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Public theology is an increasingly important area of theological
discourse with strong global networks of institutions and academics
involved in it. Elaine Graham is one of the UK's leading
theologians and an established SCM author. In this book, Elaine
Graham argues that Western society is entering an unprecedented
political and cultural era, in which many of the assumptions of
classic sociological theory and of mainstream public theology are
being overturned. Whilst many of the features of the trajectory of
religious decline, typical of Western modernity, are still
apparent, there are compelling and vibrant signs of religious
revival, not least in public life and politics - local, national
and global. This requires a revision of the classic secularization
thesis, as well as much Western liberal political theory, which set
out separate or at least demarcated terms of engagement between
religion and the public domain. Elaine Graham examines claims that
Western societies are moving from 'secular' to 'post-secular'
conditions and traces the contours of the 'post-secular': the
revival of faith-based engagement in public sphere alongside the
continuing - perhaps intensifying - questioning of the legi-timacy
of religion in public life. She argues that public theology must
rethink its theological and strategic priorities in order to be
convincing in this new 'post-secular' world and makes the case for
the renewed prospects for public theology as a form of Christian
apologetics, drawing from Biblical, classical and contemporary
sources.
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via
www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform,
www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part
of the OAPEN-UK research project. There is growing evidence that
rising levels of prosperity in Western economies since 1945 have
not been matched by greater incidences of reported well-being and
happiness. Indeed, material affluence is often accompanied instead
by greater social and individual distress. A growing literature
within the humanities and social sciences is increasingly concerned
to chart not only the underlying trends in recorded levels of
happiness, but to consider what factors, if any, contribute to
positive and sustainable experiences of well-being and quality of
life. Increasingly, such research is focusing on the importance of
values and beliefs in human satisfaction or quality of life; but
the specific contribution of religion to these trends is relatively
under-examined. This unique collection of essays seeks to rectify
that omission, by identifying the nature and role of the religious
contribution to wellbeing. A unique collection of nineteen leading
scholars from the field of economics, psychology, public theology
and social policy have been brought together in this volume to
explore the religious contribution to the debate about happiness
and well-being. These essays explore the religious dimensions to a
number of key features of well-being, including marriage, crime and
rehabilitation, work, inequality, mental health, environment,
participation, institutional theory, business and trade. They
engage particularly closely with current trends in economics in
identifying alternative models of economic growth which focus on
its qualitative as well as quantitative dimensions. This
distinctive volume brings to public notice the nature and role of
religion's contribution to wellbeing, including new ways of
measurement and evaluation. As such, it represents a valuable and
unprecedented resource for the development of a broad-based
religious contribution to the field. It will be of particular
relevance for those who are concerned about the continuing debate
about personal and societal well-being, as well as those who are
interested in the continuing significance of religion for the
future of public policy.
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via
www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform,
www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part
of the OAPEN-UK research project. There is growing evidence that
rising levels of prosperity in Western economies since 1945 have
not been matched by greater incidences of reported well-being and
happiness. Indeed, material affluence is often accompanied instead
by greater social and individual distress. A growing literature
within the humanities and social sciences is increasingly concerned
to chart not only the underlying trends in recorded levels of
happiness, but to consider what factors, if any, contribute to
positive and sustainable experiences of well-being and quality of
life. Increasingly, such research is focusing on the importance of
values and beliefs in human satisfaction or quality of life; but
the specific contribution of religion to these trends is relatively
under-examined. This unique collection of essays seeks to rectify
that omission, by identifying the nature and role of the religious
contribution to wellbeing. A unique collection of nineteen leading
scholars from the field of economics, psychology, public theology
and social policy have been brought together in this volume to
explore the religious contribution to the debate about happiness
and well-being. These essays explore the religious dimensions to a
number of key features of well-being, including marriage, crime and
rehabilitation, work, inequality, mental health, environment,
participation, institutional theory, business and trade. They
engage particularly closely with current trends in economics in
identifying alternative models of economic growth which focus on
its qualitative as well as quantitative dimensions. This
distinctive volume brings to public notice the nature and role of
religion's contribution to wellbeing, including new ways of
measurement and evaluation. As such, it represents a valuable and
unprecedented resource for the development of a broad-based
religious contribution to the field. It will be of particular
relevance for those who are concerned about the continuing debate
about personal and societal well-being, as well as those who are
interested in the continuing significance of religion for the
future of public policy.
