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Explorations in ecclesiology and ethnography [electronic resource] / edited by Christian B. Scharen.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in ecclesiology and ethnographyPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2012.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 180 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781467436977 (electronic bk.)
  • 1467436976 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Explorations in ecclesiology and ethnography.DDC classification:
  • 262 23
LOC classification:
  • BV600.3 .E97 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part 1. On congregations and the church. On the dynamic relation between ecclesiology and congregational studies / James Nieman and 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 and Pete Ward -- Epiphanic sacramentality : an example of practical ecclesiology revisioning theological understanding / Clare Watkins and Helen Cameron -- Part 3. On congregations and society. Understanding religion takes practice : anti-urban bias, geographical habits, and theological influences / Mark T. Mulder and 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 and 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. On congregations and the church. On the dynamic relation between ecclesiology and congregational studies / James Nieman and 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 and Pete Ward -- Epiphanic sacramentality : an example of practical ecclesiology revisioning theological understanding / Clare Watkins and Helen Cameron -- Part 3. On congregations and society. Understanding religion takes practice : anti-urban bias, geographical habits, and theological influences / Mark T. Mulder and 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 and 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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