Normativity and empirical research in theology / / edited by Johannes A. van der Ven, Michael Scherer-Rath

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955304103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2004, c2005
• ISBN: 1-280-91469-6; 9786610914692; 90-474-0432-7; 1-4294-0718-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Collana: Empirical studies in theology, , 1389-1189 ; ; v. 10
• Altri autori (Persone): VenJ. A. van der <1940->; Scherer-RathMichael
• Disciplina: 202/.072
• Soggetti: Theology - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: EXPLANATION ABOUT NORMATIVITY""; ""Theological Normativity: Ideology or Utopia?: Reflections on the Possible Contribution of Empirical Research""; ""What You See is What You Get. Social Construction and Normativity in Practical Theology""; ""Normative Explanation in Practical Theology""; ""Given through the Senses. A Phenomenological Model of Empirical Theology""; ""Which Normativity and what Kind of Empirical Research?: From Dualism to Multiple Interplays""; ""An Empirical or A Normative Approach to Practical-theological Research?: A False Dilemma""""Personality Theory, Empirical Theology and Normativity""; ""PART TWO: NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH""; ""How ""Adult"" is the Religiosity of Adults?: Normative Implications of Empirical Theological Research into Religious Development in the Second Half of Life""; ""Normative Implications of Designing Empirical Research: Family Research and Reflective Theological Normativity""; ""The Position of God Images in the Theoretical Research Model""; ""Normative Claims in Pastoral Ministry Research""""Empirical Research in Practical Theology as a Strategy of Intervention""; ""Freedom of ; Religion as a Meta-norm. Relating Theological and Pedagogical Normativeness in Empirical Research into Religious Education""; ""Empirical Methodology and Normativity""; ""List of Authors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""
• Sommario/riassunto: The idea for this volume originates from the first meeting of the International Society of Empirical Research in Theology (ISERT) in 2002 at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In this volume, researchers and academics from South Africa, Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands debate about the fundamental question of the role of theological normativity in empirical research in theological fields. In fourteen contributions this book would like to illuminate the significance of this central topic for the discipline of practical theology. The first part of the book provides a discussion about the empirical character of practical theology and the consequences for scientific research in theological fields. The second part deals with the normative implications of empirical research. It is shown with the help of concrete research projects that empirical research is possible in practical theology and that theology works normatively in empirical research.