This book is radical in a couple of senses of the word, including the original one of “returning to the roots.” Purves, who is the Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology at Pittsburgh ...

Where did the term “pastoral theology” come from, and why was the university curriculum ever carved up so that pastoral or practical theology occupied a completely different division from systematic ...

The "lived reality of men and women and children and families" and their "sufferings and challenges and joys" are at the center of "a moment of explicit theological renewal that will contribute ...

Pope Francis teaches us that theology must "attend to the concrete reality of human life and human suffering," San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy told theology graduates at a commencement speech May 20. ...

To change the world, to build the kingdom of God, we first have to grab hold of the tools that will make it possible for us to see what is wrong. (Aaron Burden via Unsplash) We often hear it said of ...

Come to the University of Dayton for top-quality, up-to-date, broad ranging theological education in biblical, historical, systematic, moral and pastoral theology. Our master's program in theological ...

Doctrine and theological reflection are to be formed by its evangelizing purpose and by pastoral concerns, Pope Francis told the faculty and students of the John Paul II Institute on Thursday.

Pastoral imagination, writes Eileen Campbell-Reed, is the ability to lead with “situated possibility,” to improvise on a daily basis while envisioning what might lie beyond current realities. This ...

Pick it up; read it”—twice a young Roman rhetorician on the fast track to success heard these words, uttered in a sing-song voice: “Tolle, lege; tolle, lege.” Augustine then picked up and read Paul’s ...

The Augustine Institute Graduate School has renamed its Master of Arts in Leadership for the New Evangelization to the M.A. in Pastoral Theology, taking effect in the fall 2022 term. This program will ...

(RNS) — When Pope Francis announced last May he had selected Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego to be the United States’ newest cardinal, the wave of surprise that rippled among U.S. Catholics had ...

So, you’ve felt the tug — God pulling at your heart to draw closer and give your life over to His Will. You’ve started reading everything you can get your hands on to help you learn your faith. But ...