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 […]
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 […]
Practical theology and the humanities
Practical theology could be enriched by a more intentional and pervasive engagement with the humanities. Practical theology and its constituent disciplines should add interdisciplinary interface with literature, the arts, music, anthropology, and history to an already robust commitment to the social sciences. It seems to me that those in our field who have emphasized the […]
Practical Theology and aesthetics
This will be the first in a series of posts from members of the APT executive committee over the next few months. Over time, we hope that other practical theologians will join us in the conversation! I have often thought that practical theology is a modernist enterprise that functions primarily under the auspices of Kant’s […]