Young Adults Doing Lived Theology: Three Modes of Theologising

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Marjukka Laiho
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This study asks: “How do young adults theologise?” It explores creative processes of navigating a gap or a wound experienced by Finnish young adults’ between their personal beliefs and values and the Lutheran religious tradition. The dramatic religious decline and change among young adults has been shown in many studies. Here, the situation is explored through co-theologising with young adults. Based on narrative-discursive analysis of reflexive interviews, the study depicts three modes of theologising: 1) Cognitive theologising explores faith expressed in words, 2) Affective theologising focuses on the power of sensing and feeling, and 3) Practical theologising looks at the human potential and capacity to act. The aim of these modes is not to bridge the gap or heal the wound but to describe and understand it. In the end, these ‘acts of theologising’ are put together, pointing to novel methodological approaches embracing uncertainty and doubt, such as holistic theologising.
年轻人活著做神学:三种神学模式
这项研究问道:“年轻人是如何神化的?”它探索了芬兰年轻人在个人信仰和价值观与路德宗教传统之间的差距或创伤的创造性过程。许多研究表明,年轻人的宗教信仰急剧下降和变化。在这里,这种情况是通过与年轻人的共同神学来探索的。基于对反身访谈的叙事话语分析,本研究描绘了三种神学家模式:1)认知神学家探索用言语表达的信仰,2)情感神学家关注感知和感觉的力量,3)实践神学家关注人类的潜力和行动能力。这些模式的目的不是弥合差距或治愈创伤,而是描述和理解它。最终,这些“神学家行为”被放在一起,指向了包含不确定性和怀疑的新方法论方法,如整体神学家。
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