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The author asks how practical theology can help a pluralist public by encouraging a public discussion of value issues. The aim of practical theology is to allow practice to inform theory; he seeks to allow the pastoral and religious praxis of the Christian life and the social, cultural, and political praxis of the wider society to inform each other, and thus practical theology. He begins by stating his assumptions, i.e., his way of understanding the issue of human responsibility in American society, and goes on to suggest religious and theological resources for responding to his questions. He distinguishes three realms comprising our society and suggests that there are value questions demanding discussion that may be differentiated in each as well as appropriate ways of discussing these questions.
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He is a Roman Catholic priest and has publishedBlessed Rage for Order: The New Pluralism in Theology.
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Tracy, D. Revisionist practical theology and the meaning of public discourse. Pastoral Psychol 26, 83–94 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01759804
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