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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.5
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and culture; Ethnology - Religious aspects - Christianity; Christian ethics
• Persona (resp. second.): ScharenChristian Batalden; VigenAana Marie
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnography as Christian theology and ethics
• ISBN: 1-283-20532-7; 9786613205322; 1-4411-3092-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827203303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II