Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics - A Fully Revised 2nd Edition (Paperback)

This book is a primary resource in the new and growing field of Christian Ethnography. 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 tradition - that God is known most fully in Jesus of Nazareth. Echoing this 'scandal of particularity' at the heart of the Christian tradition, theologians and ethicists involved in ethnographic research draw on the particular to seek 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.

General

Imprint:	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	June 2011
Editors:	Christian Scharen • Aana Marie Vigen
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-5545-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology Promotions
LSN:	1-4411-5545-7
Barcode:	9781441155450

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