Contains a general introduction to the discipline, featuring classic and pioneering essays that address the history, methods, issues, and exemplary illustrations of research, teaching, and practice   Presenting a diverse collection of landmark essays, The Wiley-Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology explores the turn-of-the-century renaissance of practical theology as an academic discipline and shows how the discipline has advanced a steady epistemological insurgency in theology throughout the twentieth- and twenty-first century. The text provides scholars, students, and ministerial professionals with easy access to original seminal sources that represent major milestones, growing edges, and useful classificatory rubrics. A handy, one-volume primer to practical theology, the book: Offers an excellent bird’s-eye-view of the discipline’s essential foundational contributions - Provides significant introductory overview material helpful in guiding both new and experienced readers to practical theology - Includes brief overview introductions before each essay to situate the reading and highlight key contributions and occasional limitations - Features essay selections that consider race, gender, sexuality, age, and other differences as a critical subtheme The Wiley-Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology is an indispensable resource for students, faculty, and professionals in practical theology and colleagues in related cognate disciplines in theological education and religious studies. A general introduction to the discipline featuring classic as well as pioneering essays that address the history, methods, and issues of research, teaching, and practice Presenting a diverse collection of landmark essays, The Wiley Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology explores the turn-of-the-century renaissance of practical theology as an academic discipline, and shows how the discipline has advanced a steady epistemological insurgency in theology throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The text provides scholars, students, and ministerial professionals with easy access to pioneering sources that represent major milestones, growing edges, and useful classificatory rubrics. A handy, one-volume primer to practical theology, the book: Offers an excellent bird's-eye view of the discipline's essential foundational contributions - Provides significant overview material to help guide both new and experienced readers to practical theology - Includes brief introductions before each essay to situate the reading and highlight key contributions as well as occasional limitations - Features essay selections that consider race, gender, sexuality, age, and other differences as critical themes The Wiley Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology is an indispensable resource for students, faculty, and professionals in practical theology and colleagues in related disciplines in theological education and religious studies. A general introduction to the discipline featuring classic as well as pioneering essays that address the history, methods, and issues of research, teaching, and practice Presenting a diverse collection of landmark essays, The Wiley Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology explores the turn-of-the-century renaissance of practical theology as an academic discipline, and shows how the discipline has advanced a steady epistemological insurgency in theology throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The text provides scholars, students, and ministerial professionals with easy access to pioneering sources that represent major milestones, growing edges, and useful classificatory rubrics. A handy, one-volume primer to practical theology, the book: Offers an excellent bird's-eye view of the discipline's essential foundational contributions - Provides significant overview material to help guide both new and experienced readers to practical theology - Includes brief introductions before each essay to situate the reading and highlight key contributions as well as occasional limitations - Features essay selections that consider race, gender, sexuality, age, and other differences as critical themes The Wiley Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology is an indispensable resource for students, faculty, and professionals in practical theology and colleagues in related disciplines in theological education and religious studies. Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture at the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion of Vanderbilt University. A national and international leader in pastoral and practical theologies, widely recognized for work on families, women, and children, and recipient of a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology award (2000), she is author, editor, and co-editor of numerous publications, including the original edition of The Wiley Blackwell Reader in Practical Theology.