Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics
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Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics

About this book

This book is a primary resource in the new and growing field of Christian Ethnography. In response to a variety of critical intellectual currents (post-colonial, post-modern, and post-liberal), scholars in Christian theology and ethics are increasingly taking up the tools of ethnography as a means to ask fundamental moral questions and to make more compelling and credible moral claims. Privileging particularity, rather than the more traditional effort to achieve universal or at least generalizable norms in making claims regarding the Christian life, echoes the most fundamental insight of the Christian tradition - that God is known most fully in Jesus of Nazareth. Echoing this 'scandal of particularity' at the heart of the Christian tradition, theologians and ethicists involved in ethnographic research draw on the particular to seek out answers to core questions of their discipline: who God is and how we become the people we are, how to conceptualize moral agency in relation to God and the world, and how to flesh out the content of conceptual categories such as justice that help direct us in our daily decisions and guiding institutions.

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Yes, you can access Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics by Christian Scharen,Aana Marie Vigen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Christian Theology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781441155450
eBook ISBN
9781441130921
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Christian Theology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Editorial
  3. Half-title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface: Blurring Boundaries
  10. About the Contributors
  11. Chapter 1 What is Ethnography?
  12. Chapter 2 The Ethnographic Turn in Theology and Ethics
  13. Chapter 3 Critiques of the Use of Social Science in Theology and Ethics
  14. Chapter 4 Theological Justifi cations for Turning to Ethnography
  15. Chapter 5 Ethnographic Research on African American Pastoral Leadership and Congregations Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr
  16. Chapter 6 The Listening Church: How Ethnography Can Transform Catholic Ethics Emily Reimer-Barry
  17. Chapter 7 Ethnography as Revelation: Witnessing in History, Faith, and Sin Robert P. Jones
  18. Chapter 8 Theology and Morality on the Streets: An Examination of the Beliefs and Moral Formation of Street Children in Light of Christianity and African Traditional Religions Melissa Browning
  19. Chapter 9 Living with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas, Mexico: The Transformative Power of Poverty and Suffering Andrea Vicini, S. J.
  20. Chapter 10 Whiteness Made Visible: A Theo-Critical Ethnography in Acoliland Todd Whitmore
  21. Chapter 11 The Cost of Virtue: What Power in the Open Door Community Might Speakto Virtue Ethics Peter R. Gathje
  22. Chapter 12 Benedictions: For Those Willing to Give Ethnography a Try
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index