Practical Theology
On Earth as it is in Heaven
Published on 30. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-57075-614-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Practical theology" has recently emerged as a distinctive approach to the theological task. It is concerned with the way theological task. It is concerned with the way theological activity engages wider social, cultural, and ecclesial issues. Rather than seeing itself as a "branch" of theology, practical theology is a distinctive theological, sensibility that highlights the ever-present need to "read the signs of the times" in the light of the Gospel message and the Christian tradition. Veling begins his work by sketching the main contours of practical theology. He proceeds to explore some of its key elements (interpretation, context, scripture, tradition) before reflecting on the deeper role of theology in church and society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Maryknoll
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57075-614-6 (9781570756146)
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Person
Terry A. Veling is a theological educator and writer who has lived and taught in the United States, Israel and Australia. His writing is both personal and scholarly, avoiding academic technicality and pretension. He is inspired by the music of Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash, and the poets Rainer Maria Rilke, Edmond Jabes and Paul Celan. He is indebted to dialogical thinkers such as Gabriel Marcel, Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas. He is married with four sons. His most recent passion is caring for his family's sixteen acre bush-land property on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.