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Book Review: Republican Theology: The Civil Religion of American Evangelicals. By Benjamin T. Lynerd

epistemological considerations relating to the discipline (Colleen M. Griffith) and the merits of a revised correlational method within practical theology (David Tracy). In the second section, attention turns more explicitly to practice and context, with emphasis placed upon everyday experience and concrete practice as sources for practical theology. The various areas include ecclesiology and practices of dialogue, family ethics, Latino/a popular religion, missiology, and spiritual direction. A final section focuses on teaching and research, describing pedagogical practice and research methodology. In addition to delineating the contours of Catholic practical theology, the book’s contributors establish a practical theological lexicon. For example, M. Shawn Copeland describes “practical theological agency” (129–31) referring to the formation of African American Catholic laity and their engagement in cultural issues and praxis within faith communities. This term may define other practical theological endeavors that seek to empower participants, especially the marginalized. The book’s essays mine the rich seams of the Catholic tradition—including the Catholic imagination, the importance of beauty and aesthetics, liturgical experience, and mysticism—and complement ecumenical work in the practical theology arena. This volume will be of value to students, those engaged in pastoral practice and formation, and scholars alike, and will advance the work of practical theologians in the USA and worldwide.