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Making Faith-Sense

Theological Reflection in Everyday Life

Making Faith-Sense

Theological Reflection in Everyday Life

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Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814625132
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 01/03/1999
Width: 13.7 cm
Height: 21 cm

Making faith-sense is a new term for an ancient practice. It is what the early Christians called mystical or wisdom theology: understanding life in the light of God's participation recorded in the Gospels, recognizing the signs of God's presence in everyday events and shaping one's life accordingly. In Making Faith-Sense, Robert Kinast shows all who seek to unify their life experience around their belief in God how to follow that ancient practice. Drawing upon the award-winning process he has used with students for the ministry, Father Kinast explains how to make sense of family, work, and cultural experience from the perspective of Christian faith. Each chapter contains numerous real-life examples and practical guidelines that can be used privately or with a group.

Making Faith-Sense begins with a discussion of wisdom theology and its revival in modern times, highlighting the turn to experience" that characterizes feminist, liberation, and inculturated theologies. The methods for making faith-sense embrace three main components: experience, reflection, and action. The first section describes what is meant by experience, the value of narrating it, how to analyze it, and what to pay attention to so that experience will reveal its theological meaning. The second section explains the role of reflection, its similarity to prayer, techniques for connecting experience to theological tradition, and the most useful theological resources for making faith-sense. The third section affirms the importance of putting reflection into practice, of ensuring that action flows from reflection, of planning and evaluating the effect of one's practice, and of using practice as the starting point for continuing the process of making faith-sense. Examples from work, family, and cultural life are used throughout to provide illustrations of these general points. A concluding chapter summarizes the reemergence of practical theology since the 1980s as an effort of church communities to make faith-sense of their collective lives.

Chapters are *What Is Faith-Sense? - *How to Make Faith-Sense: Getting Started, - *How to Make Faith-Sense: The Heart of the Matter, - and *Enacting Faith-Sense: The Culmination of the Process. -

Robert L. Kinast, PhD, is a pastoral theologian specializing in the field of theological reflection. Through the publications and services of the Center for Theological Reflection, Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, he contributes to the ministry training programs of many denominations in the United States and Canada. Father Kinast is the author of the Vatican II: Act II series and Let Ministry Teach, published by Liturgical Press.

Contents
Introduction   ix
     Turn to the Subject   x
     Critical Thinking   xi
Chapter One: What Is Faith-Sense?   1
     Sources for Making Sense of Life   2
     Making Faith-Sense   3
     Meaning and Facts   5
Chapter Two: How to Make Faith-Sense: Getting Started   8
     Selecting an Experience   9
     Helpful Resources   16
     Narration   20
     Analysis   28
Chapter Three: How to Make Faith-Sense:
     The Heart of the Matter   33
     Affirmation   35
     Adaptation   47
     Conversion   60
Chapter Four: Enacting Faith-Sense:
     The Culmination of the Process   75
     Obstacles to Enactment   76
     Planning   80
     Faith-Style   82
     Conclusion   86

Robert L. Kinast

Robert L. Kinast, PhD, is a pastoral theologian specializing in the field of theological reflection. Through the publications and services of the Center for Theological Reflection, Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, he contributes to the ministry training programs of many denominations in the United States and Canada. Father Kinast is the author of the Vatican II: Act II series and Let Ministry Teach, published by Liturgical Press.

His thoughtful instruction in theological reflection turns a vague desire into a practical method. He explains well how sound reflection leads to conversion of mind and heart and integrity of faith and life.Philip J. Murnion, Director, National Pastoral Life Center In the hands of this gifted theologian, the concrete complexities and challenges of contemporary life - in families, in the workplace, in the civic arena - are used as the raw material for shaping lives of authenticity and meaning, aligned with God's purposes and hopes for humanity.Dolores Leckey, Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University It is a reminder that Christianity is, after all, a way of life.New Theology Review

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