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A New Lease of Life?
What does retirement mean for Church of England clergy? Fourteen retired clergy reflect on their experiences in retirement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of this new stage of life.
Exploring Ordinary Theology
Ordinary theology' characterizes the reflective God-talk of the great majority of churchgoers, and others who remain largely untouched by the assumptions, concepts and arguments that academic theology takes for granted. Astley coined the phrase in his innovative study, Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology, arguing that 'speaking statistically ordinary theology is the theology of God's Church'.Exploring Ordinary Theology presents fresh contributions from a wide range of authors, who address the theological, empirical and practical dimensions of this central feature of ordinary Christian existence and the life of the Church.
Psychological Perspectives on Religious Education
Over the past fifty years the individual differences tradition in psychology has offered rich insights into religious education, as offered within schools, religious communities and households, during childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Leslie J. Francis offers an overview and assessment of this contribution.
The Values Debate
Presents findings from a survey conducted among 30,000 13-15 year olds throughout England and Wales, giving particular attention to social, personal and moral issues.
Ordinary Theology
'Ordinary theology' is Jeff Astley's phrase for the theology and theologising of Christians who have received little or no theological education of a scholarly, academic or systematic kind. Astley argues that an in-depth study of ordinary theology, which should involve both empirical research and theological reflection, can help recover theology as a fundamental dimension of every Christian's vocation. Ordinary Theology analyses the problems and possibilities of research and reflection in this area. This book explores the philosophical, theological and educational dimensions of the concept of ordinary theology, its significance for the work of the theologian as well as for those engaged in the ministry of the church, and the criticisms that it faces. 'Ordinary theology' Astley writes, 'is the church's front line. Statistically speaking, it is the theology of God's church.'
Personality, Religion, and Leadership
In Personality, Religion, and Leadership, Christopher F. J. Ross and Leslie J. Francis illustrate how Jungian archetypes can help religious leaders understand and deal with their personal spiritual journeys in times of stress and success and build strong religious communities that contain a diverse array of psychological types.
Faith and Psychology
"Once seen as a major enemy of faith, psychology is now recognised as a key ally and friend by many Christians. In this clear and challenging book Leslie J. Francis demonstrates how the theory of psychological type can help us to understand better the shape of our personal spirituality, our preferences in public worship and the nature of our religious experience." "Leslie J. Francis offers a careful description of each of the eight components of psychological type (extraversion and introversion, sensing and intuition, feeling and thinking, judging and perceiving), together with a brief test to help you locate your own psychological preferences. He shows how such analysis can lead to greater self-awareness, greater insight into others and into the nature of the God who created men and women in God's own image."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Public Significance of Religion
This book reflects on the idea that religion represents a force in the public realms of society. The empirical evidence reveals a regained relevance for and commitment to religion re-emerging in secularized countries, but also that it does so in a new form: unexpected, foreign, and maybe even dangerous. If religion regains public significance in social debates, what are its characteristics in terms of topics and interests, actors and parties? How is this experienced and evaluated by different groups in society? What are the motives of religious groups and churches to re-enter the public domain and are they effective? What is the importance of religious groups claiming participation (consulti...
Lessons in Spiritual Development
Positive spiritual development is an obligation on all schools. This new source book for education professionals documents how ten leading Christian-ethos secondary schools have prioritized the spiritual development of their students. Each chapter tells the story of how one of the schools approaches this responsibility, showing the variety of innovation and creativity taking place within spiritual education. It offers wisdom from practitioners on the opportunities and challenges that exist, as well as inspiration to other schools wishing to improve their provision for spiritual development.
