‘A tale of two cities’: The evolution of the International Academy of Practical Theology
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | ‘A tale of two cities’: The evolution of the International Academy of Practical Theology | |
| Creator | Miller-Mclemore, Bonnie J. | |
| Description | This essay appraises the history of the International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT), arguing that competing aims have pulled it in different directions. The essay arose initially out of a roundtable on IAPT at an international congress in São Leopoldo, Brazil, in preparation for the next biennial conference there in 2019. Why is there a need for the IAPT? What are some of its developments? Why is it important for South America and Brazil? In response, the essay suggests that the IAPT has struggled to sustain at least two prominent commitments – a desire to enhance practical theology’s scholarly visibility and acumen and a real need to become a genuinely international organisation in terms of representation and inclusion. A secondary argument woven through the essay is that collegial friendships across complicated differences of location and perspective have the capacity to moderate and even heal conflicts. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2017-10-25 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v73i4.4718 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 73, No 4 (2017); 11 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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