On January 23rd, practical theologian Wilhelm Gräb of Humboldt University Berlin passed away. He would have been 75 this summer. Far from resting in his retirement from the Berlin Faculty of Theology, he stayed engaged in many projects even as an emeritus, because scholarship was his vocation. On March 21st 2020, he wrote to me, “I have been spared from Corona so far, but I am sorry to report to you that it has got me much worse.” Despite an aggressive form of cancer, he worked unabatedly in the field of Practical Theology – a Practical Theology which he shaped as an academic discipline, but also lived as a way of dialogue. Wilhelm Gräb was born on August 21st 1948 in Bad Säckingen in Baden, near the German-Swiss border, and was raised in a pastor’s household with an affinity for art and culture. He studied Protestant Theology at the Seminary (Kirchliche Hochschule) in Bethel and at the Faculties of Protestant Theology in Göttingen and Heidelberg. In 1979, he received his doctorate in Göttingen with a thesis on Friedrich Schleiermacher’s concept of humanity and history. Schleiermacher’s thoughts would have a strong influence on him for the rest of his life (Humanität und Christentumsgeschichte. Eine Untersuchung zum Geschichtsbegriff in Schleiermachers Spätwerk, Göttingen 1980). The Schleiermacher renaissance in Systematic and Practical Theology since the 1980 s owes essential impulses to Gräb. In 1996, together with Ulrich Barth and other companions and friends, Gräb founded the International Schleiermacher Society in Halle, serving on its board for many decades. From 1980–1988 he was assistant to religious educator Christoph Bizer in Göttingen. During this time, he wrote his habilitation on the concept of preaching (Predigt als Mitteilung des Glaubens. Studien zu einer prinzipiellen Homiletik in praktischer Absicht, Göttingen 1988). In this book, he developed an understanding of the practical task of preaching as the situational interpretation of a biblical text that releases its potential for meaning. A central insight of Gräb’s, which he made fruitful throughout his life, is that the concept of authority must be abandoned in favor of the question how religious communication can prove to be relevant. He explored this question in all practical
1月23日，柏林洪堡大学的实践神学家威廉·格拉布去世。今年夏天他可能已经75岁了。从柏林神学院退休后，他非但没有休息，甚至在退休时也参与了许多项目，因为奖学金是他的职业。2020年3月21日，他写信给我，“到目前为止，我没有受到科罗纳的影响，但我很抱歉向你报告，这让我变得更糟了。”尽管患有严重的癌症，他仍坚持不懈地在实践神学领域工作——他将实践神学塑造为一门学术学科，但也以对话的方式生活。威廉·格拉布于1948年8月21日出生于德国-瑞士边境附近的巴登的巴特塞金根，在一个热爱艺术和文化的牧师家庭长大。他在伯特利的神学院（Kirchliche Hochschule）以及哥廷根和海德堡的新教神学学院学习新教神学。1979年，他在哥廷根获得了博士学位，发表了一篇关于弗里德里希·施莱尔马赫的人性和历史概念的论文。Schleiermacher的思想将在他的余生中对他产生强烈的影响（Humanität und Christentumsgeschichte.Eine Untersuchung zum Geschichtsbegriff in Schleiermschers Spätwerk，Göttingen 1980）。自20世纪80年代以来，施莱尔马赫在系统神学和实践神学方面的复兴归功于格拉布。1996年，Gräb与Ulrich Barth和其他同伴和朋友一起在哈雷成立了国际施莱尔马赫协会，并在其董事会任职数十年。1980年至1988年，他在哥廷根担任宗教教育家Christoph Bizer的助理。在这段时间里，他写了一篇关于传教概念的文章（Predigt als Mitteilung des Glaubens.Studien zu einer prinzipielen Homiletik in praktischer Absicht，Göttingen 1988）。在这本书中，他理解了传教的实际任务，即对圣经文本的情境解读，释放其意义的潜力。Gräb的一个核心见解是，必须放弃权威的概念，转而考虑宗教交流如何被证明是相关的。他从实际出发探讨了这个问题
{"title":"Wilhelm Gräb (1948–2023)","authors":"Birgit Weyel","doi":"10.1515/ijpt-2023-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2023-0015","url":null,"abstract":"On January 23rd, practical theologian Wilhelm Gräb of Humboldt University Berlin passed away. He would have been 75 this summer. Far from resting in his retirement from the Berlin Faculty of Theology, he stayed engaged in many projects even as an emeritus, because scholarship was his vocation. On March 21st 2020, he wrote to me, “I have been spared from Corona so far, but I am sorry to report to you that it has got me much worse.” Despite an aggressive form of cancer, he worked unabatedly in the field of Practical Theology – a Practical Theology which he shaped as an academic discipline, but also lived as a way of dialogue. Wilhelm Gräb was born on August 21st 1948 in Bad Säckingen in Baden, near the German-Swiss border, and was raised in a pastor’s household with an affinity for art and culture. He studied Protestant Theology at the Seminary (Kirchliche Hochschule) in Bethel and at the Faculties of Protestant Theology in Göttingen and Heidelberg. In 1979, he received his doctorate in Göttingen with a thesis on Friedrich Schleiermacher’s concept of humanity and history. Schleiermacher’s