Practical Theology and Qualitative Research - second edition

John Swinton is Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care in the School of Divinity, Religious Studies and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. Harriet Mowat is an honorary Reasearch Fellow in the Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability at the University of Aberdeen and the Managing Director of Mowat Research Ltd, Aberdeen.

• Part 1: Theoretical Foundations1. What is Practical Theology?2. What is Qualitative Research? 3. Practical Theology and Qualitative Research MethodsPart 2: Research Projects4. Researching Personal Experience: Depression and Spirituality5. Researching a Local Church: Exploring an 'Emergent Church' 6. Researching Ministry: What do Chaplains Do? 7. Researching Pastoral Issues: Religious Communities and Suicide8. Participatory Research: Researching with Marginalized People9. Action Research: Researching the Spiritual Lives of People with Profound and Complex Intellectual Disabilities Conclusion: Practical Theology as Action Research

‘John Swinton and Harriet Mowat’s Practical Theology and Qualitative Research has established itself as a classic text for every one concerned with theologically orientated ethnography. Now in a Second Edition it is must read for all students in Practical Theology and anyone setting out to do empirical research in the area of Theology and Ministry.’