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How might practice theories and engagement with practice contribute
to and advance theological study of religion and religious life and
practices? This volume explores and discusses how theological
engagement with practice, theoretically as well as empirically,
might profit from theories of practice developed in disciplines
such as philosophy, sociology, education and organisational studies
during the recent decades, but so far scarcely employed within
theology. In part I, the volume unfolds key components of practice
theory, especially as they have more recently been developed within
sociological practice theories, reflect on their significance and
potential with regard to theology. In part II, these perspectives
are employed in the study of concrete religious practices -
established as well as experimental religious practices, and
collective as well as individual ones. By unfolding connections
between theology and practice theories, and reflecting on practice
theories' analytical and theoretical potential for theological
study of religion, the book will be of interest for any scholar in
the study of contemporary religion and practical theology.
Reforms and processes of change have become an increasingly
pervasive characteristic of European Protestant churches in the
last fifteen to twenty years. Driven by perceptions of crises, such
as declining membership rates, dwindling finances, decreasing
participation in church rituals, and less support of traditional
church doctrine, but also changes of governance of religion more
generally, many churches feel compelled to explore new forms of
operations, activities, and organisational structures. What is the
inner dynamic and nature of these processes? This book explores
this question by applying perspectives from organisational studies
and bringing them into dialogue with ecclesiological categories,
seeking to provide a richer understanding of the field of processes
of change in churches. Among the questions asked are: What are the
implications - organisationally and ecclesiologically - of viewing
reform as a church practice, and how does this relate to much more
comprehensive waves of public sector reforms? How is church
leadership configured and exercised, how is democratic leadership
related to the authority of ordained ministry, and how does
leadership take on new forms in the context of churches? And how do
churches incorporate organisational practices of planned change and
renewal, such as social entrepreneurship?
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