The Porcupine Tango: What Ethnography Can and Cannot Do for Theologians

Ethnography and theology are two contrasting life-activities, regulated by separate ideals. Like other sciences, ethnography is regulated by the ideal of ‘truth’. It gathers data about human communities, particularly their worldviews and their tacit social practices. New data correct old conclusions...

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Published in:Ecclesial practices
Main Author: Spickard, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Ecclesial practices
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CF Christianity and Science
FA Theology
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Ethnography theology regulative ideals science
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)