scholarly journals A Practical Theological Approach on Pastoral Care and Counseling: Focusing on Don S. Browning's A Fundamental Practical Theology

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (null) ◽  
pp. 154-178
Author(s):  
Choi, Min Soo
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Pastoral Care And Counseling ◽  
Practical Theological

scholarly journals Who are we online? The interplay between online identity formation and Christian marriages

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Ferreira ◽  
Hannelie Yates ◽  
Alfred R. Brunsdon
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Online Identity ◽  
Practical Theological

Digital technologies have become an integrated part of everyday life, and this development has not left relationships untouched. A need exists for theological reflection on the interaction between the dynamic contexts of the digital age and Christian marital relationships. The relational implications of the digital age are quite vast; therefore the focus of the article will be limited to online identity formation as a particular challenge of the digital age. Employing the method of a literature study within the scientific field of practical theology, this article explores the interplay between online identity formation and Christian marriage. It suggests that online identity formation exists around a reciprocal interaction with two prominent qualities of Christian marriages: The expansion of the self and one-ness. When considering the interplay between online identity formation and Christian marriage, awareness can be created regarding the marital implications of spouses’ online engagements, which may enhance contextual pastoral care with a relational focus within the digital age.Contribution: The article contributes to practical theological reflection on challenges posed to Christian marriages by the digital age. It is aimed at stimulating pastoral thinking regarding online identity formation and its adverse effects on so-called one-ness in Christian marriages that can enhance pastoral care with a view on the flourishing of couples in the digital age.

scholarly journals Die noodsaak daarvan om metateoretiese vertrekpunte ten opsigte van werklikheidsbeskouing in praktiesteologiese wetenskapsbeoefening uit te spel

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
F.W. De Wet
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Previous Article ◽  
Protestant Reformation ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Horizontal Dimension ◽  
Practical Theological ◽  
Contemporary Context

The necessity of explicating metatheoretical assumptions regarding the view on reality in cientific practical theological research This article is the second in the research project “Metatheoretical assumptions in Practical Theology”. In this project – as indicated in the previous article − a group of reformed theologians is elucidating and discussing their metatheoretical and other perspectives regarding research in Practical Theology. In this article the necessity to explain metatheoretical assumptions concerning a view on reality, is discussed from a reformed perspective. The practical theological implications of a view on reality with its roots in the sixteenth-century protestant Reformation are critically compared with an alternative view on reality in the contemporary context which focuses more on the horizontal dimension of the action events taking place in praxis. This comparison is done with a view to responding to this alternative view in a responsible way. Essential characteristics of the sixteenth-century reformed view on reality seem to be its Scripture-determined vision and theocentric focus as well as the way in which human life and actions are represented as reflections of the “imago Dei”. The need to critically reflect on these characteristics and to newly align this view on reality with respect to challenges posed in the contemporary context, is explored.

scholarly journals The early Browning: Pastoral care in a pluralistic age and the method of practical moral inquiry

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Hestenes
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Moral Inquiry ◽  
Past President ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Academy

The past president of the International Academy of Practical Theology, Prof. Donald Browning, has written books and articles across a wide variety of topics concerning the correlation of many great fields of knowledge, including theology, psychology, philosophy, sociology, practical theology, ethics, family therapy and ecology over the past 40 years. Prof. Browning passed away on 03 June 2010. This left the author of this article with a desire to begin to reassess some of Browning’s earlier reflections regarding his vision of pastoral care in a pluralistic age and the importance of his method of practical moral inquiry.

scholarly journals Collegiality in Pastoral Care and Counseling

1991 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-332
Author(s):  
Christie Cozad Neuger ◽  
Pamela J. Holliman
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Pastoral Care And Counseling

Pastoral Care and Counseling in Biblical Perspective

1973 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Oglesby
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Pastoral Care And Counseling ◽  
Biblical Perspective

Regarding the question of a criterion for assessing the relevance of data from the behavioral sciences,... those forms of therapy which move toward being are more consistent with the biblical point of view than those which move toward knowing or doing.

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