Qualitative Research in Theological Education Pedagogy in Practice

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Exemplary research Essays ............1 Theology as playbook and Gamefilm: Explaining an Ethnographic Approach to Theology to a Sports- Centred Culture ...............3 Qualitative methodology and Critical Pedagogy:A Study of the Lived experiences of Thai Peasants within the Context of Western Development Ideology..........18 2. Issues in Education and the Practice of Research ................37 Promoting the Good:Ethical and Methodological Considerations in Practical Theological Research ...........39 Between Yes and No: The inner Journey of Qualitative Research...........60 The Askesis of Field work : practices for a wasy of Inquiry, a way of life .......78 Just dont call it ethnography : A critical ethnographic Pedagogy for tranformative theologifcal education ..............100 Teaching and researching practical Theology: A liberative participative approach to pedagogy and Qualitative Research .....118 I am not a Sociologist: Reflections on Sociological Research in Thology .............133 Teaching Spirituality with Qualitative Research Methods................149 The Researcher as Gamemaker: Teaching Normative Dimensions in Various phases of Empirical Practical Theological Research ...............169 Qualitative research at Emory: Ethnographic Insights and Notes from the Field ..........185 Qualitative research: The invaluable tool in Pastoral Ministry ............208 3. Integrating Qualitative Research into Theological Education .................221 Qualitative research in Theological Curricula .............223 Wonder and the Divine dance: The lived Reality of Qualitative research with in a Master of Divinity Curriculum ......237 4. Valediction ...........255 The Gift and Challenge of Qualitative Methods for Pastoral Formation ............257