This past week

This has been a trying week in the U.S. with national turmoil over violence and racial justice. Many of our members have shared thoughts on their own blogs and webpages, and given the well-received special session on ‪#‎BLM‬ and racial justice during the APT Biennial Conference in April 2016, we would like to invite and […]

Public Theology

Today’s observance of the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. has me thinking of the two past APT Biennial conferences on migration (2016) and on public theology (2014).  We invite you to comment below about your thoughts on the intersection of practical theology and public theology: What might be a task of practical theology in […]

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 […]

Was ist los, Stuttgart? Kirchentag! Part 1 of 2

I didn’t know that my recent visit to Stuttgart, Germany, would coincide with Kirchentag – because I had never heard of Kirchentag. But as soon as I stepped out of the train station, I saw people, young and old, sporting red stoles featuring Psalm 90:12, “damit wir klug werden” (“that we may become wise“). For […]