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Ecclesiology and Ethnography:

LA109434

انگلیسی

Ecclesiology and Ethnography:

[Article]

An Unresolved Relationship

Paul Avis

Leiden

Brill

This article undertakes a critical exploration of the current relationship between ecclesiology and 'ecclesial ethnography'. It begins by proposing that ecclesiology should be a realistic, critical and practical discipline and that in these respects it can learn from ethnographical principles. It goes on to raise some questions about how the relationship between ecclesial ethnography and ecclesiology is presented in some recent literature, pointing out instances of over-drawn distinctions, exaggerated claims and methodological naivety. It concludes by affirming the vital role of ethnographical study to the overall theological investigation of the church and suggests that this would be strengthened if the weaknesses mentioned above were addressed. This article undertakes a critical exploration of the current relationship between ecclesiology and 'ecclesial ethnography'. It begins by proposing that ecclesiology should be a realistic, critical and practical discipline and that in these respects it can learn from ethnographical principles. It goes on to raise some questions about how the relationship between ecclesial ethnography and ecclesiology is presented in some recent literature, pointing out instances of over-drawn distinctions, exaggerated claims and methodological naivety. It concludes by affirming the vital role of ethnographical study to the overall theological investigation of the church and suggests that this would be strengthened if the weaknesses mentioned above were addressed.

2018

322-337

Ecclesiology

14/3

1745-5316

Ecclesiology

empirical theology

ethnography

General

History of Religion

induction-deduction

practical theology

Religious Studies

theology and science

Theology and World Christianity

theory and practice

Paul Avis

10.1163/17455316-01403006

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[Article]

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