pastoral theology

American  

noun

1. the branch of theology dealing with the responsibilities of members of the clergy to the people under their care.

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Example Sentences

“Advent is when we celebrate the narratives that give us insight into how God is entering the world,” said Jesuit Father Allan Figueroa Deck, a scholar of pastoral theology at Loyola Marymount College.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2024

He received a bachelor’s degree in pastoral theology from Hyles-Anderson College, a Bible college in Crown Point, Ind., in 1977.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2020

The Rev. Allan Figueroa Deck, a Jesuit professor of pastoral theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, said that despite some detractors, the Way is a new church reality.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2017

He attended Fairhaven Baptist College, earning a degree in pastoral theology and music.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2012

Here like Martin Boos and others he came under the spell of the Evangelical movement promoted by Johann Michael Sailer, the professor of pastoral theology.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various