Soil, roots and shoots

The emergence of Biapt

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ID20242291
AuthorsDavid Lyall (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Paul Ballard (Cardiff University)
Year2020
Volume13
Issue1-2
Pages8-18
Publication date2020-03-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePractical Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1756-073X • E-ISSN: 1756-0748
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1756073x.2020.1730057
OpenAlexW3010036931
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

Celebrating twenty-five years since its foundation, this article traces the origins of the British and Irish Association for Practical Theology (BIAPT) from the emergence of Pastoral Studies in the sixties, through the annual Conference on Pastoral Studies, to the British and Irish Association for Practical Theology in 1994. Attention is also drawn to the importance of the journal Contact, the fore-runner of Practical Theology, in 2008, and the emergence of the Professional Doctorate in Practical Theology. It is suggested that the characteristics of BIAPT have been shaped by Lambourne’s (1971 Lambourne, R. A. June 1971. “Objections to a National Pastoral Organisation.” Contact 35: 24–31. doi: 10.1080/13520806.1971.11759218[Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) opposition to the formation of a professional association in favour of a broader, inclusive, lay, adventuresome association. This informs the discussion of a number of perennial issues, such as the relation between academic and practitioner, professional and lay, and the nature of the theological enterprise, that have shaped and still confront BIAPT

Epistemology · Irish · Pastoral theology · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Theological Perspectives and Practices

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