McClure
27 Worship 289 Don E. Saliers
28 Religious Education 299 Carol Lakey Hess
29 Religious Leadership 308 Michael Jinkins
30 Evangelism 318 Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr.
31 Spirituality 328 Claire E. Wolfteich
32 Ethics 337 Miguel A. De La Torre
33 Contextual Education 347 Emily Click
34 Systematic Theology 357 Mary McClintock Fulkerson
35 Historical Theology 367 James M. Brandt
36 Biblical Theology 377 Michael Joseph Brown
37 Integration in Theological Education 386 Kathleen A. Cahalan
Part IV Discipline: Defining History and Context in Guild and Global Setting 397
Section 1: Issues, Contexts, and Perspectives 399
38 Race and Racism 401 Dale P. Andrews
39 Gender, Sexism, and Heterosexism 412 Jeanne Hoeft
40 Globalization, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism 422 Melinda McGarrah Sharp
41 Economics, Class, and Classism 432 Joyce Ann Mercer
42 Disability, Ableism, and Disablism 443 John Swinton
43 Religious Pluralism and Christian-Centrism 452 Kathleen J. Greider
Section 2: Global Developments 463
44 Continental Europe 465 Friedrich Schweitzer
45 Britain 475 Zoë Bennett
46 French Canada 485 Solange Lefebvre
47 The United States 495 Richard R. Osmer
48 South Africa 505 Jaco S. Dreyer
49 West Africa 515 Daisy N. Nwachuku
50 Brazil 525 Valburga Schmiedt Streck
51 South Korea 534 Meerha Hahn
52 Australia and Oceania 544 Gerard V. Hall
Section 3: Traditions 555
53 Mainline Protestantism 557 Gordon S. Mikoski
54 Roman Catholicism 567 Lynn Bridgers
55 Protestant Evangelicalism 577 Charles J. Scalise
56 Pentecostalism 587 Mark J. Cartledge
Index of Subjects 596
Index of Names 619
