List of Contributors ix
About the Editors xiii
1 Introduction 1
Pete Ward and Knut Tveitereid
Part I Naming the Field 5
2 Theology and Qualitative Research: An Uneasy Relationship
7
Pete Ward
3 Qualitative Research in Theology: A Spiritual Turn? 16
Clare Watkins
4 The Craft of Theology and Qualitative Research 27
Dustin D. Benac
5 Ethnography as Critical Pedagogy: Prisons, Pedagogy, and
Theological Education 38
Rachelle R. Green
6 Luring the Divine: Affect, Esthetics, and Future Directions
for Ethnographic Theology’s Contributionto the Christian Traditions
49
Natalie Wigg-Stevenson
7 Practical Theology Rooted in and from Africa: The Tide Is
Turning 58
Shantelle Weber
8 Lived Theology and Theology in the Lived 67
Knut Tveitereid
Part II Theology and Qualitative Research as Forms of Knowledge 79
9 Empirical Research, Theological Limits, and Possibilities
81
John Swinton
10 Fieldwork in White Theology 91
Christian Scharen
11 On the Nature of Ordering 101
Tanya Riches
12 Practicing Reflexivity: Becoming Aware of One’s Default Mode
and Developing an EpistemicAdvantage 111
Tone Stangeland Kaufman
13 Revelation and Normativity 121
Paul S. Fiddes
14 Empathy and Immersion as Theological Values 131
Nicola Slee
15 Representation and Intersectionality 141
Janna L. Hunter-Bowman
16 Concrete Church: Qualitative Research and Ecclesial Practices
151
Hans Schaeffer
17 Qualitative Research and Young Adult Faith 162
Ruth Perrin
Part III Theology and Qualitative Research: Continuities and Discontinuities 173
18 Christian Ethics, Experience, and Qualitative Research
175
Lap Yan Kung
19 Contextual Theology 185
Yara González-Justiniano and Christopher P. Ney
20 Postcolonial Theology: Naming Coloniality and the Problem of
Definitions 195
Christine J. Hong
21 Ecclesiology: The Study of the Formal Church 207
Rein Brouwer
22 Ecclesiology in Ecclesial Movements such as Fresh Expressions
of Church 219
Sabrina Müller
23 Digital Theology and Qualitative Research 231
Stephen Garner
24 Queer Theology 243
Ninna Edgardh
25 Political Theology and Qualitative Research 252
Luke Bretherton
26 Biblical Studies 262
Andrew P. Rogers
27 Theology, Qualitative Research, and World Christianity
273
Easten Law
Part IV The Empirical Turn in Practical Theology 285
28 Anglo-American Practical Theology 287
Christopher Craig Brittain
29 Continental Practical Theology 298
Ulla Schmidt
30 Preaching 309
Marianne Gaarden
31 Worship 319
Glenn Packiam
32 Pastoral Care 330
Mary Clark Moschella
33 Christian Education as a Community of Strangers 340
Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen
34 Church Organization 351
Helen Cameron
35 Youth Ministry and the Empirical Turn 361
P.M. (Ronelle) Sonnenberg
Part V The Practice of Theology and Qualitative Research 371
36 Fieldwork and the Person of the Theologian 373
Kirsten Donskov Felter
37 Interviews and Observation 382
Harriet Mowat
38 Analytical Strategies 393
Kirstine Helboe Johansen
39 Writing Qualitative Research and Theology: Thoughts for
Beginners 403
Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
40 Visual Ethnography 415
Sarah Dunlop
41 Action Research and Theology 425
Jonas Ideström
42 Collaborative Research 435
Henk de Roest
43 Ethnography as Community Action 446
Angela Cowser
Part VI Responses and Dissent 459
44 Understanding Lived Theology: Is Qualitative Research the
Best or Only Way? 461
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
45 Ethnography as a Tool for Genuine Surprise: Found Theologies
Versus Imposed Theologies 471
Gerardo Martí
46 Receiving the Gift of Women’s Voices: The Place of
Qualitative Research in Ecumenical Theologyand Practice 483
Gabrielle Thomas
47 Theology and Qualitative Research: Limits and New Directions
493
Swee Sum Lam
48 Congregations in Changing Times: Challenges Facing Romanian
Churches After the Fall ofCommunism 503
Otniel Ioan Bunaciu
49 The Presence of Christ in Qualitative Research: Four Models
and an Epilogue 514
Bård Norheim
Index 525
Pete Ward is Professor of Practical Theology at Durham University, UK, and NLA University College, Bergen, Norway. He founded, together with Christian Scharen, the Ecclesiology and Ethnography (E&E) Network and served as Editor of the journal Ecclesial Practices. He is the author of Introducing Practical Theology: Mission Ministry and the Life of the Church, Liquid Ecclesiology: Gospel and Church, and the editor of Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography.
Knut Tveitereid is Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Head of Ministry Training at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society in Oslo, Norway. He is closely involved with the Ecclesiology and Ethnography (E&E) Network and serves as Academic Coordinator for the E&E Network’s annual Durham Conference.
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