Jeff Astley
Ann Loades as practical theologian and Christian educator
Astley, Jeff
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Abstract
This article attempts to frame the theology and teaching of Ann Loades within the categories of practical theology and Christian education. After outlining the author’s academic relationship with Loades, the author analyses the meaning of the phrase ‘practical theology’ and some aspects of the debate surrounding the term. He contends that Loades’s wide-ranging reflections on the practices of Christian prayer and spirituality, worship and liturgy, and ethics and belonging may be regarded as examples of such a practical theology. The author’s concept of ‘ordinary theology’ is then employed as a bridge into an exploration of Christian learning and teaching, which draws parallels between both Loades’s interpretation of a ‘learning Christ’ and her perspectival account of spiritual vision, and the views of other Christian educationalists and theologians. Although Ann Loades did not inhabit the rather specialised worlds of practical theologians or Christian educationalists, her work has much to contribute to both.
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Astley, J. (2023). Ann Loades as practical theologian and Christian educator. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225x.2023.2219500
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 26, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 9, 2023 |
Publication Date | 2023 |
Deposit Date | Jun 20, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 20, 2023 |
Journal | International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church |
Print ISSN | 1474-225X |
Electronic ISSN | 1747-0234 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225x.2023.2219500 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1171219 |
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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