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Intersections: Practical Theology, Religious Education, and Interreligious Education
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Intersections: Practical Theology, Religious Education, and Interreligious Education

A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). This special issue belongs to the section "Religions and Theologies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2020) | Viewed by 7865

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook

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Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
Interests: interreligious education; theological education; Anglican studies; religion and education; Christian spiritualities
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Practical Theology is an interdisciplinary field which focuses on theological reflection based in lived religious experience. This special issue will focus on the intersection between practical theology and two related disciplines; Religious Education and Interreligious Education. Religious Education, in this context, aims to help learners in the acquisition of the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to interact, understand, and communicate a person’s own tradition, as well as with persons from diverse religious traditions; to function effectively in the midst of religious pluralism; and to create pluralistic democratic communities that work for the common good. Interreligious Education is an interdisciplinary field that draws content, conceptual frameworks, processes and theories from religious education, religious studies, multicultural education, racial and ethnic studies, women’s studies, youth studies, sociology, peace and reconciliation studies, congregational studies, and public policy studies. It also applies, challenges, and interprets insights from these fields to pedagogy and curriculum development in diverse educational settings, including faith communities, schools, and organizations. Practical Theology, Religious Education and Interreligious Education are all grounded in the spiritual journeys of individuals and groups, and connected to a vision for humankind to love one another as neighbors.

Prof. Dr. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Practical Theology
  • Religious Education
  • Interreligious Education
  • Interreligious Studies
  • Interreligious Dialogue
  • Religious Pluralism
  • Interfaith
  • Formation

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Awakening Christian Discipleship: Gleanings from an Experiment in Interreligious Education
by Kendra Fredrickson-Laouini
Religions 2021, 12(2), 75; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel12020075 - 24 Jan 2021
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Through autoethnographic research, this article argues that interreligious education is integral to Christian discipleship and that living in a multi-religious world demands more than knowledge of the religious other. To live fully into a Christian identity in a multi-religious world demands interreligious education. [...] Read more.
Through autoethnographic research, this article argues that interreligious education is integral to Christian discipleship and that living in a multi-religious world demands more than knowledge of the religious other. To live fully into a Christian identity in a multi-religious world demands interreligious education. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intersections: Practical Theology, Religious Education, and Interreligious Education)
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The Converging of the Ways?—What Sabbath Practice Can Teach Us about Jewish-Christian and Intra-Religious Relations Today
by Erik C. Carter
Religions 2020, 11(12), 661; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel11120661 - 9 Dec 2020
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Given the tenuous relationship Christians have had with Jews over the centuries, not to mention division among Christianity on points of doctrine and practice, a contemporary examination of the Sabbath could be an opportunity to bring Jews and Christians into further dialogue with [...] Read more.
Given the tenuous relationship Christians have had with Jews over the centuries, not to mention division among Christianity on points of doctrine and practice, a contemporary examination of the Sabbath could be an opportunity to bring Jews and Christians into further dialogue with each other, not on the basis of a shared written text, but rather the living texts of religious experience. However, a review of the literature reveals a scarcity of empirical research on the Sabbath, especially how religious professionals practice Sabbath as exemplars in their spheres of influence. In this study, I, therefore, offer a comparative description of my findings with respect to two practical theological studies I conducted on Shabbat/Sabbath practice, one with American pulpit rabbis and the other Seventh-day Adventist pastors. As a practical theological project, I offer a theological reflection of the data, followed by implications for theological (re)construction and revised praxis for the Church and Jewish-Christian relations. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intersections: Practical Theology, Religious Education, and Interreligious Education)
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Utilizing Pedagogy for Disrupting White Supremacy
by Shannon Frediani
Religions 2020, 11(11), 544; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel11110544 - 22 Oct 2020
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This article focuses on how practical theology and interreligious education can utilize pedagogy for disrupting white supremacy and coloniality. It draws primarily from postcolonial studies, practical theology, ethics, and interreligious studies. Creating learning crucibles that privilege those most impacted by systemic injustice, incorporating [...] Read more.
This article focuses on how practical theology and interreligious education can utilize pedagogy for disrupting white supremacy and coloniality. It draws primarily from postcolonial studies, practical theology, ethics, and interreligious studies. Creating learning crucibles that privilege those most impacted by systemic injustice, incorporating their knowledges, their experiences, and their agency in countering specific oppressions, has the capacity to change how students approach scholarship, change what they consider knowledge, and change their relationship to religious leadership. This article also draws upon the scholar’s experiences teaching at Starr King School for the Ministry (SKSM), which has an institutional commitment to creating religious leaders in the world dedicated to structural change through their Educating to Counter Oppressions (ECO) philosophy. Full article
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Jeong: A Practical Theology of Postcolonial Interfaith Relations
by Sue Kim Park
Religions 2020, 11(10), 515; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel11100515 - 10 Oct 2020
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This article examines Korean American Christians’ involvement in interfaith relations from a practical theology perspective. The author begins the research with the broad question, “What is going on with Korean American Christians in interfaith engagement?” and interrogates more specifically the methods through which [...] Read more.
This article examines Korean American Christians’ involvement in interfaith relations from a practical theology perspective. The author begins the research with the broad question, “What is going on with Korean American Christians in interfaith engagement?” and interrogates more specifically the methods through which they participate in it. Gathering results from ethnographic research, the author claims that Korean American Christians build interfaith relationships through jeong, a collective sentiment many Koreans share. Jeong is an emotional bond that develops and matures over time in interpersonal relationships. As for interfaith engagements, Korean American Christians cultivate organic, messy, affectionate, and sticky relationships, letting jeong seep into their lives across religious, faith, and non-faith lines. The praxis of jeong is analyzed in three categories: (1) love and affection, (2) liberating and healing power, and (3) stickiness and vulnerability. Full article
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