Qualitative Research or Theological Methodology?

One helpful response to my earlier entry regarding qualitative research raised the challenges of the role or voice of theological studies/disciplines.  To what extent do the more dominant disciplines in qualitative research integrate the meaning of “interdisciplinary” when working with theological studies.  Certainly practical theology has spent considerable energy in general wrestling (maybe even rescuing […]

Practical Theology Online: Issues in Pedagogy and Formation

Association of Practical Theology Date, time, and place: American Academy of Religion meeting in San Francisco during the weekend of November 19-21, 2011 Jeffery Tribble, Columbia Theological Seminary, Presiding Theme: Practical Theology Online: Issues in Pedagogy and Formation Marilyn Naidoo, University of South Africa Spiritual Formation through Distance Education in Developing Contexts Melinda McGarrah Sharp and Mary […]

DREAMS: THE HEART AND SOUL OF PASTORAL CARE?

A full day of presentations dealing with the role of dreams in pastoral care and supervision Rolduc Conference Center, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, June 25th On Saturday, June 25th, the first full day of the IASD Annual Conference to be held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, the program committee has scheduled a cluster of presentations, all of […]

Teaching Qualitative Research ?

In a recent blog entry from about a month or so ago, Gordon Mikoski raised an important question on the role of qualitative research for the interdisciplinary promise of practical theology with the humanities.  Within these very helpful reflections on the possibilities of working with interdisciplinary studies in the arts, literature, or (from an earlier […]