The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future
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 autho...
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2014-12-01
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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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| spelling | doaj-art-f47e8cb34d6c4e8fb65dc65fd6bcdbad2025-02-11T09:55:37ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892014-12-0134210.38140/at.v34i2.2638The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the futureJ. A. van den Berg0R. R. Ganzevoort1University of the Free State, South AfricaVU University, Netherlands & University of the Free State, South Africa 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. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2638 |
| spellingShingle | J. A. van den Berg R. R. Ganzevoort The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future Acta Theologica |
| title | The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future |
| title_full | The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future |
| title_short | The art of creating futures - practical theology and a strategic research sensitivity for the future |
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