Pastoralteologi: Status og stifinning

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  • Fredrik Saxegaard

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48626/tpt.v37i1.5308

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The article discusses pastoral theology as an academic discipline. In a first stage, I argue
that it should be considered a sub-disicipline within practical theology, and be practiced
as a hospitable meeting place for cross-disciplinary research on clergy and religous
leaders. Secondly, I discuss the relationship of pastoral theology, with its long tradition
dating back to premodern days, to empirical and contextual theologies. I argue that the
latter are important renewers and critics, whereas at the same time, pastoral theology
should not give up on its particular characteristic of introducing students to pastoral
practices. In a final section, I point to a way forward for the discipline, suggesting
that it should relate three recent controversial topics (religious power, inter-religious
dialogue, and new forms of ministry) and three classical pastoral theological terms (the
pastor, the professional and the spiritual).

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2020-06-18

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