Provides an overview of pastoral and practical theology in the form of articles and extracts with commentary.

• Presents pastoral and practical theology within a theoretical framework
• Contains classic readings together with newly commissioned articles
• Engages with practical theologies from both sides of the Atlantic

The Revd Dr James Woodward is Master of the Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson, Temple Balsall, and is the Bishop's Advisor for Health and Social Care in the Diocese of Birmingham.

Dr Stephen Pattison is currently Senior Research Fellow in Pastoral Theology, University of Wales, Cardiff.

John Patton is Professor of Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary, Georgia.