Monday, January 15, 2007

Thoughts on Applied Theology

Lately I've been thinking a lot about how to find a balance between right belief and right action in the Christian life. Here is an article I stumbled across on the topic by R. Paul Stevens a Professor of Applied Theology at Regent College.

This article uses three different words to help navigate this topic.
Orthodoxy - Right belief
Orthopraxy - Right practice
Orthopathy - Right heart

"Orthodoxy. Orthopraxy. Orthopathy. All three point to the marriage of theology and everyday life: theology and life linked in praise (orthodoxy), practice (orthopraxy) and passion (orthopathy)."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Dude. It's good to see your rockin' the blogsphere so hard. Applied theology...I need that. We all do.

I'm looking forward to all the great stuff you'll be posting. Keep up the good work.