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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology

Edited by

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

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Contents

Notes on Contributors xi

Introduction: The Contributions of Practical Theology 1Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

Part I Way of Life: Shaping Faith among Believers in Home and Society 21

1 Suffering 23Pamela Cooper-White

2 Healing 32Susan J. Dunlap

3 Playing 42Jaco Hamman

4 Eating 51Dorothy C. Bass

5 Loving 61Herbert Anderson

6 Consuming 70Katherine Turpin

7 Blessing 80Christian Scharen

Part II Method: Studying Theology in Practice in Library and Field 89

8 Case Study Method 91Daniel S. Schipani

9 Psychological Theory 102Lee H. Butler, Jr.

10 Hermeneutical Theory 112Sally A. Brown

viii CONTENTS

11 Quantitative Method 123Hans Schilderman

12 Congregational Studies 133James R. Nieman

13 Ritual Theory 143Edward Foley

14 Social Policy 153 Pamela D. Couture

15 The Use of Scripture 163Paul Ballard

16 Poetics 173Heather Walton

17 Emancipatory Theory and Method 183Nancy J. Ramsay

18 Feminist Theory 193Elaine Graham

19 Womanist Theory 204Evelyn L. Parker

20 Narrative Approaches 214R. Ruard Ganzevoort

21 Ethnography 224Mary Clark Moschella

22 Participatory Action Research 234Elizabeth Conde-Frazier

23 Theories of Practice 244Ted A. Smith

24 Action Theories 255Robert Mager

Part III Curriculum: Educating for Ministry and Faith in Classroom, Congregation, and Community 267

25 Pastoral Care 269Barbara McClure

26 Homiletics 279John S. McClure

CONTENTS ix

27 Worship 289Don E. Saliers

28 Religious Education 299Carol Lakey Hess

29 Religious Leadership 308Michael Jinkins

30 Evangelism 318Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr.

31 Spirituality 328Claire E. Wolfteich

32 Ethics 337Miguel A. De La Torre

33 Contextual Education 347Emily Click

34 Systematic Theology 357Mary McClintock Fulkerson

35 Historical Theology 367James M. Brandt

36 Biblical Theology 377Michael Joseph Brown

37 Integration in Theological Education 386Kathleen A. Cahalan

Part IV Discipline: Defi ning History and Context in Guild and Global Setting 397

Section 1: Issues, Contexts, and Perspectives 399

38 Race and Racism 401Dale P. Andrews

39 Gender, Sexism, and Heterosexism 412Jeanne Hoeft

40 Globalization, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism 422Melinda McGarrah Sharp

41 Economics, Class, and Classism 432Joyce Ann Mercer

x CONTENTS

42 Disability, Ableism, and Disablism 443John Swinton

43 Religious Pluralism and Christian-Centrism 452Kathleen J. Greider

Section 2: Global Developments 463

44 Continental Europe 465Friedrich Schweitzer

45 Britain 475Zoë Bennett

46 French Canada 485Solange Lefebvre

47 The United States 495Richard R. Osmer

48 South Africa 505Jaco S. Dreyer

49 West Africa 515Daisy N. Nwachuku

50 Brazil 525Valburga Schmiedt Streck

51 South Korea 534Meerha Hahn

52 Australia and Oceania 544Gerard V. Hall

Section 3: Traditions 555

53 Mainline Protestantism 557Gordon S. Mikoski

54 Roman Catholicism 567Lynn Bridgers

55 Protestant Evangelicalism 577Charles J. Scalise

56 Pentecostalism 587Mark J. Cartledge

Index of Subjects 596

Index of Names 619

Notes on Contributors

Herbert Anderson , Research Professor in Practical Theology, Pacifi c Lutheran Theological Seminary, and Professor of Pastoral Theology Emeritus, Catholic Theological Union (USA)

Dale P. Andrews , Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice, and Practical Theology, The Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University (USA)

