The Initiative in Religious Practices & Practical Theology

About the Initiative  

• Staff
• Advisory Committee
• Progress Update

PhD Concentration  

• Requirements
• Courses
• Policies

Postdoctoral Fellowship  

• Apply
• Fellows

Practical Matters Journal  

• Call for Submissions
• Editorial Team

Student Profiles  

• By Course of Study
• By Entry Year

Research  

• Student Projects
• Faculty Colloquia
• Journal Consultations

News & Events  

• Announcements
• Upcoming Events
• Past Events

Research

• Faculty Colloquia have provided a venue for interdisciplinary conversation about recent work among professors in the Department of Religion and Candler School of Theology.
  
  
• Student Projects have included exploratory research in the context of the PhD Concentration's core seminar and further work with living communities, through qualitative research, internships or teaching, in fulfillment of the Experiential Requirement. Several concentrators are now also at the stage of including attention to Religious Practices & Practical Theology in their dissertations.
  
  
• Journal Consultations are part of the Initiative's commitment to engage in new forms of collaborative research between students, practitioners and scholars in varied fields and contexts, and to disseminate the insights of this work in accessible forms. Each issue of the journal Practical Matters, oriented around a specific topic, is preceded by an in-person Consultation on that theme. Work-in-progress presented at or emerging from the Consultation contributes to the content of that journal issue.