Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

African American practical theology / Dale P. Andrews -- Asian American practical theologies / Courtney T. Goto -- Contextual theology as practical theology / Stephen Bevans SVD -- Empirical practical theology / Richard Osmer -- Evangelical practical theology / Andrew Root -- Feminist and womanist practical theology / Joyce Ann Mercer -- Hermeneutics in Protestant practical theology / Sally A. Brown -- Hermeneutics in Roman Catholic practical theology / Claire E. Wolfteich -- Liberationist practical theology / Katherine Turpin -- Neo-Protestant practical theology / Gordon S. Mikoski -- Postmodern practical theology / Tom Beaudoin -- Religious practices in practical theology / Don C. Richter -- Roman Catholic pastoral theology / Kathleen A. Cahalan -- U.S. Latino/a practical theology / Hosffman Ospino -- White practical theology / Tom Beaudoin and Katherine Turpin.

"After an overview of the field of practical theology today, the book features chapters written by leading experts in the discipline. Each chapter has an identical structure to facilitate comparison, covering historical context, key features and figures, norms and sources of authority, understandings of the relationship between theory and practice, approach to contexts, interdisciplinary considerations, areas of current and future research, and suggested readings. Opening the Field of Practical Theology is an ideal introduction to the field, highlighting the diverse ways practical theology is engaged today."--Publisher's notes.