thoughts would have a strong influence on him for the rest of his life (Humanität und Christentumsgeschichte. Eine Untersuchung zum Geschichtsbegriff in Schleiermachers Spätwerk, Göttingen 1980). The Schleiermacher renaissance in Systematic and Practical Theology since the 1980 s owes essential impulses to Gräb. In 1996, together with Ulrich Barth and other companions and friends, Gräb founded the International Schleiermacher Society in Halle, serving on its board for many decades. From 1980–1988 he was assistant to religious educator Christoph Bizer in Göttingen. During this time, he wrote his habilitation on the concept of preaching (Predigt als Mitteilung des Glaubens. Studien zu einer prinzipiellen Homiletik in praktischer Absicht, Göttingen 1988). In this book, he developed an understanding of the practical task of preaching as the situational interpretation of a biblical text that releases its potential for meaning. A central insight of Gräb’s, which he made fruitful throughout his life, is that the concept of authority must be abandoned in favor of the question how religious communication can prove to be relevant. He explored this question in all practical","PeriodicalId":42892,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Practical Theology","volume":"27 1","pages":"4 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41581124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract What characterises religious meaning-making on the boundary between church and sports? Drawing on Sanne F. Akkerman and Arthur Bakker’s theory about boundary crossing, this article analyses religious meaning-making in sermons from Christian services in the context of international sports events. The article demonstrates that potential learning mechanisms at this boundary are more effective when not only seeking harmonious coordination and legitimisation but also bringing out differences and confrontation.
在教会与体育的边界上，宗教意义建构的特征是什么?本文借鉴阿克曼(Sanne F. Akkerman)和巴克(Arthur Bakker)的跨界理论，分析了国际体育赛事背景下基督教礼拜布道中的宗教意义制造。本文论证了在这一边界上的潜在学习机制在既寻求和谐协调和合法化，又能产生分歧和对抗的情况下更为有效。
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Abstract This article addresses the problem of human supremacy in the methods of practical theology. It puts forth a practical theological method for experimentation shaped around five interpenetrating dimensions: Ecological, Anthropological, Relational, Technological, and Health/Harm/Healing (the EARTH method). The anticipated outcome of this method is the construction of practical theological projects that aim toward practices of care that continue to address concerns of the human, but always and only as the human is understood to be inextricably situated in an expansive cosmic web of entanglement.
{"title":"Decentering the Human in Practical Theologies of Care: An EARTH Method","authors":"Cody J. Sanders","doi":"10.1515/ijpt-2021-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2021-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article addresses the problem of human supremacy in the methods of practical theology. It puts forth a practical theological method for experimentation shaped around five interpenetrating dimensions: Ecological, Anthropological, Relational, Technological, and Health/Harm/Healing (the EARTH method). The anticipated outcome of this method is the construction of practical theological projects that aim toward practices of care that continue to address concerns of the human, but always and only as the human is understood to be inextricably situated in an expansive cosmic web of entanglement.","PeriodicalId":42892,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Practical Theology","volume":"27 1","pages":"23 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46337869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The Christian spiritual practice of John of the Cross and the trauma recovery practice of Judith Herman both employ relational theories of healing change. This is a constructive claim that aims to facilitate greater communication between religious and secular approaches to trauma. It is demonstrated through emphases on two dynamics that can increase knowledge and love of self and others, namely empowerment and a three-fold, open-ended process of transformation. Correlating John’s collected works and Herman’s classic Trauma and Recovery, this essay gathers wisdom for healing vulnerable relational selves.
