Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics

ISBN-13: 9781441155450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str.

Christian Scharen

Opis

Seeks 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.

Spis treści

About the Contributors\Foreword by Mary McClintock Fulkerson\Preface: Blurring Boundaries\ Part One: Prolegomena\1. What is Ethnography?\2. The Ethnographic Turn in Theology and Ethics \3. Critiques of the Use of Social Science in Theology and Ethics \4. Theological Justifications for Turning to Ethnography \Part Two: Exemplars\5. Jeffery Tribble, Sr. 'Ethnographic Research on African American Pastoral Leadership and Congregations'\6. Emily Reimer-Barry, 'The Listening Church: How Ethnography Can Transform Catholic Ethics'\7. Robert P. Jones, 'Ethnography as Revelation: Witnessing in History, Faith and Sin&'\8. Melissa Browning, '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'\9. Andrea Vicini, S. J., 'Living with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas, Mexico: The Transformative Power of Poverty and Suffering'\10. Todd Whitmore, 'Whiteness Made Visible: A Theo-Critical Ethnography in Acoliland'\11. Peter R. Gathje, 'The Cost of Virtue: What Power in the Open Door Community Might Speak to Virtue Ethics'\Part Three: Method\ 12.Benedictions: For Those Willing to Give Ethnography a Try\Bibliography\ Index