Publication of A Body Broken, a Body Betrayed
We gladly announce the publication of A Body Broken, A Body Betrayed: Race, Memory and Eucharist in White-Dominant Churches (Cascade, 2015), by Mary McClintock Fulkerson and Marcia W. Mount Shoop. Prof. Fulkerson serves on the Executive Committee of the APT. We like to feature new publications by (and other significant professional activities of) APT members […]
UN Tour and Briefing for Biennial Conference Registrants Announced
We are delighted to announce that a Tour of the United Nations is now confirmed for registrants for our APT Biennial Conference. In addition, we are pleased to announce that the Tour will be followed by a special UN Briefing on Migration exclusively for the APT. On Friday 8 April, the Tour will be from […]
APT Biennial Conference Online Registration Deadline is 10 March
Attention all who are coming to NYC for the Biennial: Registration for the APT 2016 Biennial Conference (8-10 April 2016) is open online through Thursday 10 March. After that time, registration will only be on-site at the conference itself. Be sure to register online by early March to get signed up for all the “extras” […]
Amos Yong on "Disability and Suffering: Pastoral and Practical Theological Considerations"
[click title of post to see video] Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary: “Disability and Suffering: Pastoral and Practical Theological Considerations”
The Practice of Dance
I’ve been reading the new book by Kimerer Lamothe, religion scholar and dancer, who is committed to the significance of practice-intensive, body-based learning in theology and philosophy. Her new book is Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (Columbia University Press, 2015), and will be interesting to practical theologians who care about the theory […]
Charting some Practical Theology History
One way — and it’s only one way — of tracking the professional conversation in practical theology sponsored in the USA is to look at the topics and themes that have been featured in Association of Practical Theology and Practical Theology Group sessions at the American Academy of Religion, and at APT Biennial Conferences. This […]
Bert Roebben on David Bowie
Bert Roebben, practical theologian at the Institut für Katholische Theologie at Technische Universität Dortmund, has written a blog post reflecting on the work and death of David Bowie. After clicking on the title of this post, you can find the link here or embed the URL below: http://bertroebben.blogspot.de/2016/01/david-bowie-performing-lazarus.html
Dale Andrews on Martin Luther King, Jr.
“King’s nonviolent civil disobedience strategies to combat racism as well as poverty and militarism were shaped by an evolving critical theological methodology, which determined his four steps to any nonviolent campaign: collection of facts to expose injustice; mutual negotiation with one’s oppressor in seeking justice; perpetual self-purification to sustain the character of justice-making; and direct […]
World Day of Migrants and Refugees
From Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Today, more than in the past, the Gospel of mercy troubles our consciences, prevents us from taking the suffering of others for granted, and points out ways of responding which, grounded in the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, find practical expression […]
Musical Practice and Practical Theology
One of the pleasures of practical theology for me has been the freedom to learn about practice in different environments and to bring that learning ‘into’ the theological estimations of practice ingredient to practical theology — and to experiment with how practical theological discourses, in turn, facilitate learning about the goods of life that ‘other’ […]