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In Teaching and Christian Practices several university professors
describe and reflect on their efforts to allow historic Christian
practices to reshape and redirect their pedagogical strategies.
Whether allowing spiritually formative reading to enhance a
literature course, employing table fellowship and shared meals to
reinforce concepts in a pre-nursing nutrition course, or using
Christian hermeneutical practices to interpret data in an economics
course, these teacher-authors envision ways of teaching and
learning that are rooted in the rich tradition of Christian
practices, as together they reconceive classrooms and laboratories
as vital arenas for faith and spiritual growth.
Why is the very kind of knowledge that people need to live well -
practical wisdom - often the least understood, the hardest to
learn, and the most devalued kind of knowledge? In this book five
distinguished practical theologians examine the wisdom that is
basic for faithful Christian living, question why it has been
largely devalued, and advocate for its renewal. After first showing
several concrete situations in which this kind of wisdom is visible
- marriage, church, community, culture, and more - the authors then
delve into the reasons for the decline of practical wisdom and set
forth constructive cases for its renewal through biblical
imagination and spiritual practice.
What does it mean to lead a truly "life-giving way of life"? What
kinds of learning and teaching will best prepare ministers to
foster such a way of life in their congregations? How might
teachers of practical theology best understand and undertake their
task to educate and form ministers? Respected scholars and
ministers explore such questions in For Life Abundant, probing and
clarifying the significance of practical theology in the classroom,
in the wider academy, and in actual ministry settings.
Contributors: Dorothy C. Bass
Kathleen A. Cahalan
David D. Daniels III
Craig Dykstra
Serene Jones
Thomas G. Long
Peter W. Marty
Gordon S. Mikoski
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
James R. Nieman
Christian R. Scharen
Ted A. Smith
John P. Witvliet
David J. Wood
In a time when academic theology often neglects the lived practices
of the Christian community, this volume seeks to bring balance to
the situation by showing the dynamic link between the task of
theology and the practices of the Christian life. The work of
thirteen first-rate theologians from several cultural and Christian
perspectives, these informed and informative essays explore the
relationship between Christian theology and practice in the daily
lives of believers, in the ministry of Christian communities, and
as a needed focus within Christian education. Contributors: -
Dorothy C. Bass Nancy Bedford Gilbert Bond Sarah Coakley Craig
Dykstra Reinhard Hutter L. Gregory Jones Serene Jones Amy Plantinga
Pauw Christine Pohl Kathryn Tanner Miroslav Volf Tammy Williams-
"Twelve time-honored Christian practices that will help us, and the
world, to flourishPracticing Our Faith offers help to Christians
who are asking how our faith can help us discern what we might do
and who we might become. How can we live faithfully and with
integrity in a world where the pace of existence is so fast and
life's patterns are changing all around us? Can we conduct our
daily lives in ways that help us not just get by but flourish--as
individuals, as communities, and as a society in concert with
creation and in communion with God?These questions are on the
hearts and minds of many seekers who are exploring spirituality
today. They are also at the heart of Practicing Our Faith.Practices
are those shared activities that address fundamental needs of
humankind and creation and that, woven together, form a way of
life. The twelve practices explored in this book are practices that
human beings simply cannot do without, particularly at this time in
history.This book will stimulate your imagination. It will
encourage you to reflect. It initiates a conversation that will
spread into many contexts, each of which presents unique
opportunities for noticing, discussing, and living the practices of
faith."
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