practical theology
Dr. Sheppard’s research interests are concerned with the relationship between interiority and social processes, and interdisciplinary approaches to lived religion. A womanist practical theologian and psychoanalyst, she privileges narrative and interdisciplinary reflection, and relies on ethnography as a critical method.
practical theology
What is practical theology?
Praxis is informed by experience, womanist cultural analysis, and ethical and theological reflection.
Informs:
Content and aims of practical theology
Pastoral practices-preaching, liturgy, pastoral care and pastoral counseling, etc
Pedagogical theory
Womanist research methods include “real lives”
