Description: In recent years, Practical Theology has taken a very significant methodological turn towards the qualitative approaches while a parallel and related development emphasises the importance of life writing as a theological resource and autoethnographical ways of constructing practical theology are receiving increased scholarly attention.
Brief description:
Heather Walton is Professor of Theology and Creative Practice at the University of Glasgow. A life writer and theologian, her other books include Writing Methods in Theological Reflection, Not Eden: Spiritual Life Writing for This World and Theological Reflection Methods 2nd Edition (with Elaine Graham and Francis Ward).
Review Quotes: With delicious wit and gorgeous prose Practical Theology Beyond the Empirical Turn identifies the creative possibilities empirical theological work has long incubated to offer up a whole new range of epistemological and methodological resources for the field.--Natalie Wigg-Stevenson