Encountering God : practical theology and the mission to heal / edited by Robert Dixon & Mary Eastham
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- 10004329
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- Bayswater, Vic. : Coventry Press, [2023]
- ©2023
- 255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781922589309 (paperback)
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"How can churches contribute to bringing about healing in our troubled world? Has Christianity been a force for good in the world? Is it still today? At the 2020 conference of the Association of Practical Theology in Oceania (APTO), these were the serious questions raised and debated, reflecting the ministry of healing that is at the heart of the church's existence. Fourteen papers presented at the Conference are contained in this book." --Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- Part one: healing shattered relationships.
- And now! Being Church after the Royal Commission / Francis Sullivan.
- Growing dissatisfaction: Mass attenders' attitudes to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church / Robert Dixon.
- A silent Church lives in darkness: speaking out as response to clerical child sexual assault in the Catholic Church / Christopher Evan Longhurst.
- 15 March 2019: remembering the causes of white supremacy and racism to be agents of healing and justice / Mary Eastham.
- Some Christian attempts at healing with Buddhists in Sri Lanka post-independence / Malcolm Kreltszheim.
- Part two: theological frameworks for healing.
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: a practical theological reflection in a pandemic / Rosie Joyce.
- Toward a practical eco-theological approach with Christian askesis / Julie A Hawkins.
- The habitus, reflexivity and an Ignatian spirituality that does justice / Sandie Cornish.
- What is spiritual health? / Peter Carblis.
- In the beginning was the Word: the place of AI technology in the integral approach / Beatrice Green.
- Part three: creating healing communities.
- Embracing voices of dissent: women, spiritual authority and the Church / Catherine Lambert.
- Anxious behaviours at the interface between pastors and congregations / Kathy Matuschka.
- A possible response to the wicked problem of financing the Catholic Church in Australia after the sexual abuse crisis / Brendan Long.
- Hearing God's voice: the role of revelatory experiences in ministry and mission among Australian Pentecostals / Tania Harris.
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