Browning argues that the time is right for religious intellectuals in conversation with the social sciences to reinvigorate the deep humanistic strands of the grand religions and enter into global interfaith dialogue on that basis.

'A Fundamental Practical Theology' achieves a high degree of integration between more academic theological concerns and the practice of ministry (and) challenges those who have given up on the relevance of theology to reconsider their ...

This new edition, like its predecessor, will set the stage for the religion-psychology dialogue for years to come.

He contends that practical theology can be envisioned as a practical research program, and he uses the very concrete example of the family to illustrate how this works.Though it may sound unlikely that equality in the family can be based on ...

Along the way, he introduces readers to the moral psychology work of Sigmund Freud, Carol Gilligan, Antonio Damasio, and others, opening up a dialogue between their work and the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur.

A careful consideration of the place of families in our national fabric.

"This introduction to ethical reflection traces the long developing alienation between psychology and religious ethics.

This new book -- at once sobering and constructive -- looks at the impact of these processes on marriage and asks what Christianity, in cooperation with other religions, can do to strengthen married life today.