A fresh look at the Albigensian Crusade, highlighting its effects
upon the indigenous nobility. The Albigensian Crusade was called by
Pope Innocent III in 1208 against the Count of Toulouse in response
to the murder of the papal legate Pierre des Castelnau. The Pope's
aim was to force the Count and other nobles in Languedocto take
action against the Cathar heretics in their lands, but in the end,
the defeat of Catharism in the south of France was achieved through
the establishment of the Inquisition and the extension of French
royal authority to thearea. While some Occitan noble families
survived the crusade, others were destroyed and the behaviour of
the crusaders towards the local nobility has often been regarded as
rather arbitrary, unconnected to how these families related to each
other before 1209. This study takes the case of the Trencavel
Viscounts of Beziers and Carcassonne, who were the only members of
the higher nobility to lose their lands to the crusade, and argues
that an understandingof how the Occitan nobility fared in the
crusade years must be based in the context of the politics of the
noble society of Languedoc, not only in the thirteenth century but
also in the twelfth. ELAINE GRAHAM-LEIGH gained her Ph.D. from the
University of London.
Practical theology as a subject area has grown and become more
sophisticated in its methods and self-understanding over the last
few decades. This book provides a complete and original research
primer in the major theories, approaches and methods at the
cutting-edge of research in contemporary practical theology. It
represents a reflection on the very practice of the discipline
itself, its foundational questions and epistemological claims. Each
chapter examines different aspects of the research process:
starting with experience and practice, aspects of research design
and epistemology, communities of learning, the influence of
theological norms and tradition on the practice of research, and
ethical considerations about what constitutes 'the good' in
advanced research. The uniqueness of this book rests in its
authoritative overview of current practical theological research
across a range of traditions and approaches, combined with a
comprehensive introduction to research methodology. It offers
worked examples from the authors, their colleagues and research
students that serve to illustrate key ideas and approaches in
practical theological research. The four authors are all
internationally-leading scholars and rank amongst the most
influential figures in practical theology of their generation. The
book promises to be of interest to students, teachers and
researchers in practical theology, especially those looking to
conduct original practice-based enquiry in the field.
Practical theology as a subject area has grown and become more
sophisticated in its methods and self-understanding over the last
few decades. This book provides a complete and original research
primer in the major theories, approaches and methods at the
cutting-edge of research in contemporary practical theology. It
represents a reflection on the very practice of the discipline
itself, its foundational questions and epistemological claims. Each
chapter examines different aspects of the research process:
starting with experience and practice, aspects of research design
and epistemology, communities of learning, the influence of
theological norms and tradition on the practice of research, and
ethical considerations about what constitutes 'the good' in
advanced research. The uniqueness of this book rests in its
authoritative overview of current practical theological research
across a range of traditions and approaches, combined with a
comprehensive introduction to research methodology. It offers
worked examples from the authors, their colleagues and research
students that serve to illustrate key ideas and approaches in
practical theological research. The four authors are all
internationally-leading scholars and rank amongst the most
influential figures in practical theology of their generation. The
book promises to be of interest to students, teachers and
researchers in practical theology, especially those looking to
conduct original practice-based enquiry in the field.
This is the first in a two part project, aimed at postgraduates and
academics interested in the expanding volume of work and research
surrounding theological reflection. Brought together in Volume one
is a comprehensive collection of models of theological reflection.
By bringing this diverse collection together in one place, the
editors create a unique reference work that allows a clear and
visible contrast and comparison as each model is treated formally
and in a standard format. Throughout each chapter the
distinguishing features of the model are examined, the geneology
and origins are discussed, worked examples of the model applied to
contemporary theology are provided, and critical commentary, future
trends and exercises and questions are provided.
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Elaine Graham-Leigh
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War is coming, but will it bring freedom, or disaster? The planet
of Benan Ty is just another poor and violent ex-Terran colony. Now
the Chi!me, the major power in the galaxy, are coming to broker a
peace deal between guerrilla group ViaVera and the government. For
Quila, a rising figure in the Chi!me diplomatic service, the
posting to Benan Ty could be the making of her career. Meanwhile
Terise, one of ViaVera's inner circle, is just trying to get her
lover out with his life. But in a conflict where no side's
motivations are pure, they are both about to discover how much they
have to lose. Set in a future where humanity has gone to the stars,
but taken exploitation and oppression with them, this is a story of
imperialism, resistance, friendship and ultimately, liberation.
