The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future
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Date
2014
Authors
Van den Berg, J. A.
Ganzevoort, R. R.
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Publisher
Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
This paper explores a futures perspective for practical theology. Although there are some examples of a future orientation, a systematic futures perspective has not been developed. Building on futures studies (including predictive studies on foresight and design and architecture studies), the authors propose a methodological model for future-sensitive practical theology, accounting for the probable, possible, and preferable. The model results in three modes in which practical theology can employ a future orientation: utopian, prognostic-adaptive, and designing-creative.
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Keywords
Practical theology, Futures studies, Methodology, Research
Citation
van den Berg, J. A., & Ganzevoort, R. R. (2014). The art of creating futures-practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future. Acta Theologica, 34(2), 166-185.