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**STM 921: Community Life and Pastoral Practice **** for Practical Theology (4 credits) ** 

**Spring 2010** __Course Number, Meeting Time and Classroom__  STM 921, Saturday 8:30-1:30 (sometimes Sunday 3:00-8:00) O’Mailia Room 10, Library SEFLIN Room or Library Seminar Room, as announced

__Instructor__ Bryan Froehle, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Ph.D. Studies in Practical Theology Sullivan Hall, Room 116 (near photocopier) Office Hours, M, T, 12:00-2:00 or by appointment. Subject to change: please call in advance. Office phone: 305-628-6636 (direct); 312-285-9121 (mobile) E-mail: froehleb@stu.edu

**Welcome!** This semester of your doctoral studies introduces you to the study of community simultaneous with your study of hermeneutics and methodology.

Theologically, the concept of the //ekklesia// or the ancient Christian practice of //koinonia// is perhaps the most adequate way of understanding questions of community life, religious institutions, and by extension pastoral practice. This course, then, may be seen as a practical theological approach to ecclesiology. It can also be understood as the core course within the doctoral program that engages with traditional practical theological subdisciplines such as pastoral life and leadership, congregational studies, church development, stewardship, administration, and church law and discipline. This second course in part of the sequence of doctoral courses within Christian practice. (This sequence comprises STM 911, 921, 931, and 941; that is, respectively, formation///didache//, community///koinonia//, justice///diakonia//, and ritual///leiturgia//. Please note that these is no claim that the English term corresponds to the Greek one in its entirely or even adequately. The linking of those terms instead is meant to suggest a possible linkage between some of the contemporary conversations in practical theology with this ancient four-fold understanding of Christian //praxis//.)

The design of this course, as with the discipline of practical theology as a whole, is to bring classic theological concepts in dialogue with critical dimensions of practice. The general move in the course will be from a conversation that privileges questions of ecclesiology to a conversation that privileges dimensions of congregational studies and particular dimensions within pastoral practice, toward a model of scholarship that truly embraces and advances both dimensions simultaneously.

Each seminar gathering will therefore examine a particular body of literature, which all seminar members are expected to have read and assimilated (sometimes by reading, sometimes by being aware of the broader literature, and sometimes by reviewing on-line resources, among other strategies), and then to move toward a serious scholarly conversation around distinct questions of ecclesial praxis, above all those classically related to questions of community life and pastoral leadership.

**Correlation with the Broader Purpose of Doctoral Coursework** Doctoral studies are designed to form those who will produce and reproduce new knowledge and the transmission of existing knowledge. This is quite distinct from the purpose of master’s level studies, which is to cultivate mastery of a certain area of knowledge, or the purpose of undergraduate studies, which is oriented toward the more simple consumption of knowledge. Doctoral programs assume that both mastery and an extensive consumption of knowledge, particularly of related or cognate fields within an area of study, has been accomplished. Doctoral coursework is therefore oriented toward a kind of apprenticeship in knowledge production that moves a person from “student” to “candidate” for the degree toward being a real peer among other practicioners within the discipline. The purpose of doctoral coursework is for students to assimilate to a discipline of thought and learning by engaging them with the length and breadth of the scholarly literature with which they need to be familiar as they prepare to undertake their own scholarship, above all in their doctoral dissertation.

Therefore the doctoral program in practical theology is designed to explore works that define contemporary practical theology and method (STM 811), as well as practical theology’s engagement with philosophy, including critical interpretive and methodological issues (STM 821), its sources from throughout the tradition (STM 831), and the critical and potentially mutual relationship between contemporary practical theology and social science (STM 841). Simultaneous to these conversations are those that examine classic arenas of practical theological engagement and which call for a true praxis—offering students an critical, practical-theological opportunity to relate various dimensions of these fields to their own practice and experience in a way that builds on and advances practical theological method itself (the practices sequence of STM 911, 921, 931, and 941).

Upon completion of the prescribed doctoral coursework, which includes the eight four-credit courses mentioned above as well as a final, four credit core course on Advanced Practical Theology (STM 851), and six elective credits of approved doctoral coursework (which may include doctoral transfer credits and courses taken as directed doctoral research or supervised teaching), students may request to take their doctoral candidacy examinations. Candidacy examinations, also called “prelims” (preliminary examinations for the doctorate, with the final examination being the dissertation defense), presuppose familiarity with the literature of practical theology, including practical theological method, and related specialization(s) of the students’ choosing. Successfully passing these multi-day, multi-format examinations confer a new status: that of a candidate for the doctorate. Students either pass all candidacy examinations or they fail all examinations. Results are reported to each student individually, and are given as pass or fail. In addition, some may be awarded a “pass with distinction,” which may be listed on a curriculum vitae. Doctoral candidacy examinations are given and evaluated always by multiple members of the doctoral faculty committee, which consists of all full-time faculty of the School of Theology and Ministry who teach in the doctoral program. Students who fail these examinations may retake them at the discretion of the doctoral faculty. As with all doctoral rules, exceptions may be granted upon petition to the Dean of the School of Theology and Ministry.

Candidates are eligible to create and submit a dissertation proposal, otherwise known as a prospectus. This is generally written during the first full semester of candidacy as part of the three-credit Prospectus Seminar (STM 861). After defending the prospectus before a dissertation committee of suitable scholars of their choosing, candidates formally begin the process of researching and writing a dissertation. All students and candidates are, of course, encouraged to conduct research and work within their selected topic area as far in advance as possible, up to and including the very beginning of their doctoral studies.

The rules established by the School of Theology and Ministry of Saint Thomas University call for a minimum of three members on each student’s dissertation committee: a chair, a lead reader, and an ordinary member. The chair must be from among the Saint Thomas University School of Theology and Ministry faculty; as such, the chair coordinates institutional relationships and convenes the committee. The lead reader is someone other than the chair, generally chosen for his or her expertise in the area in which the candidate is working. This person ordinarily has the role of initially reviewing the candidate’s work for, or at any rate the most specialized portion of the candidate’s work. All members must hold an earned doctorate in theology or related discipline.

During the writing phase, students will normally participate in a dissertation seminar designed to assist and support them in their writing and in learning about scholarly writing and presentations styles, including panel presentations, workshops, formal lectures, publication submissions, and so on. Only those who have successfully defended their prospectus (and, of course, passed all candidacy examinations) can enroll in the second dissertation seminar, and it is anticipated that most students will have successfully defended their dissertation proposal before the first dissertation seminar.

Students who have not defended their prospectus in a timely way, or students who have not completed and defended their dissertation before the end of the third and final dissertation seminar will ordinarily enroll in STM 896-899, directed doctoral research (for between 1-3 credit hours). This is because all those admitted to the program and pursuing the Ph.D., at whatever level, must be enrolled in every Fall and Spring semester subsequent to their matriculation in the program. The only exception is for those students not working on their dissertation in any way and with an approved leave of absence from the Dean of the School of Theology and Ministry. Those who are not enrolled and who do not have an official, approved leave of absence are considered to be no longer in the program and are not able to enroll in courses or participate in the doctoral program in any other way.

Successful defense of the dissertation takes place before the dissertation committee by a candidate who has met and completed all other requirements regarding credit hours and the candidacy examination, and who is in good standing, is the requirement for conferral of the Ph.D. degree. At the time of the successful defense, the dissertation is approved by the committee for publication. At that point, the dissertation will be made available as a successfully completed dissertation (ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing). Successful publication (dissemination) of the dissertation in this manner is the formal conclusion of the Ph.D. process.

Because doctoral studies presume the successfully completed dissertation as the primary goal, all coursework, including all reading, writing, note-taking, presentations, electronic archiving, teaching, and any other activity should be directed ultimately toward potential usefulness in the conceptualization, writing, or execution of the dissertation. Naturally, one cannot know precisely how the dissertation will be structured until the dissertation proposal has been successfully defended. However, one can anticipate your areas of interest and likely directions, and should use each book and article, and each conversation, all notes taken and archived, and everything else as getting one closer to clarity in one’s scholarly agenda and practical theological //locus//.

**Course Description** Presents congregational studies and Christian community life (//koinonia//) in light of a practical ecclesiology, including organizational theory, leadership styles, and pastoral care practices. Students will be trained to collectively undertake a practical theological examination of their experience of such practices.

** Course Outcomes ** The course outcome corresponds to a portion of the overall outcomes for the Ph.D. in practical theology program. The Ph.D. program is designed to accomplish the following five outcomes. · Develop advanced competency in practical theology that appropriates biblical, historical, and contemporary sources.

· Apply practical theological method and analytical skills in a manner that critically incorporates insights from philosophy, psychology, and social scientific theory and research.

· Advance the work of practical theology within culture, society, religious formation, and the life of the faith community.

· Cultivate practical theological skills critical for transformative leadership and advocacy within society, church, and the contemporary theological conversation.

· Acquire skills necessary to research and teach practical theology at an advanced level.

While this seminar is oriented toward all these doctoral program outcomes in some way, the most critical outcomes for STM 921, Community Life and Pastoral Practice in Practical Theology, are the third and fourth ones: to “advance the work of practical theology within culture, society, religious formation, and the life of the faith community” and to “cultivate practical theological skills critical for transformative leadership and advocacy within society, church, and the contemporary theological conversation.”

**Course Objectives** By the conclusion of this course, doctoral students should be able to apply a practical theological approach to questions of ecclesiology, have a substantive understanding of the fields of congregational studies, pastoral leadership, and related areas, and be able to evaluate and apply practical theological methods adequate to questions of community life and pastoral practice. This will from time to time include a dialogue with empirical theological methods derived in some way from the social sciences. It does not mean, however, that the work of practical theology in this area is merely to appropriate methods and understanding from other disciplines. This is neither desirable nor healthy for the scholarly development of students in practical theology or for the dialogue between practical theology and the social science. Instead, practical theologians are to develop their own, truly practical theological method that is simultaneously empirical and practical, fully theological, while also appropriating social science methods and/or other philosophical or hermeneutical approaches. Such work should contain the promise of truly critiquing and deepening the knowledge produced by social scientists themselves, or of others in fields of intellectual work such as philosophy or other interpretive fields. (The most adequate single way to distinguish ‘social scientists’ and ‘practical theologians,’ while recognizing a kind of intersection within ‘empirical theology,’ is to distinguish publics or audiences, including the sorts of peer-reviewed journals, publishers, scholarly associations and conferences, and ecclesial audiences, if any, of the scholar in question.)

Students are urged to consider how their dissertation or other work in the discipline might be informed by the literature and practices under examination. From the very beginning of their doctoral studies, students should consider opportunities to present at scholarly conferences, submit papers for publication, and learn from mutual critique. Participants in this seminar are expected to learn from each other, including from the literature and conceptual moves original to each person in the seminar. All participants are welcome to use the work of others in that regard, but must always fully and appropriately cite the source of those ideas and sources. Sometimes this will be done in the course of a comment given during a seminar discussion; citations should always be given in formal written work.

This goal of this course is ultimately to provide a strong familiarity with critically important, field-shaping scholarship critical for the discipline of practical theology and for student’ own praxis as practical theologians. The texts to be read and discussed in the course must be assimilated as effectively as all possible by all students at a substantive and methodological (that is, praxis-based) level. Students must be prepared to read, read, read. And they must be prepared to discuss critically and effectively their take-aways and critiques of each of the texts and topic areas under examination.

Course Software and On-line Submission We will not regularly use Blackboard for this course, but from time to time its discussion board and communications features may be utilized. Therefore all participants in the seminar are asked to be sure that they are able to access blackboard for this course and that they regularly monitor their email account that is associated with Blackboard (in almost all cases the Saint Thomas University email account).

Electronic submissions are always preferred. All students should always send emailed attached files when submitting their work, or via Blackboard, as they choose. If submissions are made in Blackboard, students should advise seminar members and the instructor. Whenever printed submissions are made by students, electronic ones should be made as a matter of course. Students may received feedback from the instructor either in electronic or written (hard copy) form. Students submitting printed outlines at the start of a seminar meeting will ideally submit two printed copies rather than one. All other members of the seminar will receive a single copy.

**Evaluation** This course is designed to promote an intimate familiarity with the field as well as an overview of major contemporary contributors and their work within the field. T the seminar and will be derived as follows:

25% Participation and outline presentations for the first four meetings. 25% Participation and outline presentations for the fifth through eighth meetings, inclusive. 25% Participation and outline presentations for the ninth through twelfth meetings, inclusive. 25% Term Paper, which must be submitted on or before May 23, 2010.

All students are expected to do all the reading, always. Whenever possible they should read the entire book, not merely the selections identified for discussion. Reading more is better than reading less. Students should read to retain as much knowledge as possible, taking notes or marking texts in order to facilitate their learning. Students are expected to know and to recognize all the authors and texts mentioned in this syllabus.
 * //Participation//**

Students may be asked to provide copies of published book reviews to the seminar, or to share them via email, Blackboard, or other means. Students are expected to simply bring sufficient copies of book reviews, and to ideally have electronic copies (scanned or generated through electronic research) for members of the seminar. Students may also be asked to suggest additional texts on a particular topic. Mention of additional texts on a particular topic are to be provided electronically to the instructor so that they might be added to the syllabus for all to have electronically.

For almost every class meeting, but not every single class meeting, students will be responsible to present an outline they construct on a particular part of the reading. They must bring sufficient copies of an outline of the assigned text or portion of a text for all students. This should be on a single side of one sheet of paper, but in no way may it ever exceed two sides of a single sheet. The responsibility for students to submit this outline does not disappear if the student has an emergency and cannot attend class, something that in any case should be exceedingly rare.
 * //Outline Presentations//**

Outlines may be in any format that is most adequate for the student completing it and the students in the seminar who receive it. Students are encouraged to test various formats to discover what best works for them. It is always expected that students will take an “exegetical,” interpretively engaged with the text as much as possible. This means that student must give and be prepared to refer to key page numbers in their outlines and presentations. This includes naming the location of a given portion of the work on a particular page (using t=top; m=middle; b=bottom or giving a specific line or paragraph number, if that is more convenient). In addition, such an approach to the text means that students should also be prepared, from time to time, as they see fit, to identify any outstanding turns of phrase or an especially effective or captivating sentence or paragraph. There is no need to include material from the text itself in the outline—students may just refer to the page number and give a very terse, tightly written summary. One possible format to these outlines could consist of three sections, with headings in bold and to the left, the first two of which will be brief, tersely written statements:


 * Core Argument/Overall Contribution (of the assigned portion of the work being read; if part of a larger work, then include words on the relationship between the core argument/contribution of this portion of the text with the core argument/overall contribution of the work as a whole).
 * Specific Argument/Takeaway (for the specific portion of the text assigned to you)
 * Development (aspects of argument/concepts development in the assigned text)

The student’s name should always be to the far upper right hand corner of the paper—out of the way but easy to locate. The upper left hand side of each page should include the following information in an easy-to-used style that adapts a standard bibliographic style (Turabian/MLA, APA, or a style described in journal style sheets such as that of //Theological Studies// or the //International Journal of Practical Theology//):


 * Author, date of publication (of the text in question, using brackets for an earlier, original date if the publication was reprinted or published originally in another language prior to the current date of publication of the actual text cited).
 * Page numbers and chapter number(s), as relevant, followed by title of main sections(s) or chapter(s), as relevant.
 * Book title (with place of publication: publisher in parentheses).

Students are expected to present their outline very tightly and succinctly in 10 minutes. They should time themselves as they speak. It should never be longer than 15 minutes, and even then as a very rare exception.

The final paper should be 9-15 pages and written as a potential draft of a potential portion of a dissertation, in other words on a topic in which a student is interested as an area of specialization.
 * //Term Paper//**

The paper should tie together material from the “contextual” focus the student has done—in other words reading tailored to the student’s particular interests in research or related specializations (May 2 and May 16 in this syllabus). The student should integrate this work with selected readings from throughout this course, as appropriate, in order to build a text that explores community life and pastoral practice in a manner appropriate to the student’s area of interest. The bibliography may include materials listed for this course as well as any other texts deemed useful and related to the topic. Wherever possible, students should try to reference all materials in the bibliography in the text itself.

Students should integrate wherever possible materials from the doctoral course in “Contemporary Practical Theology,” this time using those materials specifically in an ecclesiological or community perspective. Clearly, work by Don Browning, Duncan Forrester, Tom Groome, and Rick Osmer will be very useful here—as well as that of other theologians, as deemed useful for the paper. Again, this paper is meant to be exploratory and should be written in the nature of a draft. Students should use this paper as an opportunity to explore topics and possibilities, perhaps using footnotes to indicate the directions in which their writing might go if more time was available to develop the work further.

Any citation system may be used as long as it is used consistently. In both citation systems and in general writing style, students are encouraged to imitate a book or journal article of their choosing. It is useful for students to see potential models for their future work or to understand journal styles, particularly for those journals to which they might ultimately wish to submit an article for publication.

In work on this paper, it may be useful for students to begin to develop electronic bibliographies using RefWorks (free from the Saint Thomas University library) or similar programs that will contain, at the very least, the texts being read for this seminar and perhaps related works that are mentioned in those texts or in related reading and research you undertake.

Our doctoral program now can count on the bibliographic work that has already been created and is available in RefWorks (username=practical; password=theology). Information regarding these bibliographies can also be found on the Wikispace pages of the Ph.D. program ( http://practical-theology-saint-thomas-university-miami.wikispaces.com/ )

Incompletes are NOT granted for this course. Whatever a student submits on or before May 23 will be the basis of the final grade. Anything less than a B is a failing grade for doctoral work.

**Expectations** This course attempts to create a community of intellectual inquiry, a “space” in which we can together do practical theology. We will do so through critical and appreciative conversation that engages the selected texts. The course is therefore taught as a seminar, which means that students are expected to develop skills of intellectual leadership as they summarize readings and lead class discussions. The professor’s role will be to introduce the topic for the class and contextualize the questions and/or issues being raised by the texts under discussion, as well as invite students to think through the claims being made in the texts and critique their presuppositions and claims. Students are expected to gather with each other or consult each other from time to time regarding the reading as they prepare for class meetings.

Consider the notion of the “now and not yet,” a concept so central to Christian theology. Analogously, in the seminar room, we will be more in the “now”—taking on roles somewhat more as equals in the learning process, calling each other by first name and working together, collaboratively, as we do practical theology collectively. Outside the seminar room, of course, and throughout doctoral studies, students and candidates are also in the “not yet” in the sense that the Ph.D. has not yet been earned. Participation in a Ph.D. program is therefore inevitably a transitional time for you, and it will demand that students and candidates negotiate complex roles and relationships as part of the process.

**Subject to Change** This syllabus is only a guide, not a contract. Changes to this syllabus may occur throughout the semester, particularly since students are expected to help add to the literature listed and works to be read for each seminar meeting. Generally the most recently revised syllabus will be posted and available electronically on Blackboard.

**A Note About Ecclesial “Translation”** A course of this nature, and practical theological in general, requires specificity. This is not about generalizing or speculating on ideal forms; rather we will be working with particular cases and instances in real time.

Sometimes we will focus more on the situation within the United States, largely because the literature is (sometimes) more developed within this context, but other times simply as a matter of convenience. Generally the goal will to be as comparative as possible – across place, and where appropriate across time and across ecclesial tradition as well. Sometimes students who come from a particular ecclesial tradition might find themselves studying scholarship focused on examples and cases drawn from a tradition with which they might not be as familiar. All are asked to be as understanding as possible.

Students will find themselves needing to do “translations” – that is, to make moves across, from one ecclesial tradition, or from one cultural setting, to another. This is part of growing in scholarship and part of the expectations and demands of this course. Students should note that Practical Theology is itself a particularly ecumenical enterprise across the Christian tradition. While there are certainly various traditions and approaches to the discipline, it is best done in ways that engage difference.

**Books Required for the Course** Students are expected to order and own the texts for the course. This is because these texts are all likely to be used repeatedly throughout the Ph.D. program and beyond. Copies may be ordered for the library to place on reserve at the front desk, but this should be used rarely, not regularly. It is best for Ph.D. students to own their own copies of their books and to be able to mark the texts they read as they wish, and to have the texts at hand in their library. It may also be better for students to arrange to share books among themselves rather than to use books in the library since reserve books cannot ordinarily be taken from the library.

Full citations of the texts to be used or discussed as part of this seminar are given below. The date of the first publication of the first edition in the original language is noted in square brackets where it is different from the data of the current edition recommended for use in this course. For translations or multiple editions, it is important to obtain copies by the particular translator or edition as noted. ISBN numbers are given whenever possible.

**Class Schedule** There will be a prayer leader designated in advance, ordinarily in alphabetical order as the course proceeds. The prayer leader will offer a brief invocation (or reading, in any form deemed appropriate). Students may wish, but are not required, to offer a prayer in the form of a collect (addressing God by one of the many names for God; offering a theological statement about God; naming a request or giving thanks that is related to the theological statement; stating an intention or consequence of the request or thanksgiving; closing in the name of God, the Trinity by name, or a specific Person of the Trinity). This will be preceded and followed by a brief silence.

Depending on the circumstances, there may be a closing prayer, ordinarily to be offered by the same person who offered the opening prayer. Again, as with the opening prayer, closing prayer is to be a simple and brief invocation, not a reflective or responsive type prayer. Students are expected to have eaten a meal before the seminar meets. When the seminar starts at 8:30 am on Saturday, t here will be a break from 10:00-10:15. A longer break will occur from 12pm to 12:30. The seminar will end at 1:30 sharp. Students are expected not to leave early. If students need to leave early, and if this is discussed well in advance, the 12:00 to 12:30 break may be eliminated in favor of ending the course meeting at 1pm. However, this is anticipated to be rare. The reason is that a half hour break provides a better, natural break from one learning format to another, as well as an opportunity for students to carry on the conversation in smaller groups or to seek out a simple snack. Students are encouraged to take lunch at the conclusion of the course, and to do so in small groups wherever possible in order that they might have more conversation with each other in smaller groups. The instructor will generally be available to meet with students individually until 3pm when the seminar meets on Saturdays.

Analogously, when the seminar meets starting at 3:00pm on Sundays, students will be expected to have eaten a relatively heavy midday meal before the seminar meets and to be prepared for a late dinner, or whatever will facilitate energy levels during that meeting time. It is anticipated that the first break on Sunday afternoons will be from 5:00pm to 5:30pm, in case students wish to take a light dinner at that time. The second break will be from 6:45pm to 7:00pm. This may change if the members of the seminar find a different arrangement of breaks more conducive. What is not negotiable is that the last hour from 7:00pm to 8:00pm be set aside for the same reason and similar purpose as the last hour of the seminar when it meets on Saturdays.

Ordinarily half or approximately half of the outlines to be presented will be given before the first (15 minute) break and the other half will be presented after that break. The final hour will be devoted to a praxis-type analysis of student experience and application, and will generally not be a continuation of what has occurred earlier in the seminar meeting.

In general the works below are given in each list according to a thematic grouping. When no thematic grouping is given or implied, an alphabetical ordering is used. The variety of texts chosen reflect the tasks of doctoral education at the pre-candidacy level, which is to bring the student into a circles of interwoven conversation. Therefore texts that approaches topics and issues from different methodological and disciplinary perspectives, or texts that focus on one or another substantive area, dimension, or ecclesial tradition(s) are combined in order to emphasize their complementarity. Students should see these texts as models and sources in their own work. **Students and Topics of Interest: Potential Dissertation Topics**

Daniel Asue—Feminist Ethics and Reproductive Rights among the Tiv Women of Nigeria

Joseph Bai—Mature Christians and community life; to be mature Christians; lifelong spiritual formation

Ondina Cortes, RMI—reconciliation process among Catholic Cuban exiles; method and context

Enrique Delgado—alternative liberation theologies; Social justice and transformation in local communities; models of pastoral life and leadership

Pat Doody, OSF—The Franciscan understanding of God in Bonaventure and the Practical Theological understanding of praxis; Franciscan studies; Bonaventure’s Understanding and Image of God, Towards a Franciscan Practical Theology; praxis and the imperative of “rebuild my church”

Peter Lin—Theological reflection on the Chinese Catholic community; The Importance of Inculturation in the Relationship between Church and State in the Chinese Context; local church context

Christine Munger—Encounter: intercultural and faith-based, contemplative method, inclusive approach; Sacred Spaces: Encounter (inclusion, contemporary pedagogy, and small communities); pedagogical implications

Hank Paris—Black Church is Dead: Re-appropriation, Re-articulation, and Re-surrection (Theological ethics, church and social systems, contextual theology); creators of culture

Jonathan Roach—Clergy Burnout: Theological Healing; clergy groups and positive feedback

** 1. Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm **
 * Breaks: 10:00-10:15; 12:00-12:30 **
 * __Ecclesiology as a Practical Theological Conversation__ **

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 * //Review these Brief Video Clips on Aspects of Contemporary Catholicism in the United States//**

Avery Cardinal Dulles. 2002. //Models of the Church//. Expanded Edition. New York: Doubleday/Image Books. ISBN: 0-385-13368-5
 * //Read for Discussion//**

Richard Gaillardetz. 2008. //Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent//. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. ISBN: 978-1-57075-769-3.

James Gustafson. 2008 [1961]. //Treasure in Earthen Vessels: The Church as a Human Community.// Louisville: Westminster John Knox. ISBN-13: 978-0664232962. Jose Comblin. 2004 [2002]. //People of God//. Edited and translated by Philip Berryman. Maryknoll: Orbis.
 * // Related Texts //**

Dennis M. Doyle. 2004 [2000]. //Communion Ecclesiology: Visions and Versions.// Maryknoll: Orbis.

Gaudium et Spes. (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World). Austin Flannery, OP. //The Basic Sixteen Documents of Vatican II: A Completely Revised Translation in Inclusive Language.// Northport, New York: Costello Publishing. Also available on the website of the Holy See ([|www.vatican.va]). Barry Harvey. 2008. //Can These Bones Live? A Catholic Baptist Engagement with Ecclesiology, Hermeneutic, and Social Theory.// Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press.

Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution of the Church). Austin Flannery, OP. //The Basic Sixteen Documents of Vatican II: A Completely Revised Translation in Inclusive Language.// Northport, New York: Costello Publishing. Also available on the website of the Holy See (www.vatican.va)

Karl Rahner. 1989. //Theological Investigations: Human Society and the Church of Tomorrow. (Volume XXII.)// Herder and Herder.

** 2. Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm ** **__Concepts: Experience of God, Trinitarian Ecclesiology, Dialogue, Communicative Theology, Sensus Fidelium, Structure, Identity, Narratives__**
 * Breaks: 10:00-10:15; 12:00-12:30 **
 * __Broad Ecclesial Contexts:__**
 * __Ecclesial Structure, Practice, and Culture Outside the Parish or Congregational Setting__**

David Roozen and James Nieman, eds. 2005. //Church, Identity, and Change: Theology and Denominational Structures in the United States.// Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN: 0-8028-2819-1
 * //Read for Presentation and Discussion//**


 * 1) David A. Roozen and James R. Nieman, “Introduction,” pages 1-34. (Enrique Delgado)

Gary B. McGee, “’More Than Evangelical’: The Challenge of the Evolving Identity of the Assmeblies of God,” pages 35-44. Margaret M. Poloma, “Charisma and Structure in the Assemblies of God: Revisiting O’Dea’s Five Dilemmas,” pages 45-96. William W. Menzies, “The Challenges of Organization and Spirit in the Implementation of Theology in the Assemblies of God,” pages 97-131. Bill Jackson, “A Short History of the Association of Vineyard Churches,” pages 132-140. Donald E. Miller, “Routinizing Charisma: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship in the Post- Wimber Era,” pages 141-162. Don Williams, “Theological Perspective and Reflection on the Vineyard Christian Fellowship,” pages 163-187.
 * 1) Assemblies of God **(Daniel Asue)**
 * 1) Vineyard Churches **(Jonathan Roach)**

[Skip sections on Episcopalian and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod] Quinton Hosford Dixie, “How Firm a Foundation? The Institutional Origins of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.,” pages 327-335. Aldon D. Morris and Shayne Lee, “The National Baptist Convention: Traditions and Contemporary Challenges,” pages 336-379. David Emmanuel Goatley, “Becoming a People of God: Theological Reflections on the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.,” pages 380-399. John Coakley, “The Reformed Church in America as a National Church,” pages 400-409. Donald A. Luidens, “National Engagement with Localism: The Last Gasp of the Corporate Denomination?,” pages 410-435. Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell, “No Longer Business as Usual: The Reformed Church in America Seen through Its Mission Statement,” pages 436-457 Barbara Brown Zikmund, “The United Church of Christ: Redefining Unity in Christ as Unity in Diversity,” pages 458-465. Emily Barman and Mark Chaves, “Strategy and Restructure in the United Church of Christ,” pages 466-492. Roger L. Shinn, “Faith and Organization in the United Church of Christ,” pages 493-522. Russell E. Richey, “Methodism as Machine,” pages 523-533. James Rutland Wood, “Leadership, Identity, and Mission in a Changing United Methodist Church,” pages 534-564. Pamela D. Couture, “Practical Theology at Work in the United Methodist Church: Restructuring, Reshaping, Reclaiming,” pages 565-587.
 * 1) National Baptists **(Hank Paris)**
 * 1) Reformed Church in America **(Joe Bai)**
 * 1) United Church of Christ **(Peter Lin)**
 * 1) United Methodist Church **(Pat Doody, OSF)**
 * 1) David A. Roozen, “National Denominational Structures’ Engagement with Postmodernity: An Integrative Summary from an Organizational Perspective,” pages 588-624. **(Christine Munger)**


 * 1) James R. Nieman, “The Theological Work of Denominations,” pages 625-653. **(Ondina Cortes, RMI)**

Bradford Hinze. 2006. //Practices of Dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church: Aims and Obstacles, Lessons and Laments//. New York: Continuum. ISBN: 978-0-8264-1721-3.
 * 1) “Introduction,” pages 1-18. **(Hank Paris)**

“Chapter 2, Discerning the Mission of the Local Church: The Bishop and the Diocesan Synod,” pages 38-63. **(Enrique Delgado)** “Chapter 4, A New Way of Teaching with Authority: The Pastoral Letters of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference,” pages 90-111. **(Daniel Asue)**
 * 1) “Chapter 1, The Matrix of Dialogue in the Church: The Life of the Parish and the Pastoral Council,” pages 19-37.
 * 1) “Chapter 3, An Overwhelming Response to a U.S. Bishops’ Invitation: The Call to Action,” pages 64-89.
 * 1) “Chapter 5, Placating Polarizations or Making Them Productive? The Catholic Common Ground Initiative,” pages 112-129. **(Christine Munger)**


 * 1) “Chapter 6, The Church Women Want: What Women Religious Learned in Chapters,” pages 130-156. **(Pat Doody, OSF)**


 * 1) “Chapter 7, Collegiality and Constraint: The Synod of Bishops,” pages 157-178. **(Peter Lin)**


 * 1) “Chapter 8, Differentiated Consensus, Imperfect Communion: Ecumenical Dialogues,” pages 179-207. **(Jonathan Roach)**


 * 1) “Chapter 9, Rethinking the Oldest Divisions in the Interests of Larger Truths and Lasting Peace: Interreligious Dialogue,” pages 208-238. **(Ondina Cortes, RMI)**


 * 1) “Chapter 10, Lessons and Laments and the Unfinished Agenda of a Dialogical Church,” pages 239-267. **(Joe Bai)**

Michael Battle. 2006. //The Black Church in America: African American Christian Spirituality//. Oxford: Blackwell. **(Hank Paris)**
 * // Find One or Two Published Book Reviews for Each of the Following //**

John Paul Vandenakker. 1994. //Small Christian Communities and the Parish: An Ecclesiological Anlaysis of the North American Experience//. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward. **(Enrique Delgado)** Gerald Arbuckle, SM. 1993. //Refounding the Church: Dissent for Leadership//. Maryknoll: Orbis.
 * // Propose Additional Texts for the List of Related Scholarship Below //**

Michael Hayes, ed. 2005. //New Religious Movements in the Catholic Church//. London: Burns and Oates.

Thomas J. Reese, SJ. 1989//. Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church//.

Thomas J. Reese, SJ. 1992. //A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops//.

Thomas J. Reese, SJ. 1996. //Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church//.

** 3. Saturday, February 27, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm **
 * Breaks: 10:00-10:15; 12:00-12:30 **
 * __Pointing Toward the Reign of God?__**
 * __Civil Society, Community Organizing, and the Congregation__**

**__Theological evaluation of community organizing (associational life, community and religion, civil society); faith community and community organizing; community organizing and pastoral leadership (church planting, growth, maintenance, revitalization)__** Mark R. Warren. 2001. //Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy.// Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN: 0-691-07432-1. “Chapter 1, Community Building and Political Renewal, pages 15-39 “Chapter 2, A Theology of Organizing: From Alinsky to the Modern IAF,” pages 40-71 **(Daniel Asue)** Chapter 4, Bridging Communities Across Racial Lines, pages 98-123 **(Pat Doody, OSF)** Chapter 6, Effective Power: Campaigning for Community-Based Policy Initiatives, pages 162-190 **(Jonathan Roach)** Chapter 8, Leadership Development: Participation and Authority in Consensual Democracies,” pages 211-238 Chapter 9, Conclusion: Restoring Faith in Politics,” pages 239-264 **(Enrique Delgado)** Saul D. Alinsky. 1989. [1946.] //Reveille for Radicals.// New York: Vintage.
 * //Read for Presentation and Discussion//**
 * 1) “Introduction: Dry Bones Rattling,” pages 3-14
 * 1) “Chapter 3, Beyond Local Organizing: Statewide Power and a Regional Network, pages 72-97
 * 1) Chapter 5, Deepening Multiracial Collaboration, pages 124-161
 * 1) Chapter 7, Congregational Bases for Political Action, pages 191-210
 * Additional Texts (only for the two persons who are volunteering to read and present these – Christine Munger and Hank Paris) **

Saul D. Alinsky. 1971. //Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals.// New York: Vintage.

Edward T. Chambers. 2006. //Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice//. With Michael A. Cowan. Foreword by Studs Terkel.

Richard L. Wood. 2002. //Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America.// Chicago: University of Chicago Press. **(Hank Paris)**
 * // Find One or Two Published Book Reviews for Each of the Following //**

Paul Lichterman. 2005. //Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America’s Divisions.// Princeton: Princeton University Press. **(Daniel Asue)**

Paul Lichterman and C. Brady Potts, eds. 2009. //The Civic Life of American Religion.// Stanford: Stanford University Press. **(Daniel Asue)**

Amitai Etzioni, ed. 1998. //The Essential Communitarian Reader//. Lanham: Rowan and Littlefield. **(Daniel Asue)**

Gaston Espinoza, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda. 2005. //Latino Religious and Civic Activism in the United States.// Oxford: Oxford University Press. **(Christine Munger)** Amitai Etzioni, ed. 1995. //New Communitarian Thinking: Persons, Virtues, Institutions, and Communities.// Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
 * // Propose Additional Texts for the List of Related Works Below (please email me any suggestions you may have preferably BEFORE we meet on this topic) //**

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, James Leloudis, Robert Korstad, Mary Murphy, Luann Jones, and Christopher B. Daly. 1987. //Like a Family: the Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World.// Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Liston Pope. 1942. //Millhands and Preachers.// New Haven: Yale University Press.

Robert S. and Helen Merrell Lynd. 1959. //Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture.// New York: Harvest Books.

John L. Tropman. 2002. //The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Community.// Washington: Georgetown University Press.

Margaret O’Brien Stenifels. 2004. //American Catholics and Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice.// Landham, Maryland: Rowan and Littlefield. (See, for example, Philip J. Murnion, The Catholic Parish in the Public Square, pages 71-91.)

W. Lloyd Warner. 1963. //Yankee City.// New Haven: Yale University Press.

** 4. Saturday, March 6, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm ** Guest Professor: Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, University of Miami [] Be aware of publications by Ashgate on related topics, especially in practical theology: [] []
 * Breaks: 10:00-10:15; 12:00-12:30 **
 * __Of the People: Popular Religion, Everyday Theology, and Living Communities of Practice__**

Related Websites on Contextual Theology: [] [] [] [] [] []

Review this Practical Theology Blog by Tom Beaudoin, Brian Robinette, and colleagues: []

Stephen B. Bevans. //Models of Contextual Theology//. Revised and Expanded edition. Maryknoll: Orbis. ISBN: 1-57075-438-1.
 * //Read for Presentation and Discussion//**
 * 1) Contextual Theology as a Theological Imperative, pages 3-14 **(Daniel Asue)**
 * 2) Issues in Contextual Theology, pages 16-27 **(Christine Munger)**
 * 3) The Notion and Use of Models, pages 28-36 **(Peter Lin)**
 * 4) The Translation Model, pages 37-53 **(Pat Doody, OSF)**
 * 5) The Anthropological Model, pages 54-69 **(Joe Bai)**
 * 6) The Praxis Model, pages 70-87 **(Enrique Delgado)**
 * 7) The Synthetic Model, pages 88-102 **(Hank Paris)**
 * 8) The Transcendental Model, pages 103-116 **(Ondina Cortes, RMI)**
 * 9) The Countercultural Model, pages 117-138 **(Jonathan Roach)**

Sandra Cisneros, “Little Miracles, Kept Promises,” pages 116-129 in //Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories//. (New York: Vintage).
 * PDFs to be sent to all students – ALL Are to Prepare for Discussion (marginal notes or printed notes and reactions, but not with copies to be presented and distributed) **

Orlando O. Espin, “Mexican Religious Practices, Popular Catholicism, and the Development of Doctrine,” pages 139-152, in Tim Matovina and Gary Riebe Estrella, SVD, eds. 2002. //Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism.// Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Chapter 6, “Popular Religion as a Source for Understanding the Church” in Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, 2009 [2006]. //Afro-Cuban Theology: Religion, Race, Culture, and Identity.// Gainsville: University of Florida Press. Andrew Village. 2008. //The Bible and Lay People: An Empirical Approach to Ordinary Hermeneutics.// Aldersgate: Ashgate. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS TO OWN AND READ IN DEPTH. (Jonathan Roach)
 * // Find One or Two Published Book Reviews for Each of the Following //**

Jeff Astley. (2002). //Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening, and Learning in Theology.// Aldersgate: Ashgate. ISBN: 978-0-7546-0583-6. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS TO OWN AND READ IN DEPTH. (Christine Munger) Mary Clark Moschella. 2008. //Living Devotions: Reflections on Immigration, Identity, and Religious Imagination.// Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, Princeton Theological Monograph Series. (Christine Munger) Orlando O. Espin. 2007. //Grace and Humanness: Theological Reflections Because of Culture.// Maryknoll: Orbis. (Christine Munger) Orlando O. Espin. 1997. //The Faith of the People: Theological Reflections on Popular Catholicism.// Maryknoll: Orbis. ISBN: 1-57075-111-0. (Ondina Cortes, RMI)

Robert Orsi. 2005. //Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them.// Princeton: Princeton University Press. (Daniel Asue)

Thomas Bamat and Jean-Paul Wiest. 1999. //Popular Catholicism in a World Church: Seven Studies in Inculturation.// Maryknoll: Orbis. (Daniel Asue) David M. Mellott. 2009. //I was and I am Dust: Penitente Practices as a Way of Knowing.// Collegeville: Liturgical Press.
 * // Propose Additional Texts for the List of Related Works Below (please email me any suggestions you may have preferably BEFORE we meet on this topic) //**

Tim Matovina and Gary Riebe Estrella, SVD, eds. 2002. //Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism.// Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Orlando Espin and Miguel Diaz. 1999. //From the Heart of Our People: Latino/a Explorations in Systematic Theology.// Maryknoll: Orbis. Ray S. Sherman. 2006. //An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches.// Downer’s Grove: Intervarsity Press.

Nancy Tatom Ammerman. 2007. //Everyday Religion: Observing Modern Religious Lives.// Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kathleen J. Martin, ed. 2010. //Indigenous Symbols and Practices in the Catholic Church: Visual Culture, Missionization and Appropriation.// Aldergate: Ashgate.

** 5. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm **
 * __Congregations: A Practical Theological Encounter__**

Helen Cameron, Philip Richter, Douglas Davies and Francis Ward, eds. 2005. //Studying Local Churches: A Handbook.// London: SCM Press. ISBN: 978-0-334-02960-1.
 * //Read for Presentation and Discussion//**
 * 1) “Why Study the Local Church?” pages 1-11. **(Daniel)**
 * 2) “How to Study the Local Church,” pages 12-42. **(Jonathan)**
 * 3) “Perspectives on the Local Church: Global and Local Context, pages 43-88. **(Joe)**
 * 4) “Perspectives on the Local Church: The Worship and Action of the Local Church,” pages 89-134. **(Pat)**
 * 5) “Perspectives on the Local Church: The Resources and People of the Local Church,” pages 135-186. **(Hank)**
 * 6) “Perspectives on the Local Church: Power in the Local Church,” pages 187-232. **(Christine)**
 * 7) “Where Next in the Study of the Local Church?” pages 234-244. **(Peter)**

Mary Clark Moschella. 2008. //Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice: An Introduction.// Boston: Pilgrim Press. (Daniel)
 * // Find One or Two Published Book Reviews for Each of the Following //**

Nancy Ammerman, Jackson W. Carroll, Carl S. Dudley, and William McKinney. 1998. //Studying Congregations: A New Handbook.// Nashville: Abingdon Press. (Christine)

Matthew Guest, Karin Trusting, and Linda Woodhead, eds. 2004. //Congregational Studies in the UK: Christianity in a Post-Christian Context.// Aldersgate: Ashgate. (Joe)

Notre Dame Study of Parish Life. [] & Jim Castelli and Joseph Gremillon. 1988. //The Emerging Parish: The Notre Dame Study of Parish Life Since Vatican II// (New York: Harper Collins). (Enrique)

Martin, Robert K. 1997. "Congregational Studies and Critical Pedagogy in Theological Perspective." //Theological Education// 33(2):121-46.
 * // Propose Additional Texts for the List of Related Works Below (please email me any suggestions you may have preferably BEFORE we meet on this topic) //**

Joyce Ann Mercer. 2006. “A Madness to Our Method: Congregational Studies as a Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Contextualizing Teaching and Learning in Theological Education.” //Teaching Theology and Religion//, 9:3, 148-155.

C.J. Nuesse and Thomas Harte, CSSR. 1951. //The Sociology of the Parish.// Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing.

** 6. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm **
 * Breaks: 10:00-10:15; 12:00-12:30 **
 * __Pastoral Leadership as Community Practice__**

**__Guest from 12:30-1:30: Bishop William B. Friend, retired Bishop of Shreveport__** //Bishop Friend retired in December 2006. He has served as an officer of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was the founding Bishop of Shreveport, and has served on the Pontifical Council of Culture, among other activities. He is known for his expertise in the study of leadership and church life, and has published a number of books and articles over the years.//

__[|www.newchurchministry.org]__ [|www.congregationalresources.org] __[|www.newchurches.com]__ [] []
 * //Review These Websites//**

Jackson W. Carroll. 2006. //God’s Potters: Pastoral Leadership and the Shaping of Congregations.// Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN: 0-8028-6320-1. “The Social and Cultural Context in Which Clergy Work,” pages 31-56. **(Jonathan)**
 * //Read for Presentation and Discussion//**
 * 1) “Pastoral Leadership at the Beginning of the 21st Century,” pages 1-30
 * 1) “Who are God’s Potters Today?” pages 57-95. **(Christine)**
 * 2) “What Do Clergy Do? The Work of Ordained Ministry,” pages 96-126. **(Peter)**
 * 3) “How Do Pastors Lead? Leadership and Cultural Production,” pages 127-158. **(Joe)**
 * 4) “Potters’ Problems: Commitment, Satisfaction, and Health,” pages 159-187. **(Hank)**
 * 5) “’A Manner of Life Worthy of the Gospel’: Exploring the Meaning of Excellence in Ministry and Pastoral Leadership,” pages 188-218. **(Daniel)**
 * 6) “Strengthening Pastoral Leadership and Nurturing Excellence: Some Strategies,” pages 219-238. **(Ondina)**

Gary Burkart. 1992. //The Parish Life Coordinator: An Institute for Pastoral Life Study.// Kansas City: Sheed and Ward. ISBN: 1-55612-569-0. (Pat) Dean R. Hoge and Jacqueline E. Wenger. 2005. //Pastors in Transition: Why Clergy Leave Local Church Ministry.// Eerdmans: Grand Rapids. (Jonathan will distribute an outline as well as published book reviews) Roland Edward Peters ad Marsha Snulligan Haney, eds. 2006. //Africentric Approaches to Christian Ministry: Strengthening Urban Congregations in African American Communities.// Lanham: University Press. (Hank)
 * Also for Presentation and Discussion. (ONLY those who present need read these texts.) **
 * 1) Marti R. Jewell and David Ramey. 2010**.** //The Changing Face of Church: Emerging Models of Parish Leadership.// Chicago: Loyola Press. ISBN: 978-0-8294-2647-2. (Enrique)
 * 2) Kathy Hendricks. 2009. //Parish Life Coordinators.// Chicago: Loyola Press. ISBN: 978-0-8294-2648-9
 * // Find One or Two Published Book Reviews for Each of the Following //**

Zeni Fox. 2002. //New Ecclesial Ministry: Lay Professionals Serving the Church.// Revised and Expanded. Franklin, Wisconsin: Sheed and Ward. (Pat) Loughlan Sofield, ST and Donald Kuhn. 1995. //The Collaborative Leader: Listening to the Wisdom of God’s People.// Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press.
 * // Propose Additional Texts for the List of Related Works Below (please email me any suggestions you may have preferably BEFORE we meet on this topic) //**

Zeni Fox and Regina Bechtle, SC, eds. //Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders//. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.

Jacob Firet. 1986. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Dave DeLambo. 2005. //Lay Parish Ministers: A Study of Emerging Leadership.// New York: National Pastoral Life Center.

Katarina Schuth, OSF. 2006. //Priestly Ministry in Multiple Parishes.// Collegeville: Liturgical Press.

Andrew Greeley, Mary Durkin, David Tracy, John Shea and William McCready. 1981. //Parish, Priest and People: New Leadership for the Local Church.// Chicago: Thomas More Press.

Joseph Fichter, SJ. 1965. //Priest and People.// New York: Sheed and Ward.

Michael P. Enright. 2004. //Diary of a Barrio Priest.// Maryknoll: Orbis. Foreword by Andrew Greeley.

Joseph Fichter, SJ. 1961. //Religion as an Occupation.// Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame.

Joseph Fichter, SJ. 1968. //America’s Forgotten Priests: What They are Saying.// New York: Harper and Row. C. Gerkin. 1986. //Widening the Horizons//. Louisville: Westminster John Knox. Lynne M. Baab, //Beating Burnout in Congregations.//

Mark Mogilka and Kate Wiskus. 2009. //Pastoring Multiple Parishes.// Chicago: Loyola Press. Carole Ganim. 2008. //Shaping Catholic Parishes: Pastoral Leaders in the 21st Century.// Chicago: Loyola Press. **__Association for Practical Theology meetings in Boston from April 9-11, 2010__**
 * 7. Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm **
 * Breaks: 10:00-10:15; 12:00-12:30 **
 * __Ecclesiology in Context__**

Johannes van der Ven. 1996 [1993]. //Ecclesiology in Context//. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN: 0-8028-0785-2. NB: All should pay particular attention to “Summary of Parts I and II,” pages 144-152, and “Summary of Parts III-VI,” pages 524-527.
 * //Read for Presentation and Discussion//**
 * 1) “I. Functions of the Church,” pages 5-86. **(Enrique)**
 * 2) “II. Codes of the Church,” pages 87-143. **(Hank)**
 * 3) “III. Identity,” pages 153-230. **(Joe)**
 * 4) “IV. Integration,” pages 231-334. **(Ondina)**
 * 5) “V. Policy,” pages 335-442. **(Peter)**
 * 6) “VI. Management,” pages 443-523. **(Daniel)**

** 8. Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:30am – 1:30pm **
 * Breaks: 10:00-10:15; 12:00-12:30 **
 * __Networks and Resources in Congregational Practice__**

Nancy T. Ammerman. 2005. //Pillars of Faith: American Congregations and their Partners.// Berkley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0-520-24312-9. Building Traditions: Worshipping and Learning Together, pages 23-50 Building Communities: Food, Fun, and Fellowship, pages 51-68 **(Daniel)** Doing Good Together: Networks of Work in the World, pages 158-205 **(Hank)**
 * // Read for Presentation and Discussion //**
 * 1) Common Patterns and Diverse Streams: America’s Communities of Faith. Pages 1-22
 * 1) Building Networks of Faith: Partners and Producers, pages 69-115 **(Enrique)**
 * 2) Extending the Community: Serving the Needy, Saving Souls, pages 115-157
 * 1) Nurturing Traditions: Stories and Practices for Religious Pilgrims, pages 206-253 **(Joe)**
 * 2) Voluntary and Diverse Communities of Faith: American Congregations and American Society, pages 254-278 **(Peter)**

Roger Haight, SJ and James Neiman. 2009. “On the Dynamic Relation between Ecclesiology and Congregational Studies.” //Theological Studies//, September 2009, 70, 3: 577-599. **(Jonathan)**
 * //NOTE: A PDF of the following article was emailed to all students.//**

Nancy T. Ammerman. 2001. [1997.] //Congregation and Community//. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. Chapter 9, Congregation and Community: Conclusions, pages 346-370
 * Presentation (Individual chapters for presenters in bold – this text is not required reading.) **
 * 1) Chapter 1, Congregation and Community: Introductions, pages 1-62
 * 2) Chapter 2, Persistence in the Face of Change (St. Catherine’s Catholic Parish, Brighton Avenue Baptist Church, Gray Friends Meeting, Carmel Wesleyan, and Berean Seventh-Day Adventist), pages 63-106
 * 3) Chapter 3, Relocating: New Places, New Identities (East Lynn Christian Church, First Baptist Church of Anderson, South Meridian Church of God, Holman United Methodist Church, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation), pages 107-160
 * 4) Chapter 4, Adaptation: Integrating Gay and Straight (St. Matthew’s Catholic Parish, First Congregational Church, First Existentialist Congregation), pages 161-197 **(Hank)**
 * 5) Chapter 5, Adaptation: Integrating Across Cultures (Brighton Evangelical Congregational Church, City Baptist Church, Hinton Memorial United Methodist Church), pages 198-228 **(Ondina)**
 * 6) Chapter 6, Adaption: Creating New Internal Structures (Hope Baptist Church, Grace Baptist Church, Carmel United Methodist Church), pages 229-260
 * 7) Chapter 7, Innovation: Birth and Rebirth (Good Shepherd Lutheran, Epworth United Methodist Church, St. Lawrence Catholic Parish, Northview Christian Life Church), pages 261-309
 * 8) Chapter 8, How Congregations Change, pages 310-345

Cynthia Woolever and Deborah Bruce. 2004. //Beyond the Ordinary: 10 Strengths of U.S. Congregations.// Louisville: Westminster John Knox. (Christine)
 * // Find One or Two Published Book Reviews for Each of the Following //**

Mark Chaves. 2004. //Congregations in America.// Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (Enrique)

Cynthia Woolever and Deborah Bruce. 2002. //A Field Guide to U.S. Congregations: Who’s Going Where and Why.// Louisville: Westminster John Knox. (Christine)

Nancy T. Ammerman. 2001. [1997.] //Congregation and Community//. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. (Ondina)

David Yamane and Sarah MacMillen with Kelly Culver. 2006. //Real Stories of Christian Initiation: Lessons for and from the RCIA.// (Joe)

Peter McGrail. 2007. //First Communion: Ritual, Church, and Popular Religious Identity.// Aldershot: Ashgate. (Ondina)

Susan Ridgely Bales. 2005. //When I was a Child: Children’s Interpretations of First Communion//. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. (Daniel)

Carol E. Lytch. 2004. //Choosing Church: What Makes a Difference for Teens//. Louisville: Westminster John Knox. (Ondina)

** 9. Monday, April 26, 2010, 5pm to 9pm in Library Seminar Room **
 * Break: 7:30-7:45 **
 * __Congregational Challenges: Administration, Planning, Consultation, Generations__**

Alban Institute, [|www.alban.org] Religious Research Association, [] Conference for Pastoral Planners and Council Development, [|www.cppcd.org] Parish Evaluation Project, []
 * //Join the following organizations or request newsletters and inclusion on mailing lists//**

[] [] []
 * // Additional related websites for review //**

Thomas P. Sweetser, SJ. 2001. //The Parish as Covenant: A Call to Pastoral Partnership.// (Franklin, Wisconsin: Sheed and Ward). ISBN: 978-1580-51110-0. “Pastoring a Modern Parish: Not One by Many,” pages 23-46 “Finding a Balance: The Effective Use of Time,” pages 47-68 **(Daniel)**
 * //Read for Presentation and Discussion//**
 * 1) “Changing the System: From One Focus to Two,” pages 1-22

“Communal Worship: No One Way,” pages 97-114 **(Peter)**
 * 1) “A Framework for Planning: Both Linear and Circular,” pages 69-96

“Managing the Parish: The Practical Side of the Covenant,” pages 147-162 “Forming the Covenant: Going Deeper,” pages 163-178 **(Enrique)**
 * 1) “Taking the Parish to the People: Bridging Gaps, pages 115-146


 * //__Read One of the Books Below for Discussion and/or Presentation. (Students may also request that another book be substituted for one of the following. Those who choose to present on such a text need not own or read the Sweetser text, although it remains highly recommended.)__//**

R. Gill. 2003. //The ‘Empty’ Church Revisited//. Aldershot: Ashgate. **(Jonathan)** Gillespie, Joanna Bowen. 1995. //Women Speak: Of God, Congregations and Change//. Valley Forge, Penn.: Trinity Press International. **(Pat)** Thomas P. Sweetser, SJ. 2007. //Keeping the Covenant: Taking Parish to the Next Level//. (New York: Crossroad Publishing Company). (Enrique)
 * // Find One or Two Published Book Reviews for Each of the Following //**

Edward P. Wimberly. 2008. [1991.] //African American Pastoral Care//. Revised Edition. Nashville: Abingdon. ISBN: 978-0-687-64949-5. (Hank) Michael Weldon, OFM. //A Struggle for Holy Ground: Reconciliation and the Rites of Parish Closure//. Collegeville: Liturgical Press. (Jonathan)

Patrick J. Brennan. 2007. //The Mission Driven Parish.// Maryknoll: Orbis. (Joe) Kenda Creasy Dean. 2004. //Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for Passionate Church//. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. (Pat) William L. Pickett. 2007. //A Concise Guide to Pastoral Planning//. Notre Dame: Ave Maria.
 * // Propose Additional Texts for the List of Related Works Below (please email me any suggestions you may have preferably BEFORE we meet on this topic) //**

John J. Piderit, SJ and Melanie Morey. 2008. //Renewing Parish Culture: Building for a Catholic Future//. Lanham: Sheed and Ward.

Susan Star Paddock. 2003//. Appreciative Inquiry in the Catholic Church//. Plano: Thin Book Publishing Company.

Robert N. Bacher and Michael L. Cooper-White. 2007. //Church Administration: Programs, Process, Purpose.// Minneapolis: Fortress Press.

Mary Ann Gubish and Susan Jenny, SC with Arlene McGannon. 2001. //Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council.// Mahwah: Paulist.

Richard R. Osmer, Kenda Creasy Dean, eds. 2006. //Youth, Religion and Globalization: New Research in Practical Theology//. Preface by Friedrich Schweitzer. Berlin: Lit Verlag.

Sara Savage and Eolene Boyd-Macmillan. 2007. //The Human Face of Church: A Social Psychology and Pastoral Theology Resource for Pioneer and Traditional Ministry//. Canterbury.

Thomas Sweetser, SJ. 1983. //Successful Parishes: How They Meet the Challenge of Change//. Minneapolis: Winston Press.

Norman L. Shawchuck. 1996. //How to Manage Conflict in the Church, Dysfunctional Congregations, Volume III.// Leith, North Dakota: Spiritual Growth Resources.

William J. Bausch. 2002 [1994]. //The Total Parish Manual: Everything You Need to Empower Your Faith Community//. Mystic: Twenty-Third.

Gary Burkhart. 1992. //The Parish Life Coordinator: An Institute for Pastoral Life Study//. New York: Sheed and Ward.

Thomas F. Gull. 2003. //The Complete Parish: A Recipe for Success//. Chicago: Paluch.

Thomas East with Ann Marie Eckert, Dennis Kurtz, and Brian Singer-Towns. 2004. //Effective Practices for Dynamic Youth Ministry//. Winona: Saint Mary’s Press.

C. Justin Clements. 2000. //Stewardship: A Parish Handbook//. Liguori: Liguori.

Chafee, Paul. “Claiming the Light: Appreciative Inquiry and Congregational Transformation” in //A guide to resources for building congregational vitality.// Richard Bass, ed. Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2005, 67-99. Heidi Rolland Unruh and Ronald J. Sider. 2005. //Saving Souls, Serving Society: Understanding the Faith Factor in Church-Based Social Ministry.// Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Glanne L. Borreson. 1998. //A Case for Excellence: Case Studies in Congregational Ministry//. Lima: CSS. John P. Kretmann, John C. Mcknight, //Building Communities from the Inside Out.//

Michael Angrosino. //Talking About Cultural Diversity in Your Church//. Alta Mira Press, 2001.

Logan, Robert E. //Beyond Church Growth: Action Plans for Developing a Dynamic Church.// Baker Book House, 1989.

Johnson, Robert W. (ed.). 1981. //Being the Church: Developing and Sharing our Ministry.// Washington, DC: The Alban Institute.

