Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Engaging practice : the work of Christian theology -- Part I. Living web : a subject matter. The living web and the state of pastoral theology -- Revisiting the living document and web -- Pastoral theology as public theology -- Practical theology : a definition -- Part II. Practical wisdom : a way of knowing. A maternal feminist epistemology -- The subversive practice of pastoral theology -- The clerical and the academic paradigm -- Practical theology, pedagogy, and theological know-how -- Part III. Gender : a key category of analysis. Feminist theory and pastoral theology -- How gender studies revolutionized pastoral theology -- Feminist studies in psychology : a resource -- Pastoral theology and the future of religion and psychological studies.