Is practical theology a form of ‘action research’?
| dc.contributor.author | Graham, Elaine | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-06T11:47:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-12-06T11:47:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-08-06 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Graham, E. L. (2013). Is practical theology a form of ‘action research’? International Journal of Practical Theology, 17(1), 148-178. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1430-6921 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1515/ijpt-2013-0010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/306400 | |
| dc.description | This is the published PDF version of an article published in International Journal of Practical Theology© 2013. The definitive version is available at www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijpt-2013-17-issue-1 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This journal articles examines in depth the claim that practical theology ought to be regarded as a form of action research. Action research is founded on the indivisibility of value and action: a conviction that knowledge, and research, cannot be dispassionate and that values are themselves iterated in the process of their implementation in practice. It insists on the inductive and contextual nature of knowledge and assumes that knowledge comes from human experience (albeit interpreted and codified through rational enquiry and analysis), rather than proceeding deductively from revealed truth. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | De Gruyter | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijpt | en |
| dc.rights | Archived with thanks to International Journal of practical Theology | en |
| dc.subject | action research | en |
| dc.subject | human experience | en |
| dc.subject | practical theology | en |
| dc.title | Is practical theology a form of ‘action research’? | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1612-9768 | |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Chester | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | International Journal of Practical Theology | en |
| html.description.abstract | This journal articles examines in depth the claim that practical theology ought to be regarded as a form of action research. Action research is founded on the indivisibility of value and action: a conviction that knowledge, and research, cannot be dispassionate and that values are themselves iterated in the process of their implementation in practice. It insists on the inductive and contextual nature of knowledge and assumes that knowledge comes from human experience (albeit interpreted and codified through rational enquiry and analysis), rather than proceeding deductively from revealed truth. |
