Lived Theology

New Perspectives on Method, Style, and Pedagogy
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-063072-0
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

The lived theology movement is built on the work of an emerging generation of theologians and scholars who pursue research, teaching, and writing as a form of public discipleship, motivated by the conviction that theology can enhance lived experience. This volume--based on a two-year collaboration with the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia--offers a series of illustrations and styles of lived theology, in conversation with other major approaches to the religious interpretation of embodied life.

Lived theology begins with a modest proposal: How might theological writing, research, and teaching be re-imagined to engage with lived experience, while still contributing to academic scholarship? The contributors consider this question in a variety of contexts, including towns in Mississippi struggling with histories of racist violence; a homeless shelter in Atlanta; students volunteering with faith based organizations in Columbus, Ohio; churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and a college classroom in the MidWest.

Answers to, and explorations of this question form the narrative framework of this book. Behind this question is the theological conviction that within the lived experience of faith communities lies a wealth of insight on themes that have long occupied the attention of scholars--morality, justice, grace, reconciliation, and redemption.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marsh, Charles

Slade, Peter

Azaransky, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsethik, Weltethos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Notes on Contributors

- Introduction

- Lived Theology: Method, Style and Pedagogy - