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The Shape of Practical Theology is unavailable, but you can change that!

Too often in the life of the church, theological reflection and the practical matters of leading and serving have been considered independently. The result has been the impoverishment of both Christian faith and Christian practice. In this groundbreaking book Ray Anderson reflects theologically and practically on preaching, worship, ethics, social justice, therapy, family, homosexuality, burnout...

Ballard and Pritchard feel that Browning tends to subsume practical theology under ethics. They argue that practical theology’s greatest concern is for the discovery of grace, with ethics being but one aspect of the task.20 Todd Bolsinger also faults Browning for an overly anthropological bias in his approach, lacking sufficient focus on faith contents. Browning, according to Bolsinger, does not anchor his method sufficiently in Scripture.21 Browning Revised While affirming Browning’s model as one
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