عنوان

Practical Theology:

Number

LA115584

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Practical Theology:

General Material Designation

[Article]

Other Title Information

from Applied to Empirical Theology

First Statement of Responsibility

J.A. van der Ven, Johannes A. Van Der Ven, J.A. van der Ven, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

In this article the history of practical theology is reconstructed from the perspective of its main problem: the relation between theory and praxis. The first part refers to the academic status of practical theology, interpreted as applied theology. This interpretation fails to solve the problem, as we shall see. The second part entails a proposal towards the re-interpretation of practical theology in terms of empirical theology. After a critical reflection upon the history of this term, already in use since the beginning of this century, the material and the formal object are described, including some methodological aspects of it. In this article the history of practical theology is reconstructed from the perspective of its main problem: the relation between theory and praxis. The first part refers to the academic status of practical theology, interpreted as applied theology. This interpretation fails to solve the problem, as we shall see. The second part entails a proposal towards the re-interpretation of practical theology in terms of empirical theology. After a critical reflection upon the history of this term, already in use since the beginning of this century, the material and the formal object are described, including some methodological aspects of it.

Date of Publication

1988

Physical description

7-27

Title

Journal of Empirical Theology

Volume Number

1/1

International Standard Serial Number

1570-9256

J.A. van der Ven

Johannes A. Van Der Ven

Call Number

10.1163/157092588X00023

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

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