For the Sake of the Church: A Protestant-Reformed Practical Theological Perspective from the Netherlands
In this article practical theologians from three Dutch Protestant institutions reflect on developments in the field. Their institutions started as ministry training centers and still have a strong focus on ecclesial practices. This focus has been reinforced by international trends in Practical Theol...
| Published in: | International journal of practical theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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International journal of practical theology
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| Further subjects: | B
The Netherlands
B Ethnography B Ethnografie B Netherlands B Weltwirksamkeit B Divine Action B ecclesial practices B Kirchliche Praxis |
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| Summary: | In this article practical theologians from three Dutch Protestant institutions reflect on developments in the field. Their institutions started as ministry training centers and still have a strong focus on ecclesial practices. This focus has been reinforced by international trends in Practical Theology, mainly by a gradual shift towards an empirical way of working, with an emphasis on participative methods and ethnography. However, the field in the Netherlands continues to have a strong connection with church history and systematic theology. The authors discern three themes that characterize their institutes’ contribution to the international conversation on PT: the divine action within the practices, God’s promises in the context of his covenant, and a realistic view of brokenness, sin, and failure. Praktische Theologen von drei unterschiedlichen niederländischen Hochschulen erörtern in diesem International Report die jüngeren Entwicklungen in ihrem Fach. Ein traditioneller Fokus auf kirchliche Handlungsfelder wurde durch die internationale Konjunktur empirischer Forschung gestärkt, zugleich aber bleibt die Praktische Theologie der Niederlande eng auf Kirchengeschichte und Systematische Theologie bezogen. Die Autoren identifizieren drei wesentlich Themenbereiche, zu denen ihre Hochschulen sich in das internationale Fachgespräch einbringen: die Weltwirksamkeit Gottes in menschlichem Handeln, das Motiv des Bundesschlusses in der Praktischen Theologie und ein realistischer Blick auf Sünde, Versagen und Gebrochenheit. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9768 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/ijpt-2023-0011 |