Radford, W. (2020) Creative arts-based research methods in practical theology: constructing new theologies of practice. Practical Theology, 13(1-2), pp. 60-74. (doi: 10.1080/1756073X.2020.1727626)
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Abstract
This article explores the emerging trajectory of creative arts-based research methods in practical theology. Creative arts-based approaches work with the embodied, material, imaginative, and sacred, foregrounding questions of representation and interpretation. Whilst seen as novel or emerging, creative methods fulfil key practical theological tasks and reveal the roots of the discipline as already creative and constructive. Drawing on Westfield’s engagement with poetry and poetic writing, Byrne’s studio-based visual arts practice, and Walton’s life writing and autoethnography, the article examines the distinctiveness of creative methods in representing lived experiences and generating new, liberative theologies. The article engages collaborative creative arts-based research to discuss practical and ethical issues in undertaking these methods. The paper concludes by reflecting on the possibilities for the future of practical theologies shaped through creative methods.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Radford, Ms Clare |
| Authors: | Radford, W. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Theology and Religious Studies |
| Journal Name: | Practical Theology |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| ISSN: | 1756-073X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1756-0748 |
| Published Online: | 23 February 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in Practical Theology 13(1-2):60-74 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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