The Start of a New School Term….
Welcome back to everyone starting a new school term! A great many of our members are associated with educational institutions and we wish you a strong start! With the rhythm of a new school year underway, we hope to be updating this page and the blog even more regularly. All APT members and friends, we […]
Assoc. of Practical Theology in Oceania – 2015 Conference
We are glad to share this attached flyer with information about the APTO’s November 2015 conference– APTO 2015 Conference Flyer, 26-29 November (ALL)-2
New StudyingCongregations website
We are happy to share that we have received notice from Timothy Snyder, Ph.D. student at Boston University and Managing Director of StudyingCongregations.org, that their new website is now up. He notes that it is “created for theological educators (particularly practical theologians, contextual education faculty/directors, and sociologists of religion).” You can find it at http://studyingcongregations.org
Practical Theology and Academic Freedom: A Note on the New AAR Draft Statement
The American Academy of Religion recently released the latest draft, for comment (by 1 September 2015), of its updated Statement on Academic Freedom. I wonder what practical theologians contribute to this important conversation about academic freedom as regards the study of religion. Many parts of the draft Statement seem to speak directly to (the difficulties […]
Hair and Religion in Practice
I was recently talking to a hairdresser (okay, it was the professional who cuts my hair), who owns a salon in New York City, about theology and hair, and specifically about how the practice of cutting hair related to the kinds of worlds of significance from which his clients come. I had not really appreciated […]
APT at AAR 2016: "Practical Theology for Politically Charged Situations"
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. Practical Theology for Politically Charged Situations Friday 20 November, 3:00-6:00, Marriott Marquis […]
Notice from De Gruyter about Open Theology journal
We received this notice recently from De Gruyter: OPEN THEOLOGY journal CALL FOR PAPERS Open Theology – an international Open Access, peer-reviewed academic journal, launched recenty by De Gruyter Open, welcomes contributions addressing religion in its various forms and aspects: historical, theological, sociological, psychological, and other. The journal encompasses all major disciplines of Theology and […]
Job Opening: Director of Field Education and Professor of Practical Theology, Louisville Seminary
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Was ist los, Stuttgart? Kirchentag! Part 2 of 2
Part 1 is here. Here are the pictures from Kirchentag in Stuttgart, Germany, last week, that I mentioned in my previous post. —Tom Beaudoin
A Note on Stew, "Notes of a Native Song"
Last night, I saw “Notes of a Native Song” at the Harlem Stage in Manhattan. It was written/composed by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, of “Passing Strange” (one of my favorite musicals) fame. As in “Passing Strange,” Stew sang lead and played electric guitar, Heidi Rodewald sang backup and played bass, and they were joined by […]