Practical Theology and the Interpretation of Crossing Boundaries: Essays in Honour of Professor M.P.J. Van KnippenbergIn October 2002 the Tilburg Professor of Practical Theology, Tjeu van Knippenberg, retired. In order to honour him as a bright scholar in the field of fundamental practical theology and pastoral care, 23 of his colleagues at Tilburg University and elsewhere (Nijmegen and Leuven) contributed to this festschrift. Their attention is focused on the concept of boundaries in practical theology: between context and Christian tradition, church and society, personal identity and Christian narrative, individual and community. Different research projects out of the Tilburg tradition of practical theology are presented from an empirical-hermeneutical perspective. |
Contents
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The Leading Role of the Ecclesiastical Ministry | 39 |
Can Faith Save the Earth? | 63 |
On Mental Health and Religious Passion | 81 |
Drama or Tragedy? | 105 |
Vision | 119 |
Religious Leadership from the Perspective of Moral Theology | 133 |
Starting Points of a Communicative Theology | 145 |
Spectator and Participant | 159 |
Music as Locus Theologicus | 187 |
The Story of the Perpetrator | 215 |
Asymmetric Expectations of Churchleaders | 237 |
Spiritual Guidance | 263 |
Secularisation and Catholicism | 279 |
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