CPT Today
CPT Today is the blog of The Center for Practical Theology. Here you’ll find posts under the categories of Book Reviews, News and Events, Opportunities, Perspectives, Practical Theology Profiles, and Research Reflections. Interested in submitting? Please see our submission guidelines and feel free to be in touch with Rebekah Neuberger at cpt@bu.edu with any questions!
Opportunities for Scholars from ATS
The Association of Theological Schools (ATS) recently shared these opportunities for funding that might be of interest to practical theology students and scholars. ATS does not have any role in funding or awarding these opportunities, and notes that all applications should be directed to the organizations sponsoring the opportunities. Please follow this link to read more about these opportunities.
Mind the Tiller: Leading a Church to Closure
By The Rev. Dr. Gail Cafferata, Visiting Researcher at the Center for Practical Theology and Priest Associate, The Church of the Incarnation, Santa Rosa, CA
I’m a fairly decent sailor so I gladly signed up for our sailing club’s cruise up San Rafael Creek. With 8 knot winds, the tide in our favor, and warm sun it was a wondrous morning. I was the skipper of our 14’ Vagabond dinghy while my husband Bob managed the jib. We enjoyed a gentle run up the creek and lunch together at a dockside restaurant before heading back to San Pablo Bay with five other boats. More
Celebrating the life of Practical Theology pioneer Allen Joe Moore (Sept. 7, 1927-Sept. 18, 2016)
On October 4, 2016 many gathered at Marsh Chapel at Boston University School of Theology to celebrate the life and memory of Dr. Allen Joe Moore (BUSTH '63). Allen was a pioneer in the field of practical theology, publishing prolifically and mentoring generations of students on the relationship between practical theology and religious education; Christianity and culture; family life and sexuality; and liberation approaches to education. More
The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence, by Thomas Oord
Please see Vaughn Baker's review of Thomas Oord's The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence. The pieces is available here: The Uncontrolling Love of God. Thomas Oord has generously made the audiofiles of The Uncontrolling Love of God available for free.
Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Thought and Practice
Review by Len Krimerman: http://geo.coop/story/collective-courage-celebratory-review
2015 Annual Lecture
Experiencing Oppression: Ventriloquism and Epistemic Violence in Practical Theology
Dr. Courtney T. Goto
The Center for Practical Theology hosted the Eighth Annual Lecture 
Series with Dr. Courtney T. Goto as the guest lecturer for the evening. Dr. Goto's lecture was entitled "Experiencing Oppression: Ventriloquism and Epistemic Violence in Practical Theology. She is the Assistant Professor of Religious Education at Boston University School of Theology.
Dr. Goto states in her lecture, "epistemic violence, is an experience of oppression from the inside, is ever-present and thus present throughout the academy." Her lecture explores the experience of epistemic violence in practical theology, where we are given institutional authority to interpret and represent the lived experience of others, as well as the responsibility to shape student experience. She uses the metaphor of ventriloquism to explore practical theologians as performers who, by virtue by our position, makes dummies of those we are attempting to serve, including subjects of research, colleagues, and students.
Faith in Objects: American Missionary Expositions in the Early Twentieth Century, by Erin L. Hasinoff
Please see the review by Dr. Dana Robert entitled "Performing World Missions in 1911," Harvard Divinity Bulletin (Winter/Spring 2015):84-87.
Learning in a Musical Key: Insight for Theology in Performative Mode, by Lisa M. Hess
Review by Sang-il Kim, PhD Student in Practical Theology, Boston University School of Theology may be found in: Religious Education: The official journal of the Religious Education Association, Volume 109, Issue 2, 2015.
Turn It and Turn It Again: Studies in the Teaching and Learning of Classical Jewish Texts, edited by Jon A. Levisohn and Susan. P. Fendrick
Review by Sang-il Kim, PhD Student in Practical Theology, Boston University School of Theology may be found in: Religious Education: The official journal of the Religious Education Association, Volume 110, Issue 2, 2015.
Exploring Prosperity Preaching , by Debra J. Mumford
Review in Homiletic by Song Bok (Bob) Jon, Ph.D. candidate, Boston University, Boston, MA may be found by clicking here.