[Updated] APT session at the American Academy of Religion: Description and Papers Here
The Association of Practical Theology is pleased to announce details for our session at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta, Georgia. Please share these details with all who would be interested. We look forward to a terrific program. We are posting the presentations in advance, to facilitate more discussion during […]
Adam Possamai on "Multifaith Pragmatic Chaplaincy" in Australia
APT 2016 Biennial Schedule Updated
We’ve updated the Schedule for the 2016 Biennial Conference in NYC. Check it out under the “2016 Biennial Conference Information” tab here on the website.
APT at AAR: Information here!
The Association of Practical Theology is pleased to announce details for our session at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta, Georgia. Please share these details with all who would be interested. We look forward to a terrific program. The papers from this session will be posted in advance here at […]
Practical Theology, Trauma and Forgiveness
(Click post heading to see the video) “Creating Interdisciplinary Conversations on Practical Theology Issues: Trauma and Forgiveness,” Boston University School of Theology… from February 2015:
Templeton Foundation Session at AAR
Friends of the APT have asked that we share information about the Templeton Foundation Session on the Saturday evening of the American Academy of Religion (Atlanta), in honor of Jean Vanier and l’Arche. A flyer for the session is here: 2015_JTF_AAR_program_ad_final 090115 Here are some highlights from the ceremony awarding Vanier the Templeton Prize this […]
Post-Pope Visit: Practical Theology Recaps?
I wish I could hear the conversations this week in practical theology classes, and in the many academic-pastoral-social venues that practical theologians work, regarding Pope Francis’ USA visit. What does practical theology have to say about the trip? What does Roman Catholicism as refracted through his visit have to say to practical theology? Thinking about […]
Francises of Rome and Assisi
For my practical theology course on “Evangelization: Faith and Culture” this fall, we are coordinating the course with Pope Francis’ visit, taking it as the occasion to look at the pathways of the evangelization discourse in Catholicism and compare it to Protestant discourses on evangelism and evangelization, and to look at what evangelization promotes and […]
Theological Essay on Pope Francis and Migration for His USA Visit
Pope Francis is coming to the United States soon and his time in NYC is generating a great deal of theological inquiry through the media, in classrooms, in religious communities, and even on the streets (yes, I recently overheard men playing chess in Union Square arguing about it). The Center for Migration Studies in NYC […]
Practical Theology and Popular Music
Practical theologians have been writing for many years on the significance of popular media culture for expressing and shaping religious imagination and practice. (For example, Christian Scharen’s _Broken Hallelujahs: Why Popular Culture Matters to Those Seeking God_ (Brazos, 2011)). I was put in mind of this work as I read in the New York Times […]