Ballard and Pritchard. 1996. //Practical Theology in Action: Christian Thinking in the Service of Church and Society.//

E. Gibbs. 2000. //Churchnext: Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry//. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press. Gillespie, Joanna B. 1993. "Gender and Generations in Congregations." Pp. 167-221 in //Episcopal Women//, edited by Catherine Prelinger. New York: Oxford University Press.

** 10. Monday, May 3, 5pm to 9pm in Library Seminar Room **
 * Break: 7:30-7:45 **

**__Community Context and Practical Theology I__** //Students are asked to choose a community context, and within that community context to select one or two works that will for them most engage them in developing a practical theology of specific, contextually based forms of community life and pastoral practice. Students should be prepared to discuss their work substantively and methodologically, through what was done and what was not done, for their own potential work.//

//The term paper for this course is meant to engage the topics of this course in dialogue with a context representing the student’s interest. Therefore the term paper may be based in whole or in part on the presentation that the student offers for this portion of the course.//

//This will be done over two seminar meetings. On the day when a student is not presenting, the student is expected to reverse roles and serve as a discussant, helping to lead and provoke discussion after a student’s presentation. Discussants are to read the same material as the presenter and to receive a copy of the presenter’s work approximately a week before the seminar meets to discuss that work.//

Presenter/First Reader: Pat Discussant/Second Reader: Enrique
 * //__A. Historic Contexts (including Classic Studies)__//**

Joseph Fichter, SJ. 1951. //Southern Parish//. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**

Robert A. Orsi. 2002 [1985]. //The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950.// Second Edition. New Haven: Yale University.
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

James McGreevy. 1998. //Parish Boundaries: The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth Century Urban North.// Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Douglass, H. Paul. 1926. //1000 City Churches//. New York: George H. Doran. Douglass, H. Paul and Edmund de Brunner. 1935//. The Protestant Church as a Social Institution//. New York: Harper and Brothers. H. Paul Douglass. 1927. //Church in the Changing City.// New York: Doran. Abbe Michonneau. 1949. //Revolution in a City Parish//. London: Blackfriars.

Presenter/First Reader: Jonathan Discussant/Second Reader: Hank
 * //__B. Contemporary Suburban/Exurban Contexts of Faith Communities (“Euro-American, Middle Class”)__//**

James W. Perkinson. 2004. //White Theology: Outing Supremacy in Modernity.// New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**

Nancy L. Eiesland. 2000. //A Particular Place: Urban Restructuring and Religious Ecology in a Southern Suburb.// New Brunswick: Rutgers.
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

Scott Thumma and Dave Travis. 2007. //Beyond Megachurch Myths: What We Can Learn From America’s Largest Churches.// San Francisco: John Wiley.

William A. Clark, SJ. 2005. //A Voice of Their Own: The Authority of the Local Parish.// Collegeville: Liturgical Press.

Becker, Penny Edgell. 1999 // . Congregations in Conflict: Cultural Models of Local // // Religious Life. // Cambridge University Press.

Jerome P. Baggett. 2009. //Sense of the Faithful: How American Catholics Live Their Faith.// Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Presenter/First Reader: Christine Discussant/Second Reader: Ondina
 * //__C. New Forms of Congregational Life (“Emerging Church”)__//**

Pete Ward. 2008. //Participation and Mediation: A Practical Theology for the Liquid Church.// London: SCM Press.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**

Cory Labanow. 2009. //Evangelicalism and the Emerging Church.// Aldersgate: Ashgate.
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

Gerardo Marti. 2005. //A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church.// Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Discussant/Second Reader: Pat
 * //__D. The Congregational Context of the African American Church in the United States__//** Presenter/First Reader: Hank

Dale Andrews. 2002. //Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging Black Theology and African American Folk Religion.// Louisville: Westminster John Knox.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**

Timothy J. Nelson. 2005. //Every Time I Feel The Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church.// New York: New York University Press.
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

** 11. Monday, May 17, 2010, 5pm to 9pm in Library Seminar Room ** //As noted above, at least one student will be responsible to select and present on a book from each area. At least one other student will be responsible to prepare and serve as discussant. All students are encouraged to propose additional texts other than the ones named below. //
 * Break: 7:30-7:45 **
 * __Community Context and Practical Theology II__**

Presenter/First Reader: Ondina Discussant/Second Reader: Jonathan
 * //__E. ‘New Immigrant’ Contexts__//**

Thomas A. Tweed. 1997. //Our Lady of the Exile: Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami.// Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**

= Charles W. Dahm. OP. 2004. //Parish Ministry in a Hispanic Community.// Mahwah: Paulist. =
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

R. Stephen Warner and Judith G. Wittner, eds. 1998. //Gatherings in Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigration.// Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Michael W. Foley and Dean R. Hoge. 2007. //Religion and The New Immigrants: How Faith Communities Form Our Newest Citizens.// Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Fred Kniss and Paul David Numrich. 2007. Sacred Assemblies and Civic Engagement: How Religion Matters for America’s Newest Immigrants. Rutgers: Rutgers University Press.

Presenter/First Reader: Daniel Discussant/Second Reader: Joseph
 * //__F. African Contexts for a Practical Theology of Community Life and Practice__//**

Jean Marc Ela. 2009. //My Faith as an African.// Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**

Deidre Helen Crumbley. 2008. //Spirit, Structure, and Flesh: Gendered Experience in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria.// Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

Co-presenters/First Readers: Joe Co-presenter/First Reader: Peter Discussant/Second Reader: Daniel
 * //__G. Asian Contexts for a Practical Theology of Community Life and Practice__//**

Richard Madsen. 1998. China’s Catholics: Tragedy and Hope in a Emerging Civil Society. Berkeley: University of California Press.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**

Francisco F. Claver. 2008. //The Making of a Local Church.// Maryknoll: Orbis.
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

Discussant/Second Reader: Christina Co-Discussant/Second Reader: Peter
 * //__H. Latin American Contexts for a Practical Theology of Community Life and Practice__//** Presenter/First Reader: Enrique

Leonardo Boff. 1986. //Ecclesiogenesis.// Maryknoll: Orbis. Peter S. Cahn. 2003. //All Religions are Good in Tzintzuntzan: Evangelicals in Catholic Mexico.// Austin: University of Texas Press.
 * The persons named above will serve as presenter and discussant for the following text:**
 * Some other texts (NOT required reading) potentially related to this contextual frame:**

Cecilia Loreto Mariz. 1994. //Coping with Poverty: Pentecostals and Christian Base Communities in Brazil.// Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Pablo Galdamez. 1983. //Faith of a People: the Life of a Basic Christian Community in El Salvador.// Maryknoll: Orbis.

Dom Antonio B. Fragoso. 1987. //Face of a Church: A Nascent Church of the People in Crateus, Brazil.// Maryknoll: Orbis.

** 12. Thursday, May 20, 2010, 5pm to 9pm in Library Seminar Room **
 * Break: 7:30-7:45 **
 * __Looking Toward Public Theological Practice:__**
 * __Substantive and Methodological Integration and Take-Away__**

Scott R. Paeth. 2008. //Exodus Church and Civil Society: Public Theology and Social Theory in the Work of Juergen Moltman.// Aldershot: Ashgate. 1. Part 1: Juergan Moltman’s Public Theology **(Enrique)** Chapter 1, Moltmann, Modernity, and Public Theology, pages 3-16 Chapter 2, The Development of Moltmann’s Political Theology, pages 17-36 Chapter 3, Promise, Covenant, and Human Rights, pages 37-38 Chapter 4, Exodus Church and Civil Society, pages 49-60

2. Part II: Ethical Engagement and the Task of Public Theology **(Daniel)** Chapter 5, Public Theology and the Task of Theological Ethics, pages 61-76 Chapter 6, Public Theology in the American Tradition, pages 77-100

3. Part III: Rationality, Civil Society, and the Role of the Church **(Joe)** Chapter 7, Theology, Reason, and Critical Theory, pages 101-112 Chapter 8, The Evolution of the Theory of Civil Society, pages 113-126 Chapter 9, Civil Society and the Church’s Public Role, pages 127-152

4. Part IV: Social Ethics and the Exodus Church **(Hank)** Chapter 10, Public Theology, Critical Modernism, and Kingdom of God, pages 153-172 Chapter 11, The Theological and Social Character of the Church, pages 173-190 Chapter 12, Conclusions and Prospects, pages 191-200


 * Final Paper Due Friday, May 21 (but will be accepted through Sunday, May 23) No incompletes will be given. **