Ecclesiology and Ethnography:

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" Ecclesiology and Ethnography: "
Paul Avis

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065805
Doc. No	:	LA109434
Call No	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01403006‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul Avis
Title & Author	:	Ecclesiology and Ethnography: [Article] : An Unresolved Relationship\ Paul Avis
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Ecclesiology
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/3
Page No	:	322–337
Abstract	:	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.
Descriptor	:	Ecclesiology
Descriptor	:	empirical theology
Descriptor	:	ethnography
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	induction-deduction
Descriptor	:	practical theology
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	theology and science
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Descriptor	:	theory and practice
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01403006‬