International Handbook of Practical Theology

• Main Author: Birgit Weyel, Wilhelm Gräb, Emmanuel Lartey, Cas Wepener
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Edition: 1
• Series: De Gruyter Reference
• Subjects: Aspects of religion; Christianity; Comparative religion; Globalisierung; globalization; History and geography of church; Interculturality; Interkulturalität; Philosophy and Religion; QRVS2 Religious social and pastoral thought and activity; RELIGION; Religion and beliefs; Religion: general; RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources; Religious institutions and organizations; Ritual; ritual practice; Theology; Interculturality; globalization; religion; ritual practice

A practical theology, that wants to face the complexity, plurality and differentiation of situations and contexts of religious practices from a global point of view, needs to refer to the discourses that shape them. The contributions can be divided into the sections ‘concepts of religion’, ‘religiou...

Table of Contents:

• Symbolizing / Meaning / Ambiguity -- Wedding Ceremonies / Blessings / Partnership -- Part III: Theoretical Approaches towards a Global Practical Theology -- Anthropology of Religion -- Gender Studies -- Cultural Hermeneutics of Religion -- Phenomenology -- Postcolonial Studies in Practical Theology -- Practice Theory -- Psychology of Religion -- Religion and the Social Sciences -- Religious Education -- Religious Literacy -- Ritual Studies -- Sociology of Religion -- Theology of Religion -- Theories of Religious Communication -- Contributors -- Images, Figures and Tables -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
• Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Concepts of Religion in a Practical-Theological Perspective -- Aesthetics and Religion -- Anthropology and Religion -- Life Writing and Religion -- Communication and Religion -- Community and Religion -- Development and Religion -- Ethics and Religion -- Family and Religion -- Human Rights and Religion -- Institution and Religion -- Law and Religion -- Life Interpretation and Religion -- Lived Religion and Religion -- Media and Religion -- Politics and Religion -- Practical Theology and Religion -- Sociability and Religion -- Part II: Religious Practices in the Perspective of Agency -- Artefact / Personal Belongings / Things -- Commemoration / Remembrance / Reconciliation -- Confirmation Ceremonies / Maturity / Processes of Faith and Life -- Contemplative Practice / Sacred Spaces / Cultural Resilience -- Conversion / Change / Transformation of Lifestyle -- Diaconia / Empowering / Social Development -- Exorcism / Envy / Witchcraft -- Fasting / Asceticism / Feasting -- Funerals / Death / Grief -- Holy Supper / Meal / Sharing Food -- Initiation Ceremonies / Incorporating / Identity Formation -- Leadership / Embodied Knowledge / Resistance -- Pulpit / Power / People / Publics -- Pilgrimage / Journey / Practice of Hajj -- Praying / Pastoral Care / Spirituality -- Preaching / Hermeneutics and Rhetoric / Religious Speech -- Priestly Office / Spirit Mediums / Pastoral Care -- Religious Formation / Educating / Religious Knowledge -- Rituals / Liturgies / Performances -- Holy Scripture / Hermeneutical Practice / Oral Literature -- Sacred Times / Rites of Passage / The Talmudic Ritual for Awakening -- Sacrifice / Violence / Isitshisa -- Singing / Embodiment / Resonance -- Spiritual Care / Counselling / Religious Coping -- Storytelling / Minjung Theology / Identity Formation
• Religious Education --
• Spiritual Care / Counselling / Religious Coping --
• Contents --
• Praying / Pastoral Care / Spirituality --
• Postcolonial Studies in Practical Theology --
• Contributors --
• Wedding Ceremonies / Blessings / Partnership --
• Singing / Embodiment / Resonance --
• Storytelling / Minjung Theology / Identity Formation --
• Part III: Theoretical Approaches towards a Global Practical Theology --
• Priestly Office / Spirit Mediums / Pastoral Care --
• Cultural Hermeneutics of Religion --
• Anthropology of Religion --
• Diaconia / Empowering / Social Development --
• Community and Religion --
• Media and Religion --
• Life Interpretation and Religion --
• Ritual Studies --
• Law and Religion --
• Introduction --
• Lived Religion and Religion --
• Funerals / Death / Grief --
• Preaching / Hermeneutics and Rhetoric / Religious Speech --
• Part I: Concepts of Religion in a Practical-Theological Perspective --
• Institution and Religion --
• Commemoration / Remembrance / Reconciliation --
• Contemplative Practice / Sacred Spaces / Cultural Resilience --
• Human Rights and Religion --
• Family and Religion --
• Ethics and Religion --
• Fasting / Asceticism / Feasting --
• Pilgrimage / Journey / Practice of Hajj --
• Practical Theology and Religion --
• Life Writing and Religion --
• Phenomenology --
• Leadership / Embodied Knowledge / Resistance --
• Holy Supper / Meal / Sharing Food --
• Symbolizing / Meaning / Ambiguity --
• Religious Formation / Educating / Religious Knowledge --
• Initiation Ceremonies / Incorporating / Identity Formation --
• Preface --
• Sociology of Religion --
• Religious Literacy --
• Practice Theory --
• Aesthetics and Religion --
• Index of Subjects
• Theories of Religious Communication --
• Theology of Religion --
• Politics and Religion --
• Holy Scripture / Hermeneutical Practice / Oral Literature --
• Sociability and Religion --
• Religion and the Social Sciences --
• Anthropology and Religion --
• Rituals / Liturgies / Performances --
• Sacred Times / Rites of Passage / The Talmudic Ritual for Awakening --
• Index of Names --
• Images, Figures and Tables --
• Exorcism / Envy / Witchcraft --
• Psychology of Religion --
• Pulpit / Power / People / Publics --
• Development and Religion --
• Confirmation Ceremonies / Maturity / Processes of Faith and Life --
• Gender Studies --
• Communication and Religion --
• Part II: Religious Practices in the Perspective of Agency --
• Sacrifice / Violence / Isitshisa --
• Frontmatter --
• Artefact / Personal Belongings / Things --
• Conversion / Change / Transformation of Lifestyle --