Practicing Faith: Theology and Social Vocation in Conversation

The integration of theology and social vocation invites scholars and practitioners to reach outside their discipline and into relationship with others. Out of these relationships new ways of enacting faith and informing practice can emerge. This book brings together a collection of essays engaging with the integration of theology and social vocation. Designed to reflect and invite dialogue, these authors engage with the relationship between faith and practice as it is expressed in their own area of interest and speciality. Arranged in five themed dialogues--wellbeing, formation, hospitality, therapy, and theology--each essay reflects the unique dynamics of its author's integrative process and offers something new to the ongoing conversation between theology and social vocation. This set of essays will be of interest to practitioners and students concerned to infuse their faith with their practice of vocation, to develop a practicing faith.

Lisa Spriggens is a counselor and Head of Counseling at Laidlaw College in Auckland, New Zealand. She is also undertaking a PhD at University of Melbourne researching trauma counselors and their stories of self-care.


Tim Meadowcroft is senior research fellow in biblical studies at Laidlaw College, Auckland, New Zealand, and editor of the Journal of Theological Interpretation. He is also priest assistant in the Anglican parish of Henderson/Swanson in West Auckland.


Marty Folsom (PhD, Otago, New Zealand) is the Executive Director of the Pacific Association for Theological Studies. He has taught theology in the Seattle area for over twenty years. He is also a popular speaker on relational themes. This book, Sharing God's Life, completes his Face to Face trilogy: Missing Love (2013), Discovering Relational (2014).