RT Article
T1 Ecclesiology and ethnography - issues and dilemmas in a conversation
JF International journal for the study of the Christian church
VO 19
IS 4
SP 302
OP 322
A1 Ideström, Jonas
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1690451351
AB The purpose of this article is to introduce the Ecclesiology and Ethnography conversation by highlighting some of its characteristics. According to the inquiry, significant contributors to the conversation understand ethnography as a form of theology and see ethnographic and ecclesiological modes of theologising as an alternative to idealist ecclesiological accounts. The article also shows how participation is a key theological theme as well as a research approach. Two pressing issues, that are highlighted, concern normativity in relation to doctrine and tradition and the role of theology in qualitative theological and ecclesiological research. The article ends with discussions on two dilemmas in ethnographic ecclesiology and with suggestions on how to deal with them responsibly.
K1 Ecclesiology and ethnography conversation
K1 Scandinavian context
K1 anthropological theology
K1 Doctrine
K1 Normativity
K1 practical ecclesiology
K1 theology and ethics
K1 Tradition
DO 10.1080/1474225X.2019.1692181