{"title":"Empowerment and Transformation: Correlating John of the Cross and Judith Herman for Trauma Healing","authors":"Heather Dubois","doi":"10.1515/ijpt-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Christian spiritual practice of John of the Cross and the trauma recovery practice of Judith Herman both employ relational theories of healing change. This is a constructive claim that aims to facilitate greater communication between religious and secular approaches to trauma. It is demonstrated through emphases on two dynamics that can increase knowledge and love of self and others, namely empowerment and a three-fold, open-ended process of transformation. Correlating John’s collected works and Herman’s classic Trauma and Recovery, this essay gathers wisdom for healing vulnerable relational selves.","PeriodicalId":42892,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Practical Theology","volume":"27 1","pages":"99 - 113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44215875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This paper explores embodiment as a locus for theological practices of addressing socio-economic inequality, focusing particularly on the intersections of disability and poverty. Engaging the work of Sharon Betcher and Mayra Rivera, the paper explores the relationship between spirit and flesh, and highlights the need for theologies to engage with and learn from unruly, excluded bodies. The paper constructs three poetic accounts from a collaborative project with UK activists to highlight embodied practices of navigating and resisting inequality, and the creative, sensory knowledges necessary for developing critiques of oppressive systems.
{"title":"My Body is Where I Exist: Poverty, Disability, and Embodied Resistance as a Theology of Practice","authors":"W. Radford","doi":"10.1515/ijpt-2022-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2022-0019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper explores embodiment as a locus for theological practices of addressing socio-economic inequality, focusing particularly on the intersections of disability and poverty. Engaging the work of Sharon Betcher and Mayra Rivera, the paper explores the relationship between spirit and flesh, and highlights the need for theologies to engage with and learn from unruly, excluded bodies. The paper constructs three poetic accounts from a collaborative project with UK activists to highlight embodied practices of navigating and resisting inequality, and the creative, sensory knowledges necessary for developing critiques of oppressive systems.","PeriodicalId":42892,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Practical Theology","volume":"27 1","pages":"62 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44582176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Schaeffer, Bram de Muynck, T. Pleizier, Maarten J. Kater
Abstract In this article practical theologians from three Dutch Protestant institutions reflect on developments in the field. Their institutions started as ministry training centers and still have a strong focus on ecclesial practices. This focus has been reinforced by international trends in Practical Theology, mainly by a gradual shift towards an empirical way of working, with an emphasis on participative methods and ethnography. However, the field in the Netherlands continues to have a strong connection with church history and systematic theology. The authors discern three themes that characterize their institutes’ contribution to the international conversation on PT: the divine action within the practices, God’s promises in the context of his covenant, and a realistic view of brokenness, sin, and failure.
{"title":"For the Sake of the Church","authors":"H. Schaeffer, Bram de Muynck, T. Pleizier, Maarten J. Kater","doi":"10.1515/ijpt-2023-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2023-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this article practical theologians from three Dutch Protestant institutions reflect on developments in the field. Their institutions started as ministry training centers and still have a strong focus on ecclesial practices. This focus has been reinforced by international trends in Practical Theology, mainly by a gradual shift towards an empirical way of working, with an emphasis on participative methods and ethnography. However, the field in the Netherlands continues to have a strong connection with church history and systematic theology. The authors discern three themes that characterize their institutes’ contribution to the international conversation on PT: the divine action within the practices, God’s promises in the context of his covenant, and a realistic view of brokenness, sin, and failure.","PeriodicalId":42892,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Practical Theology","volume":"27 1","pages":"114 - 135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42901796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This study explores how Hong Kong theological students understand the term “integration” and how they learn it. It adopts the constructivist approach of grounded theory as its research method to interview nineteen students. Five types of “integration” are identified, each referring to a different aspect of learning in field education. The analysis illustrates the multidimensional nature of the learning experience of the students. The final section of this paper makes practical recommendations on the future pedagogical development of theological field education.
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Abstract The article examines whether the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has become “dark green.” It explores CBCP’s pastoral letters on environmental issues from 1988 to 2019. Using the framework outlined by Bron Taylor in Dark Green Religion: Nature, Spirituality, and the Planetary Future, I argue that there are shifts in the environmental consciousness of the Catholic Bishops, as evident in the pastoral letters. Since 1988, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has exhibited a reliable commitment to environmentalism and its prophetic mission amidst various environmental challenges.
{"title":"Is the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines Turning Dark Green? Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ Environmentalism from Anti-Mining to Climate Crisis Response","authors":"Jeane C. Peracullo","doi":"10.1515/ijpt-2021-0065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2021-0065","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The article examines whether the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has become “dark green.” It explores CBCP’s pastoral letters on environmental issues from 1988 to 2019. Using the framework outlined by Bron Taylor in Dark Green Religion: Nature, Spirituality, and the Planetary Future, I argue that there are shifts in the environmental consciousness of the Catholic Bishops, as evident in the pastoral letters. Since 1988, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has exhibited a reliable commitment to environmentalism and its prophetic mission amidst various environmental challenges.","PeriodicalId":42892,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Practical Theology","volume":"27 1","pages":"7 - 22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48906067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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