An Introduction to Practical Theology: History, Theory, and the Communication of the Gospel in the Present

Christian Grethlein is Professor of Practical Theology at Westfalian Wilhelms-University.

Uwe Rasch is, among other things, a freelance academic translator and Assistant Editor of Aldous Huxley Annual and the Human Potentialities series of the Center for Aldous Huxley Studies at the University of Münster.

A welcome volume on an important subject to church practitioners who take theology seriously

A significant addition to the literature on practical theology.

Students, teachers, and practical theologians will find this work immeasurably helpful. Grethlein offers key insights into developing areas of practical theology that need to be considered. The survey of history, theology, and social sciences provides a foundational introduction to practical theology.

…This three-part book offers something new to scholars, students and practitioners of Practical Theology, with several positive features. The first part introduces readers both to past and contemporary German scholarship in practical theology, supported by the literature sections throughout the book. Secondly, from his German perspective, Grethlein provides a comparative critical study of Practical Theology in Catholicism and the United States and thus provides a new and challenging method for practical theologians to engage in a global conversation.