International Academy of Practical Theology

Our SPTSA 2026 Conference will be hosted at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa, from 20 to 22 January. Theme: Practical Theology’s “Homecoming” The field of Practical Theology is marked by its commitment to engage lived experience, foster justice, and cultivate meaningful theological reflection within contemporary contexts. As global realities continue to shift—ecologically, politically, socially, and spiritually—there is an urgent call to revisit, reimagine, and re-root our theological endeavours. In light of this, we invite scholars, practitioners, and…

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The 10th Conference for Research in Diaconia and Christian Social Practice (ReDi) on April 1 to 4, 2025 is approaching. The theme of the conference is Diaconia and Christian Social Practice: Challenging Contexts and Emerging Trends. The conference will take place at the Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality in Wellington, South Africa. We invite contributions across a wide spectrum of formations and traditions to advance a global debate on diaconia and Christian social practice, thematically organized around twelve different tracks: Diaconia and colonialism: Entanglement and detachment. Diaconia of the…

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Call for Papers – Climate Crisis and Pastoral Theology Abstract & Working Title Due November 29, 2024 Completed Articles due April 15, 2025 The realities of the climate crisis impact all areas of life and, therefore, each and every academic discipline. Indeed, this crisis invites interdisciplinary research and discourse, which pastoral and practical theologians are well positioned to contribute. We (Ryan LaMothe, Pamela McCarroll, Christine Tind Johannessen) are inviting scholars and students to consider contributing to a special issue on…

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IASYM Regional Conference: Prague, 23-26 April, 2025 Call for Papers FINDING RESILIENCE AND FAITH IN FRACTURED DEVELOPMENTS Whereas reflections within Youth Ministry frequently assume ‘normal/healthy development’ of young people and more or less intact places of youth ministry practices, it is actually more accurate to reflect from a perspective of ‘fragile/fractured development’ of humanity and in our focus, children and youth in particular. We might think of the fractured contexts surrounding the developmental course of children and young people themselves: through war, through social exclusion,…

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Muslim Chaplaincy: Practice, Research And Recognition Call For Papers, Workshops And Posters   The University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Cardiff University (Wales) are organising an International Conference on Muslim Chaplaincy taking place in Fribourg, on June 24th – 26th 2025. Context The growth of Muslim involvement in chaplaincy in numerous Western countries over recent decades has been the catalyst for the emergence of a new international field of research, namely, Muslim Chaplaincy Studies. Although the demography of Muslim communities is…

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See: https://www.madandcriptheologypress.ca/general-9 Announcing a forthcoming anthology by the Mad and Crip Theology Press, co-edited by Naomi Lawson Jacobs and Amy Panton This will be a book by disabled people. The editors are looking for chapters about the ways our experiences of disability and disabled body-minds shape our theologies – how we think and talk about God. The book will aim to take lived experience seriously, as an authentic source of theology, in Christian and other faith traditions. “The world we know…

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For more details go to: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/O26E323969 Special Issue Editor Prof. Dr. Francis-Vincent Anthony E-Mail Website Guest Editor Faculty of Theology, Salesian Pontifical University, 000139 Rome, Italy Interests: practical and empirical theology; contextual theology; inculturation and interculturality; interreligious dialogue and conflict; religion, human rights and citizenship; religious education and pedagogy; youth studies and ministry; public theology Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, Fifty years ago, the expression ‘Public theology’ was introduced into theological debate by Martin E….

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  CALL FOR PAPERS Special issue of International Journal of Practical Theology on “Ageing and Practical Theology”. The editors would like to announce a special themed issue on the topic of Ageing and Practical Theology to be published as Volume 18.2, 2014. Articles may address any aspect of the relationship between ageing and practical theology, including the spirituality of older people, relationships between and across generations, questions of justice relating to senior citizens, cross-cultural issues in relation to ageing, and…

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