Practical Theology Seminar 1 - RET6012 (Reading and interpretation of theological texts)
Title: PTP-Proseminář praktické teologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Practical Theology (27-PT)
Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
Points: 5
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: RETN6011
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. Tabita Landová, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : RET4001
Interchangeability : RBAKEVT0
Is pre-requisite for: RET6100
WS schedule   
Annotation -
The aim of the seminar is to introduce the field of practical theology and its particular disciplines and at the same time to practise the methodology of reading and interpreting theological texts.
Last update: Maturová Klára, Mgr. (24.05.2022)
Course completion requirements -

Credit requirements include regular attendance in class (maximum 2–3 justified absences), the completion of four short assignments, and a written proseminar paper on an assigned topic (8–10 pages).

 

Last update: Landová Tabita, doc., Ph.D. (24.09.2025)
Literature -

Cooper-White P., Cooper-White M. L. Exploring Practices of Ministry. Minneapolis. MN: Fortress Press, 2014.

Filipi, Pavel. Církev a církve: kapitoly z ekumenické eklesiologie. Brno: CDK, 2000.
Filipi, Pavel. Křesťanstvo: historie, statistika, charakteristika křesťanských církví. Brno: CDK, 42012. Neuner P., Zulehner P. M. Přijď království tvé: praktické učení o církvi. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2015. 
Salajka M., Tonzar D. Sylabus praktické teologie. Praha: Husův institut teologických studií v Praze, 2005. 

Grethlein Christian. An Introduction to Practical Theology: History, Theory, and the Communication of the Gospel in the Present. Baylor University Press 2016.

Heitink G. Practical Theology: History, Theory, Action Domains: Manual for Practical Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999 (translated from the Dutch, 1993).

Johansen, Kirstine Helboe - Schmidt, Ulla. Practice, practice theory and theology: Scandinavian and German perspectives. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022.

Miller-McLemore B. J. (ed.). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology. Blackwell Publishing, 2013. DOI:10.1002/9781444345742

Osmer, Richard. Practical Theology: An Introduction. Eerdmans 2008.

Ward, Pete. Introducing Practical Theology. Mission, Ministry and the Life of the Church. Baker Academic 2017.

Weyel B., Gräb W., Lartey E., Wepener C. International Handbook of Practical Theology. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59558

Last update: Landová Tabita, doc., Ph.D. (24.09.2025)