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Empirical Theology: A Natural Development? [PDF]

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, 2003
Empirical theology is distinguished from practical theology by reference to the views of Duncan Forrester and J van der Ven. The nature and historical emergence of theological disciplines are considered and related to the social science methods found in van der Ven’s account of empirical theology.
Kay, William K
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World christianity as post-colonialising of theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In this chapter, the author argues that the old-school confessional and ethnocentric theology has no place in today’s Western secular academia. He focuses on the academic discipline under the name “theology”. Mission studies has represented a widening of
Vähäkangas, Mika   +3 more
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Doing situated theology : Introductory remarks about the history, method, and diversity of contextual theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The notion of “contextual theology” has a long history, beginning with its gradual introduction in the “Fund for Theological Education”. Theology takes place as doing theology within contexts.
Vähäkangas, Mika   +4 more
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Theology, imagination and Scottish literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Alison Jack uses works of Scottish literature, both classic and contemporary, as a way into McIntyre's exposition of faith, theology and imagination in a distinctly Scottish context.Publisher ...
Jack, Alison
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Discovery theology: reflecting people by the Tay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
George Gammack’s paper emerges from the context of his ministry in the Whitfield area of Dundee. He describes a parish marked by significant levels of deprivation and seeks ways in which to forge a theology relevant to such an environment.
Gammack, George
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The Potential and Challenges of Empirical Research in Theology: Observations and Reflections from a Supervisor’s Perspective

open access: yesБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2018
This paper explores the potential and the challenges of empirical research in theological education from a supervisor’s perspective. It argues that empirical research brings theology down to earth.
Bernhard OTT
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Spiritual character traits and leadership in the school workplace: An exploration of the relationship between spirituality and school leadership in some private and religiously affiliated schools in South Africa

open access: yesKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2014
The South African educational system is in a crisis. This situation places huge demands on school principals and school management teams, and raises many theoretical and empirical questions.
Jaco S. Dreyer, Chris A.M. Hermans
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The shape of Torrance theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
For Andrew Purves, ‘shape’ is too static a concept to delineate the theology of T. F. Torrance. Rather, his is a theology on the move, based as it is on knowledge of God in, through, and as Jesus Christ.
Purves, Andrew
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Prayer, civic engagement and culture: A comparative study of Serbia and Malta [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled
Contemporary open societies are characterised by pluralism, indicating differences in values and practices. Religiosity and civic engagement are intertwined in various ways, with processes changing across the Balkans and Southern Europe.
Pulis Matthew   +2 more
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Brazilian Validation of Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS-10BR and CRS-5BR)

open access: yesReligions, 2019
The centrality of religiosity scale (CRS), available in three versions (with 5, 10 and 15 items), is a measuring instrument that identifies the central importance of religiosity in the psychological construction and in the behavior of an individual ...
Mary Rute Gomes Esperandio   +4 more
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