Introduction to Practical Theology Grethlein ChristianPaperback
Introduction to Practical Theology Grethlein ChristianPaperback Serious theology is systematic theology. Practical theology--with its focus on the church, its life and its practices--has sometimes…
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Introduction to Practical Theology Grethlein ChristianPaperback
Serious theology is systematic theology. Practical theology--with its focus on the church, its life and its practices--has sometimes been understood as the second order application of the real work of academic theology. Or so the story goes.
He distinguishes practical theology from simply a guide to specific ecclesial praxis, on the one hand, and some general theory of religion, on the other. However, in this abridged translation of his magisterial Praktische Theologie, Christian Grethlein realizes the rigorous methodology, critical commitments, and expansive sweep of practical theology as both an academic and an ecclesial discipline.Grethlein roots his practical theology in communication theory, but does so in a way ordered to a specific end: the communication of the Christian gospel in the present day. Grethlein then blends empirical observation with