![]() ![]() British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library EISBN 978-2-1 © Christian Scharen, Aana Marie Vigen, with contributors, 2011 Christian Scharen, Aana Marie Vigen and contributors have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Author of this work. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. The collection is path breaking in the field of religion for its unflinching scrutiny of under-examined assumptions of white racial privilege embedded in method, careful delineation of the meaning of interdisciplinarity, as well as specific guidance on best practices for ethical research.’Įthnography as Christian Theology and EthicsĮdited by Christian Scharen and Aana Marie VigenĬontinuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 704, New York, NY 10038 All rights reserved. ‘This volume pulls back the curtain on the ethnographic method of Christian theologians and ethicists who earn their living and scholarly reputations studying the lives of other people and offering truth claims about those realities. This timely and compelling book is a must read for all concerned with the creative interface of anthropology and theology.’ Pete Ward, Kings College London, UK ‘A powerful affirmation of the human lives that animate theological reflection and practice. The result is a major resource for any one who wants to start to do ethnography as part of Christian Theology and Ethics.’ UNPACKING THE INVISIBLE KNAPSACK BY PEGGY MCCLINTOCK PDF SERIESThese are then illustrated through a series of studies. In the introductory section the editors introduce key elements in ethnographic research. it is the focus on actually doing ethnographic research that makes his book is a timely and significant contribution to the conversation around ethics and communal practices. Many talk about ethnography but few actually do it yet it is in doing of it that the theological force of ‘practice’ gains any kind of traction. Smith, Vanderbilt University, USA ‘The turn to practice in Christian Theology and Ethics has made engagement with the social and cultural reality of the Church an urgent concern. This book should become-immediately upon its publication-the generative center of one of the most important developments in contemporary theology and ethics.’ A series of examples begin to suggest the range and power of this vision. It then extends that conversation with a significant proposal for ethnography as theology and ethics. The book surveys a wide range of ways scholars have engaged ethnography for the sake of theology and ethics. Townes, Yale Divinity School, USA ‘Christian Scharen and Aana Marie Vigen have put together a remarkable book that fills many needs at once. The challenge is genuine and I encourage us to read and learn from this fine collection.’Įmilie M. ![]() The authors provide thoughtful and probing challenges to how social scientists and theologians do our workencouraging us to question and alter some of the basic assumptions of our work so that we do it with genuine rigor rather than with unexamined normative commitments or using the social sciences as lax sources for theological reflection. ‘This engaging collection is a helpful foundation for exploring the use of ethnography in Christian ethics and theology. ![]()
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