(Re)Placing the Congregation: Fieldwork and Congregational Place-Making
Drawing from place-theory, this essay argues for congregations to employ fieldwork as a means to perform the place-making work claimed in a term like contextualization.' While contextualization' articulates the importance of locale for Christian identity, ethnographic fieldwork performs...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2019]
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Ecclesial practices
Jahr: 2019, Band: 6, Heft: 2, Seiten: 147-162 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AF Religionsgeographie CD Christentum und Kultur CH Christentum und Gesellschaft RB Kirchliches Amt; Gemeinde |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Ethnography
B place-making B Contextualization B Mission |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Drawing from place-theory, this essay argues for congregations to employ fieldwork as a means to perform the place-making work claimed in a term like contextualization.' While contextualization' articulates the importance of locale for Christian identity, ethnographic fieldwork performs the collaborative elements of place-making. Bringing the two fields together, the essay argues for congregations to employ fieldwork as a means for connecting congregational identity with the life of the neighbourhood. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-4471 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Ecclesial practices
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00602001 |