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...