Keeping Faith in Practice is an addition to SCM's growing Practical and Pastoral Theology list. Most books in this field are written by authors from various Protestant backgrounds. Catholic teachers in this field are frequently asked by colleagues for suggestions of Catholic resources, and find themselves at a loss. The central subject of this book is an exploration of how theology engages with the dimension of practice in the life of the Church and contemporary society and culture. The book covers the main focal points of a Catholic view of pastoral/practical theology - its foundations and different fields.
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Contributors |
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| Introduction |
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Part One Theology - The Catholic Scene |
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1 Catholic Theology and Practice Today |
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2 Pastoral and Practical Theology in Britain and Ireland - a Catholic Perspective |
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Part Two Fundamentals of a Catholic Pastoral Theology |
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3 Reading the Signs of the Times |
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4 Pastoral Theology as Contextual: Forms of Catholic Pastoral Theology Today |
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5 Pastoral Theology as a Theological Project |
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6 Pastoral Theology or Practical Theology? Limits and Possibilities |
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7 Ecclesiology and Practical Theology |
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8 The Place of Praxis in the Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx |
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Part Three Catholic Theology in Practice |
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Introduction to Part Three |
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9 When the Theologian Turns Anthropologist |
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10 Texts and Practices: an Ecclesiology of traditio for Pastoral Theology |
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11 Liturgical Theology: Experiencing the Presence of Christ |
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12 The Catholic Mystical Tradition as a Guide to Contemporary Pastoral Care |
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13 Moral Theology as Pastoral Theology |
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14 Theology, Law and Christian Life |
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15 Keeping Faith in Practice: An African Woman's Dream |
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16 `Poetry Changes Nothing'? Literature, Imagination and Pastoral Theology |
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17 Practical Theological Research: A Case Study |
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| Conclusion |
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Editors: James Sweeney, CP is Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Head of Department of Pastoral & Social Studies at Heythrop College, University of London and a Fellow, St Edmund's College, Cambridge. Gemma Simmonds is a Lecturer in Christian Spirituality at Heythrop College University of London David Lonsdale is Senior Lecturer in Christian Spirituality, Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Heythrop College, University of London
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