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Distributed Normativity in Theology: On the Relevance of Empirical Research Approaches to Systematic Theology

Open Theology
Empirical research methods have traditionally been absent from and are still foreigners to systematic theology. However, the turn toward practices in academic studies of religion and theology implies that empirical research methodologies cannot be deemed
Graff-Kallevåg Kristin
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Beyond Theory and Practice: Lived Theology and Its Intersection with Empirical Theology

Open Theology
This article approaches the relationship between theory and practice based on Lived Theology. The concept is introduced through empirical insights and an overview of various definitions.
Müller Sabrina
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EMPIRICAL THEOLOGY IN THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE

Zygon, 1992
. Empirical theology stands in contrast to science insofar as it seeks to understand the nature and source of human fulfillment and insofar as science seeks to understand the world and human beings regardless of the implications of that knowledge for ...
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Negotiating Purity and Impurity of Religion and Economy: An Empirical Contribution to Kathryn Tanner’s Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism

Religions, 2020
Kathryn Tanner’s book Christianity and the new Spirit of Capitalism generated an interesting debate about the relationship between Christianity and capitalism, as exemplified by the four review essays—by David Cloutier, Nicole M. Flores, Philip Goodchild,
Maria Ledstam, Geir Afdal
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Hiring labourers for the vineyard and making sense of God’s grace at work: An empirical investigation in hermeneutical theory and ordinary theology

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
The Matthean parable of the labourers in the vineyard is open to multiple interpretations. For some, the parable may speak of God’s unlimited grace and generosity; for others the parable may speak of God’s unfairness.
Leslie J. Francis, Greg Smith, Jeff Astley   +2 more
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Why Ecclesiology Cannot live by Doctrine Alone : a reply to John Webster's 'In the Society of God' [PDF]

, 2014
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Brittain, Christopher
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Prayer, civic engagement and culture: A comparative study of Serbia and Malta [PDF]

Sociološki 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, Ćumura Ljiljana D., Buhagiar Luke J.   +2 more
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Brazilian Validation of Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS-10BR and CRS-5BR)

Religions, 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, Hartmut August, Juan José Camou Viacava, Stefan Huber, Márcio Luiz Fernandes   +4 more
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Foundations of Practical Spiritual Theology: Walter Hilton as a Case Study in Retrieval

Open Theology, 2021
This article explores the relationships between spirituality, spiritual theology, and practical theology. It proposes a synthesis of these disciplines – practical spiritual theology – as a method and methodology for retrieving the wisdom of historical ...
Goodrich Kevin
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Empirical Theology: A Natural Development? [PDF]

The 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.
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