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 ...

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 ...

Over the years, I have often heard pastors and teachers say, apologetically, that they were not theologians or academics or that they did not fully understand a book written by some theologian. Such ...

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 ...

In 1993 John Patton coined the phrase “paradigm shift” to describe a dramatic turn in the practice of pastoral care. Patton pointed out that pastoral care was focusing more and more on social and ...

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. ...

THE Wexford Campus of IT Carlow have designed a new Certificate in Pastoral Theology. Caroline Murphy, Head of the Wexford Campus, said the course was aimed at anyone who would like to expand their ...

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.

"The personal is political," Thornton tells readers, arguing that human suffering doesn't randomly happen, but is embedded in a host of political and social structures that oppress certain groups of ...

IT was great, or so I thought, to be heading out of Ireland, and away from the troubles that July weekend 17 years ago. Two years earlier, I decided to swap life in the classroom for life on the road.

The Wexford Campus of Carlow IT is offering a Certificate in Pastoral Theology course for the first time this year. The programme which will start on October 8, is being run in association with the ...

The Church of Ireland Theological Institute invites applications for a new role in Ministerial Formation within its committed academic team, to commence in the early summer of 2026. The ideal ...