'Glitteringly good' The Morning Star'...an entertaining and
exciting book about a serious subject, with a female hero whose
optimism gives us everything to root for' Theaker's Quarterly
Fiction'A remarkable achievement... Graham-Leigh has written a book
that stands with the unremarked, the overlooked, the dispossessed'
Counterfire 'Artfully spun, marvellously executed... A virtually
flawless SF tale' The Prairies Book Review'...an engaging tale that
resonates with contemporary issues' The Fantasy Hive.
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The contributors, who each work with spiritual issues, either
explicitly as spiritual directors or accompaniers, or as an
implicit part of their therapeutic work, offer a
psychologically-informed approach to Spiritual Accompaniment and
Direction, and to working with others on a spiritual level more
generally. They explore what it means to be attuned to the
spiritual process of another, discuss what makes an effective
relationship in Spiritual Accompaniment and counselling, and
consider how best to work with spiritual crisis, spiritual abuse,
and pain. The unconscious process informing the work, forgiveness,
changing spiritual needs over the life-span, and models of
supervision that can inform the practice of Spiritual Accompaniment
are also explored. A case study is presented, providing
psychological and theological insights into the accompaniment
process. Grounded in work with the spiritual dimension of others
and aspiring to improve encounters at a spiritual level, this
concise book has important implications for the practice of
counsellors, psychotherapists, and spiritual accompaniers and
directors.
From wealth creation to wealth distribution and social ethics, from
urban mission to religious studies and psychology the work of John
Atherton was breathtaking in scope and variety. Unifying all of his
work, however, was a concern with engaging the work of theology
with wider society. With contributions from some of the leading
lights in public theology today, this book offers not only an
appreciation of John Atherton's work within a prodigiously large
array of disciplines, but also an attempt to ask 'what next',
taking his work forward and considering where the future of public
theology might lie. John Atherton's last published article is also
reproduced.
Words Made Flesh draws together a number of Elaine Graham's shorter
writings and essays and thereby maps out the work of a pioneer
theological thinker and the development of pastoral and practical
theology in the last twenty years. Elaine Graham considers the
theological significance of topics as diverse as nativity plays,
science fiction, gender, consumerism, cyberspace and urban
regeneration. They all share a concern with the way the sources and
norms of the Christian tradition can enter into a creative and
critical conversation with contemporary experience in order to
generate the 'practical wisdom' by which the life of the Church can
be directed. They reflect the author's fundamental conviction that
theology as 'talk about God-in-the-world' is always practical and
public - and that it begins and ends in the complexities of the
human condition: where words become flesh. About the Author
Professor Elaine Graham is Grosvenor Research Professor of
Practical Theolog at the University of Chester and was Samuel
Fergusson Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology at the
University of Manchester and Executive Director of the Manchester
Research Institute for Religion and Civil Society. She was
President of the International Academy of Practical Theology
between 2005 and 2007.
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Theological Reflection (Paperback)
Elaine Graham, Heather Walton, Frances Ward; As told to Katja Stuerzenhofecker
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Theological Reflections: Methods, offers a comprehensive collection
of models of theological reflection. By bringing this diverse
collection together in one place, the editors create a unique
reference work that allows a clear and visible contrast and
comparison as each model is treated formally and in a standard
format. Throughout each chapter the distinguishing features of the
model are examined, the geneology and origins are discussed, worked
examples of the model applied to contemporary theology are
provided, and critical commentary, future trends and exercises and
questions are provided. Now firmly established as an essential text
on theological reflection, this new edition has been revised and
updated with a new introduction, updated examples, and refreshed
bibliographies
Received wisdom is increasingly that we all have to eat less to
save the planet, but received wisdom is wrong. A Diet of Austerity
argues that, just as the poor are blamed for the economic crisis,
Malthusian conceptions about food and ecology are being used to
hold the working class responsible for climate change and global
hunger. Challenging existing dogmas about overconsumption and
personal responsibility, it shows that what we need to stop climate
change is system change.
Following the same topics as the "Methods" volume, this reader is
aimed at postgraduates and academics interested in the expanding
volume of work and research surrounding theological reflection.
Brought together in this second volume are materials relating to
the same topics and dealt with by the same divisions, descriptions
and features. The identified models being The Living Human
Document, Constructive Narrative Theology, Canonical Narrative
Theology, Corporate Theological Reflection, The Correlative Method,
Performative or Praxis Theological Reflection and Theology in the
Vernacular, or local theologies. Volume one described and
identified the various models whilst this new second volume fleshes
out these descriptions by allowing the reader access to a variety
of sources and examples of writings within these models.
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