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Doing Theology as If People Mattered (Trade paperback (US))

Doing Theology as If People Mattered (Trade paperback (US))

This book narrates a reflexive account of the "doing" of contextual theology at the Jesuit School of Theology (JST) of Santa Clara University. The collection explores practicing contextual theology in the classroom and beyond, in service, international immersions, interreligious dialogue, and mission. This collection narrates the story of contextual theology at JST: how the School came to select this theological method and how it guides the vision and mission of the School; how contextual theology shapes pedagogy and work in the classroom; how contextual theology and education  flourish in ministerial praxis in the local intercultural San Francisco Bay Area; and ...

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This book narrates a reflexive account of the "doing" of contextual theology at the Jesuit School of Theology (JST) of Santa Clara University. The collection explores practicing contextual theology in the classroom and beyond, in service, international immersions, interreligious dialogue, and mission. This collection narrates the story of contextual theology at JST: how the School came to select this theological method and how it guides the vision and mission of the School; how contextual theology shapes pedagogy and work in the classroom; how contextual theology and education  flourish in ministerial praxis in the local intercultural San Francisco Bay Area; and ...

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  • Imprint : Herder & Herder
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  • Title : Doing Theology as If People Mattered
  • Formats : Epub (9780824599973), Paperback (9780824599966),
  • Imprint : Herder & Herder
  • Keywords : contextual theology, Jesuit
  • Language : eng
  • Number of pages : 314
  • Publication date : 7/1/2019
  • Table of content : Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Reconciled Diversity: Theology and Spirituality in the Ecumenical Journe 2. From First-Century Mediterranea to Twenty-First- Century North America: A Long Tradition of Contextual Distance Education 3. Why Read the Church Fathers? Teaching Nicaea as Contextual Theology 4. The Theopoetic Constitution of the Church: Christian Ecumenism as a Theological Context 5. Sacramental and Liturgical Theology from the Inside Out: How Diverse Socio-Cultural Realities Change the Questions and Shape the Pedagogy of a Shared Tradition 6. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Culturally Contextualized Theology PART II: INTO THE FIELD 7. Mapping the Spiritual Exercises Along the Camino Ignaciano 8. Field Education at a Shared Parish: Navigating Contextual and Pastoral Opportunitie 9. Becoming a Contextual Theologian: Doing Ethics from Below 10. Meeting Others on Holy Ground: The Intercultural Context of Interreligious Education 11. Women, Wisdom, Action: Contextual Theology in the Key of Memory and Narrative 12. Imprisoned Theology: The Nightmare Deaths of John and Lori Rainwater 13. From Berkeley to Jerusalem: An Experiment in Contextual Education 14. Pope Francis as a Contextual Theologian Afterword
  • Trim size : 9.0000 x 6.0000
  • Type : Paperback

David Pocta (Author)

David Pocta is a Christian Spirituality Scholar, ministry builder, and educator. After nearly three decades of pastoral work, he returned to school for his PhD in Christian Contemporary Spirituality. His work blends his experience in pastoral ministry with spirituality scholarship. His research interests include the spiritual journey, spiritual wilderness, contemporary evangelical church culture, and Christian mysticism. His dissertation addressed how the spiritual journey of Christians, when in their own wilderness, exposes the need for a reimagined church culture in Protestant evangelicalism. David is a collaborator and builder. He enjoys creating spaces for honest dialogue and authentic learning. He lives with his wife of more than thirty years in San Antonio and treasures having his daughters, son-in-law, and grandchildren nearby.

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David Pocta (Author)

David Pocta is a Christian Spirituality Scholar, ministry builder, and educator. After nearly three decades of pastoral work, he returned to school for his PhD in Christian Contemporary Spirituality. His work blends his experience in pastoral ministry with spirituality scholarship. His research interests include the spiritual journey, spiritual wilderness, contemporary evangelical church culture, and Christian mysticism. His dissertation addressed how the spiritual journey of Christians, when in their own wilderness, exposes the need for a reimagined church culture in Protestant evangelicalism. David is a collaborator and builder. He enjoys creating spaces for honest dialogue and authentic learning. He lives with his wife of more than thirty years in San Antonio and treasures having his daughters, son-in-law, and grandchildren nearby.

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This book narrates a reflexive account of the "doing" of contextual theology at the Jesuit School of Theology (JST) of Santa Clara University. The collection explores practicing contextual theology in the classroom and beyond, in service, international immersions, interreligious dialogue, and mission. This collection narrates the story of contextual theology at JST: how the School came to select this theological method and how it guides the vision and mission of the School; how contextual theology shapes pedagogy and work in the classroom; how contextual theology and education  flourish in ministerial praxis in the local intercultural San Francisco Bay Area; and more.

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