International Migrants Day
Looking toward the theme and setting of our Biennial Conference in April, today is the United Nations’ International Migrants Day. YouTube has many videos featuring events and reports about this day, some of which can help in teaching, service, ministry, research, and other forms of practical theology work. Just YouTube “International Migrants Day 2015” and […]
2016 Biennial Conference Registration Open!
Registration for the APT 2016 Biennial Conference is now open! Registration is here: http://www.fordham.edu/info/25061/2016_apt_conference We are excited to welcome you to New York City for a lively weekend of practical theology with a special focus on migration. Lots of information is available at the registration website. I want to underscore a few basic things about […]
APT 2016 Biennial Promo Video
Come to NYC for the APT 2016 Biennial Conference! April 8-10, 2016. Registration will be announced very soon. Check out this APT 2016 Biennial Promo Video created by Jasmine Gomez, a graduate student in religious education at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. (If you like the excerpt from the 2009 track […]
Job Opening: Faculty Position in Pastoral Theology, Franciscan School of Theology
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One week left on Call for Papers for APT 2016 Biennial
You can find the Call under the 2016 Biennial Conference tab at the top of the APT home page…
Job Opening: Faculty Position in Christian Ministry and Practical Theology, Azusa Pacific University
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Two Weeks Left on Call for Papers
Two weeks left in the Call for Papers for the APT 2016 Biennial Conference… “Live, Move, and Have Being: Migration and Practical Theology”…. See the information at the “2016 Biennial Conference” tab at the top of the page or here: http://practicaltheo.wpengine.com/meetings/
Qualitative Research Methods and Theological Education: A Study in Progress
APT member Susan Willhauck of Atlantic School of Theology has received a Wabash Grant to examine the role of teaching qualitative research for the preparation of ministers in theological education (primarily M.Div. programs). She is looking for people who teach qualitative research methods to share their course goals or syllabi, and to possibly participate in […]
Giving Practical Theology Its "Due"
Although we rarely talk about finances in our communications, the APT is sustained financially by members who keep their membership current, including their annual dues. Dues still stand at $50/year for regular membership and $25/year for student membership–as they have for many years without increase. If you are not ‘current’ in your membership, please consider […]
Picture from the APT session at AAR
Here is a picture from the APT session at the American Academy of Religion yesterday, “Practical Theology for Politically Charged Situations.” Presenters included Mai-Anh Le Tran (Eden Theological Seminary), Leah Gunning Francis (Eden Theological Seminary), Virginia Lee (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary), and Reginald Blount (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary). Nancy Ramsay (Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University) presided. […]