Complex Identities in a Shifting World: Practical Theological Perspectives (International Practical Theology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3643905092 ISBN 13: 9783643905093

Publisher: Lit Verlag, 2015

Synopsis

Clear and well-defined identities are hard to sustain in a rapidly shifting world. Peoples, goods, and cultures are on the move. The internet and other technologies increase the amount, the speed, and the intensity of cultural exchanges. Individuals, organizations, and nations develop complex identities out of many traditions, different ideals, various ways of life, and many models of organization. Religious traditions both collide and interact, with spiritual journeys crossing religious boundaries. In this book, more than 20 contributors from different backgrounds and academic disciplines offer an array of practical theological perspectives to help understand these complex identities and negotiate this shifting world. (Series: International Practical Theology - Vol. 17) [Subject: Religious Studies, Cultural Studies]

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About the Author

2001 PAMELA COUTURE is Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York. She is an ordained United Methodist minister, and a former director of Candler School of Theology's program for Women in Theology & Ministry, and former director of the Faculty Resource Center of the Association of Theological Schools. Her work played a central role in the Lilly Foundation's Family, Religion & Culture project. She has also presented on the issues of children and poverty before nine United Methodist annual conferences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lit Verlag
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3643905092
• ISBN 13: 9783643905093
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283
• Editor: Couture Pamela, Mager Robert, McCarroll Pamela, Wigg-Stevenson Natalie