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Table of Contents: “…section 1. Practical theology : a contradiction in terms? -- section 2. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Scholtz -- Speaking reality : language and lived experience in practical theology / Peter Meyer -- Compassion as an interruption of the power of inscription : a contribution to diaconal studies / Trygve Wyller -- Iconicity or the creativity of images / Hermann Deuser -- Lived religion in lived space / Sigurd Bergmann -- pt. 4. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Novelistic redemption and the history of grace: practical theology and literary form in Richardson's Pamela and Fielding's Joseph Andrews /…”

Table of Contents: “…Elements of African religious spiritual practices in African American worship : resounding practical theological implications /…”
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Table of Contents: “…[1] General resources and biblical studies -- [2] Systematic theology and church history -- [3] Practical theology.…”

Table of Contents: “…Francis -- From action to lived experience: considering methodological problems of modern practical theology / Hans-Günter Heimbrock -- Empirical theology and brain research / Tobias Kläden -- Practical theology theory-building based on a pragmatic notion of weak rationality / Chris Hermans -- Ritual praxis: defining passage rites from an action perspective / Hans Schilderman -- Religious praxis, de-institutionalized: theoretical and empirical considerations / Heinz Streib -- Rethinking church in liquid modernity / Kees de Groot -- Empirical considerations in religious praxis and reflection in the teaching situation: a conceptual map / Don Browning -- Are religious beliefs relevant in daily life? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Hope and the structure of philosophical systems -- Naming God -- Toward a narrative theology : its necessity, its resources, its difficulties -- Evil, a challenge to philosophy and theology -- The summoned subject in the school of the narratives of the prophetic vocation -- pt. 5. Practical theology : ethics and homiletics. The logic of Jesus, the logic of God -- "Whoever loses their life for my sake will find it" -- The memory of suffering -- Ethical and theological considerations of the Golden Rule -- Pastoral praxeology, hermeneutics, and identity -- Love and justice.…”

Table of Contents: “…The culture of enlightening en Sorbonne and the formation of Claude Yvon -- Into the midcentury maelstrom: Claude Yvon between Sorbonne and the encyclopedistes -- The Encyclopedie and the polarization of enlightening culture in France -- Yvon the encyclopediste I: metaphysics, logic, and the history of philosophy -- Yvon the encyclopediste II: immortality, immateriality, and an Abbe's dalliance with vitalistic materialism -- Yvon the encyclopediste III: moral philosophy, practical theology, and the problem of evil -- Yvon in exile, 1752/1762 -- The return from exile, circa 1762/1768 -- The quest to harmonize philosophy and religion: the first attempt, 1762/1768 -- Out of the ashes? …”
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Table of Contents: “…The identification of the Qumran Group -- The case for the Essene hypothesis -- The evidence from Pliny the Elder -- the contents of the Qumran texts and Essene beliefs and practices -- Theology: Determinism -- The afterlife -- Practice: Nonuse of oil -- Property -- The pure meal -- Bodily functions -- Spitting -- Problems with the Essene hypothesis -- Entry procedures -- Marriage -- The name Essene -- Other theories: Sadducees -- Jerusalem origins.…”