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Academic Theological Education
Academic Theology
Author_Jeff Astley
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Christian education methods
Clerical Paradigm
Clinical Pastoral Education Movement
Common Language
Consensus Fidelium
Depth Grammar
Descriptive Theology
empirical religious research
empirical study of Christian belief
Empirical Theology
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Explicit Religion
faith development studies
Good Life
hermeneutical analysis
Implicit Religion
Invisible Religion
Kierkegaard
Linguistic Phenomenology
Open Ecclesiology
Ordinary Believers
Ordinary Language Philosophy
Ordinary Theology
People's Theology
phenomenological inquiry
practical theology
Religious Learning
Soren Kierkegaard
Subterranean Theology
Theological Education
Product details
- ISBN 9780754605843
- Weight: 390g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Dec 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Ordinary theology' is Jeff Astley's phrase for the theology and theologising of Christians who have received little or no theological education of a scholarly, academic or systematic kind. Astley argues that an in-depth study of ordinary theology, which should involve both empirical research and theological reflection, can help recover theology as a fundamental dimension of every Christian's vocation. Ordinary Theology analyses the problems and possibilities of research and reflection in this area. This book explores the philosophical, theological and educational dimensions of the concept of ordinary theology, its significance for the work of the theologian as well as for those engaged in the ministry of the church, and the criticisms that it faces. 'Ordinary theology' Astley writes, 'is the church's front line. Statistically speaking, it is the theology of God's church.'
Jeff Astley, North of England Institute for Christian Education, Durham University, UK