Paul Ballard , Emeritus Professor in Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University (UK)

Dorothy C. Bass , Director of the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith, Valparaiso University (USA)

Zo ë Bennett , Director of Postgraduate Studies in Pastoral Theology, Anglia Ruskin University and the Cambridge Theological Federation (UK)

James M. Brandt , Associate Professor of Historical Theology, Director of Contextual Education, Saint Paul School of Theology (USA)

Lynn Bridgers , Associate Director, Masters of Theological Studies, St. Norbert College (USA)

Michael Joseph Brown , Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Candler School of Theology and Graduate Department of Religion, Emory University (USA)

Sally A. Brown , Elizabeth M. Engle Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship, Princeton Theological Seminary (USA)

Lee H. Butler, Jr. , Professor of Theology and Psychology, Chicago Theological Seminary (USA)

xii NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

Kathleen A. Cahalan , Professor of Theology, Saint John ’ s University School of Theology (USA)

Mark J. Cartledge , Senior Lecturer in Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology, Director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, University of Birmingham (UK)

Emily Click , Assistant Dean for Ministry Studies and Lecturer on Ministry, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University (USA)

Elizabeth Conde - Frazier , Dean, Esperanza College, Eastern University (USA)

Pamela Cooper - White , Ben G. and Nancye Clapp Gautier Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care, and Counseling, Columbia Theological Seminary (USA)

Pamela D. Couture , Jane and Geoffrey Martin Chair of Church and Community, Emmanuel College of Victoria University, University of Toronto (Canada)

Miguel A. De La Torre , Professor of Social Ethics, Iliff School of Theology (USA)

Jaco S. Dreyer , Professor of Practical Theology, University of South Africa (RSA)

Susan J. Dunlap , Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology, Duke Divinity School (USA)

Edward Foley , Duns Scotus Professor of Spirituality and Ordinary Professor of Liturgy and Music, Catholic Theological Union (USA)

Mary McClintock Fulkerson , Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School, Duke University (USA)

R. Ruard Ganzevoort , Professor of Practical Theology, VU University (The Netherlands)

Elaine Graham , Grosvenor Research Professor of Practical Theology, University of Chester (UK)

Kathleen J. Greider , Professor of Practical Theology, Spiritual Care, and Counseling, Claremont School of Theology (USA)

Meerha Hahn , Professor of Religious Education and Practical Theology, Hoseo University (South Korea)

Gerard V. Hall , Associate Professor of Theology, Australian Catholic University (Australia)

Jaco Hamman , Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Western Theological Seminary (USA)

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS xiii

Carol Lakey Hess , Associate Professor of Religious Education, Candler School of Theology and Graduate Department of Religion, Emory University (USA)

Jeanne Hoeft , Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care, Saint Paul School of Theology (USA)

Michael Jinkins , President and Professor of Theology, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (USA)

Solange Lefebvre , Professeure titulaire, Facult é de th é ologie et de science des reli-gions, Universit é de Montr é al (Canada)

Robert Mager , Professor of Practical and Systematic Theology, Universit é Laval (Canada)

Barbara McClure , Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology, The Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University (USA)

John S. McClure , Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship, The Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University (USA)

Joyce Ann Mercer , Professor of Practical Theology, Virginia Theological Seminary (USA)

Gordon S. Mikoski , Associate Professor of Christian Education, Princeton Theological Seminary (USA)

Bonnie J. Miller - McLemore , E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair of Pastoral Theology, The Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University (USA)

Mary Clark Moschella , Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Yale Divinity School (USA)

James R. Nieman , Academic Dean and Professor of Practical Theology, Hartford Seminary (USA)

Daisy N. Nwachuku , Professor of Counseling Psychology and Pastoral Counseling, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar (Nigeria)

Richard R. Osmer , Thomas W. Synott Professor of Christian Education, Princeton Theological Seminary (USA)

Evelyn L. Parker , Associate Professor of Christian Education, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University (USA)