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Explorations in ecclesiology and ethnography / edited by Christian B. Scharen.

Contributor(s): Scharen, Christian Batalden
Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in ecclesiology and ethnography: Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2012Description: viii, 180 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780802868640 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0802868649 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Church | Ethnology -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 262 LOC classification: BV600.3 | .E97 2012Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
On the dynamic relation between ecclesiology and congregational studies / James Nieman, Roger Haight -- Ecclesiology and empirical research on the church / Harald Hegstad -- Affirming faith at a service of baptism in St. Aldates Church, Oxford / Paul S. Fiddes, Pete Ward -- Epiphanic sacramentality : an example of practical ecclesiology revisioning theological understanding / Clare Watkins, Helen Cameron -- Understanding religion takes practice : anti-urban bias, geographical habits, and theological influences / Mark T. Mulder, James K.A. Smith -- Ethnography as ecclesial attentiveness and critical reflexivity : fieldwork and the dispute over homosexuality in the Episcopal Church / Christopher Craig Brittain -- On discerning the living truth of the church : theological and sociological reflections on Receptive ecumenism and the local church / Paul D. Murray, Mathew Guest -- God at street level : digging up the theological identity of pastoral care among the homeless and drug addicts / Henk de Roest.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. On congregations and the church. On the dynamic relation between ecclesiology and congregational studies / James Nieman, Roger Haight -- Ecclesiology and empirical research on the church / Harald Hegstad -- Part 2. On congregations and worship. Affirming faith at a service of baptism in St. Aldates Church, Oxford / Paul S. Fiddes, Pete Ward -- Epiphanic sacramentality : an example of practical ecclesiology revisioning theological understanding / Clare Watkins, Helen Cameron -- Part 3. On congregations and society. Understanding religion takes practice : anti-urban bias, geographical habits, and theological influences / Mark T. Mulder, James K.A. Smith -- Ethnography as ecclesial attentiveness and critical reflexivity : fieldwork and the dispute over homosexuality in the Episcopal Church / Christopher Craig Brittain -- On discerning the living truth of the church : theological and sociological reflections on Receptive ecumenism and the local church / Paul D. Murray, Mathew Guest -- God at street level : digging up the theological identity of pastoral care among the homeless and drug addicts / Henk de Roest.

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