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Faith, hope, and love, traditionally called theological virtues,
are central to Christianity. This book renews faith, hope, and love
in the context of the many contemporary challenges in many unique
ways. It is an ecumenical collection of papers, equally divided
between Catholic and Protestant positions, that seek to radically
renew the classical doctrine of faith, hope, and love, and argues
for their essential connection to the praxis of justice. It
contains eight different approaches, each represented by a
distinguished theologian and addressing different aspects of the
issues and followed by insightful and critical responses. It does
not merely seek to renew the theological virtues but to also
reconstruct them in the demanding context of justice and the
contemporary world, nor is it simply a treatise on justice but a
theoretical and practical reflection on justice as vital
expressions of faith in God, hope in God, and love of God. A
non-dogmatic and non-ideological approach, it accommodates both
conservative and liberal positions, and avoids the separation of
the theological virtues from the demands of the contemporary world
as well as the separation of justice talk from the theological
context of faith, hope, and love. It seeks above all to renew, not
merely repeat, the classical doctrine of faith, hope, and love in
the contemporary context of the urgency of justice, and to do so
ecumenically, comprehensively, and from a variety of perspectives
and aspects.
The study of lived religion is an enterprise which attempts to
elucidate how 'ordinary' men and women in all times and places draw
on religious behavior, media, and meanings to make sense of
themselves and their world. Through the influence of liberation
theology and postmodernism, pastoral theologians_like other
scholars of religion_have begun more closely to examine the
particularity of religious practice that is reflected through the
rubric of lived religion. Pastoral Bearings offers up ten studies
that exemplify the usefulness of the lived religion paradigm to the
field of pastoral theology. The volume presents detailed
qualitative research focused on the everyday beliefs and practices
of individuals and groups and explores the implications of lived
religion for interdisciplinary conversation, intercultural and
gender analysis, and congregational studies. Reflecting upon the
utility of this approach for pastoral theological research,
education, and pastoral care, the studies collected in Pastoral
Bearings demonstrate the importance of the study of lived religion.
The study of lived religion is an enterprise which attempts to
elucidate how "ordinary" men and women in all times and places draw
on religious behavior, media, and meanings to make sense of
themselves and their world. Through the influence of liberation
theology and postmodernism, pastoral theologians like other
scholars of religion have begun more closely to examine the
particularity of religious practice that is reflected through the
rubric of lived religion. Pastoral Bearings offers up ten studies
that exemplify the usefulness of the lived religion paradigm to the
field of pastoral theology. The volume presents detailed
qualitative research focused on the everyday beliefs and practices
of individuals and groups and explores the implications of lived
religion for interdisciplinary conversation, intercultural and
gender analysis, and congregational studies. Reflecting upon the
utility of this approach for pastoral theological research,
education, and pastoral care, the studies collected in Pastoral
Bearings demonstrate the importance of the study of lived religion.
Description: This memoir records the story of the author's personal
journey toward a life of university teaching and probes that story
in reflective essays on a variety of subjects. One group of essays
has to do with the characteristic activities and institutional
setting of a professor. Other essays explore ways of experiencing
the world as mysterious, beautiful, and tragic. One piece offers a
rather somber account of current ways in which the American
experiment in democracy is in peril. Scraps of what looks like an
intellectual autobiography are scattered over the pages of the
narrative, recalling the puzzles that gave rise to a number of
writing projects. In a way this is a book of paradoxes and
antitheses. Janus-like, it faces toward the past and the future. It
offers generalized convictions and specific observations, treats
both the ordinary themes of life experience and tangled esoterica,
and presents both the experiences of an individual and an analysis
of educational institutions. As a whole, the book invites readers
to join the author in ""thinking about things.""
The primary aim of this book is to explore the contradiction
between widely shared beliefs in the USA about racial inclusiveness
and equal opportunity for all and the fact that most churches are
racially homogeneous and do not include people with disabilities.
To address the problem Mary McClintock Fulkerson explores the
practices of an interracial church (United Methodist) that includes
people with disabilities. The analysis focuses on those activities
which create opportunities for people to experience those who are
different' as equal in ways that diminish both obliviousness to the
other and fear of the other. In contrast with theology's typical
focus on the beliefs of Christians, this project offers a theory of
practices and place that foregrounds the instinctual reactions and
communications that shape all groups. The effect is to broaden the
academic field of theology through the benefits of ethnographic
research and postmodern place theory.
This innovative volume highlights the relevance of globalization
and the insights of gender studies and religious studies for
feminist theology. Beginning with a discussion of position of the
discipline at the turn of the twenty-first century, the handbook
seeks to present an inclusive account of feminist theology in the
early twenty-first century that acknowledges the reflection of
women on religion beyond the global North and its forms of
Christianity. Globalization is taken as the central theme, as the
foremost characteristic of the context in which we do feminist
theology today. The volume traces the impacts of globalization on
gender and religion in specific geographical contexts, describing
the implications for feminist theological thinking. A final section
explores the changing contents of the field, moving towards new
models of theology, distinct from both the structure and language
of traditional Christian systematic theology and the forms of
secular feminism. The handbook draws on material from several
religious traditions and every populated continent, with chapters
provided by a diverse team of international scholars.
The primary aim of this book is to explore the contradiction
between widely shared beliefs in the USA about racial inclusiveness
and equal opportunity for all and the fact that most churches are
racially homogeneous and do not include people with disabilities.
To address the problem Mary McClintock Fulkerson explores the
practices of an interracial church (United Methodist) that includes
people with disabilities. The analysis focuses on those activities
which create opportunities for people to experience those who are
different' as equal in ways that diminish both obliviousness to the
other and fear of the other. In contrast with theology's typical
focus on the beliefs of Christians, this project offers a theory of
practices and place that foregrounds the instinctual reactions and
communications that shape all groups. The effect is to broaden the
academic field of theology through the benefits of ethnographic
research and postmodern place theory.
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