Dingemans second paradigm shift is what he describes as the Church paradigm. Within this paradigm, there are two dynamics that he describes as internal & external. According to Dingemans the internal focuses on the day to day life within the Christian community and explores such things as discipleship, communication, pastoral care, homiletics, and Christian education. He says that the external focuses on the life of the church as it relates to the world around it. The primary focus here is on mission, preaching, politics, social justice and so forth. Dingemans third paradigm focuses on the theology of liberation. Liberation is concerned with the social and political aspects of the marginalized. Essential to this paradigm is the
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This paradigm does not share the same emphasis as the clerical, church or liberation paradigms but is focused on the person in the pew but is intended for the layman who is seeking after a deeper meaning for their lives. According to Dingmans, this paradigm is still emerging. The spiritual fitness of the associate minister enhanced through the mentoring of spiritual disciplines can assist in the spiritual growth of the individuals within the congregation. These newly enriched practices of the associate minister are born out the regeneration of the praxis of the servant leader through the use of practical theology. This renewed praxis acquired through the methodology of mentoring of the associate minister can strengthen the spirituality of the servant leader, the associate minister and the spiritual awareness of individual in the pew is increased.
Swinton is passionate in his synopsis of Practical Theology and its goals as he confidently states;
Practical theology is a dynamic process of reflective, critical inquiry into the praxis of the church in the world and God’s purposes for humanity carried out in the light of Christian Scripture and tradition and in critical dialogue with other sources of knowledge. As a theological discipline, its primary purpose is to ensure that churches public proclamations and praxis in the world faithfully reflect the biblical narrative that forms and inspires it
This paradigm does not share the same emphasis as the clerical, church or liberation paradigms but is focused on the person in the pew but is intended for the layman who is seeking after a deeper meaning for their lives. According to Dingmans, this paradigm is still emerging. The spiritual fitness of the associate minister enhanced through the mentoring of spiritual disciplines can assist in the spiritual growth of the individuals within the congregation. These newly enriched practices of the associate minister are born out the regeneration of the praxis of the servant leader through the use of practical theology. This renewed praxis acquired through the methodology of mentoring of the associate minister can strengthen the spirituality of the servant leader, the associate minister and the spiritual awareness of individual in the pew is increased.
Swinton is passionate in his synopsis of Practical Theology and its goals as he confidently states;
Practical theology is a dynamic process of reflective, critical inquiry into the praxis of the church in the world and God’s purposes for humanity carried out in the light of Christian Scripture and tradition and in critical dialogue with other sources of knowledge. As a theological discipline, its primary purpose is to ensure that churches public proclamations and praxis in the world faithfully reflect the biblical narrative that forms and inspires it