Ordinary Theology

Jeff Astley

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• 'Ordinary theology' is Jeff Astley's phrase for the theology and theologising of Christians who have received little or no theological education of a ... Lees meer

Congregational Studies in the UK

Karin Tusting

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to congregational studies in the UK. Through a series of innovative essays, it explores the di... Lees meer

The Faith of Girls

Anne Phillips

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Exploring the spirituality and faith of girls on the verge of adolescence, Phillips presents fresh insights into children's spirituality and their tra... Lees meer

Engaging with Contemporary Culture

Martyn Percy

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Theology and the churches are often considered to be at the margins of contemporary culture, frequently struggling for identity and attention. In this... Lees meer

Women Choosing Silence

Alison Woolley

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Silence is long-established as a spiritual discipline amongst people of faith. However, its examination tends to focus on depictions within texts emer... Lees meer

Inspiring Faith in Schools

Marius Felderhof

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• What are the ways of exciting and engaging the young so that they begin to entertain the possibility of religious life as a genuine option for themsel... Lees meer

Theological Reflection and Education for Ministry

John E Paver

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• A major and continuing problem for theological education and the practice of Christian ministry is how to best achieve a genuine integration between t... Lees meer

The Sunday Assembly and Theologies of Suffering

Katie Cross

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• This book draws on a study of the Sunday Assembly- a "godless congregation"- to reflect on how the Church might better deal with suffering, lament and... Lees meer

Reimagining Theologies of Marriage in Contexts of Domestic Violence

Rachel Starr

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Domestic violence is a significant threat to women's survival. But Christian understandings of marriage often prevent women from resisting abusive rel... Lees meer

The Ecclesial Canopy

Martyn Percy

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Seeking to dynamically alter the way that theologians, ecclesiologists, students of religion and ministers look at the relationship between church and... Lees meer

Hospital Chaplaincy in the Twenty-first Century

Christopher Swift

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Issues of faith and spirituality have been resurgent in the UK since the opening of the twenty-first century. This book charts the impact of shifting ... Lees meer

Testimony in the Spirit

Mark J Cartledge

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• This book explores the ordinary beliefs and practices of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians in relation to the Holy Spirit. It does this by means ... Lees meer

Poetry, Practical Theology and Reflective Practice

Mark Pryce

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• This groundbreaking study offers an innovative critical analysis of poetry as a resource for reflective practice in the context of continuing professi... Lees meer

Reimagining Theologies of Marriage in Contexts of Domestic Violence

Rachel Starr

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Focusing on everyday practices of marriage in two very different contexts: Argentina and England, this book considers how Christian understandings of ... Lees meer

A Reader on Preaching

David Day

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Every Sunday all over the world people rise up and claim to speak in the name of God. It is an astonishing thing to do and an astonishing claim to mak... Lees meer

Congregational Hermeneutics

Andrew P Rogers

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Despite many churches claiming that the Bible is highly significant for their doctrine and practice, questions about how we read the Bible are rarely ... Lees meer

How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God

Susan Shooter

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Grappling with theological issues raised by abuse, this book argues that the Church should be challenged, and ministered to, by survivors. Paying care... Lees meer

Exploring Ordinary Theology

Leslie J Francis

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• 'Ordinary theology' characterizes the reflective God-talk of the great majority of churchgoers, and others who remain largely untouched by the assumpt... Lees meer

Ordinary Christology

Ann Christie

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Ordinary Christology is defined as the account of who Jesus was/is and what he did/does that is given by Christian believers who have received no form... Lees meer

Testimony in the Spirit

Mark J Cartledge

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• This book explores ordinary practices of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians in relation to the Holy Spirit. It offers varied picture of contempora... Lees meer

Evangelicalism and the Emerging Church

Cory E Labanow

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• With the Christian church in the west in decline, some churches are undergoing difficult transitions as they seek to become relevant, to both themselv... Lees meer

Shaping the Church

Martyn Percy

• Hardcover | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• This book seeks to dynamically alter the way that theologians, ecclesiologists, students of religion and ministers look at the church. Taking the idea... Lees meer

Researching Female Faith

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Religious and spiritual engagement has undergone multiple significant changes in recent decades. Researching Female Faith is a collection of essays ba... Lees meer

The Faith Lives of Women and Girls

• Paperback | Engels | Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
• Identifying, illuminating and enhancing understanding of key aspects of women and girls' faith lives, The Faith Lives of Women and Girls represents a ... Lees meer