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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827203303321

Titolo

Ethnography as Christian theology and ethics / / edited by Christian Scharen and Aana Marie Vigen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-283-20532-7

9786613205322

1-4411-3092-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

261.5

Soggetti

Christianity and culture

Ethnology - Religious aspects - Christianity

Christian ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface: Blurring Boundaries; About the Contributors; Chapter 1 What is Ethnography?; Chapter 2 The Ethnographic Turn in Theology and Ethics; Chapter 3 Critiques of the Use of Social Science in Theology and Ethics; Chapter 4 Theological Justifi cations for Turning to Ethnography; Chapter 5 Ethnographic Research on African American Pastoral Leadership and Congregations Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr; Chapter 6 The Listening Church: How Ethnography Can Transform Catholic Ethics Emily Reimer-Barry

Chapter 7 Ethnography as Revelation: Witnessing in History, Faith, and Sin Robert P. JonesChapter 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; Chapter 9 Living with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas, Mexico: The Transformative Power of Poverty and Suffering Andrea Vicini, S. J.; Chapter 10 Whiteness Made Visible: A Theo-Critical Ethnography in Acoliland Todd Whitmore

Chapter 11 The Cost of Virtue: What Power in the Open Door



Community Might Speakto Virtue Ethics Peter R. GathjeChapter 12 Benedictions: For Those Willing to Give Ethnography a Try; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 traditionGÇöthat God is known most fully in Jesus of Nazareth.  Echoing this "s