By Johannes A Ven, Michael Scherer-Rath
The assumption for this quantity originates from the 1st assembly of the foreign Society of Empirical study in Theology (ISERT) in 2002 on the Radboud collage Nijmegen. during this quantity, researchers and teachers from South Africa, nice Britain, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands debate in regards to the basic query of the position of theological normativity in empirical study in theological fields. In fourteen contributions this booklet wish to remove darkness from the importance of this significant subject for the self-discipline of sensible theology. the 1st a part of the e-book offers a dialogue concerning the empirical personality of functional theology and the results for clinical learn in theological fields. the second one half bargains with the normative implications of empirical study. it's proven with the aid of concrete learn tasks that empirical study is feasible in useful theology and that theology works normatively in empirical learn.
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Kampen: Kok. —— (2002). Social Constructionism and Theology. A Dance to be Postponed? M. Hermans, G. Immink, A. de Jong & J. ), Social Constructionism and Theology (291–307). Leiden: Brill. Viau, M. (1999). Practical Theology. A New Approach. Leiden: Brill. Weber, M. (1980) Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Grundriss der verstehenden Soziologie [Economics and Society. Sketch of the Interpretive Sociology]. Tübingen: Mohr. This page intentionally left blank NORMATIVE EXPLANATION IN PRACTICAL THEOLOGY A J Norms are guidelines for action and thought.
Ministry as ordained profession depicts the traditional and legal-rational type; ministry as profession the functional-rational type; ministry as personal charisma the charismatic type. 29 can be identified and measured. On the other hand professionalism is the process whereby workers in a specific occupation employ strategies (like stressing a specific expertise) to strengthen and defend their position. (Brouwer 1995) The discourse of professionalism in ministry therefore is defined by interests and issues of power and by the understanding of profession as a definable set of tasks and performances.
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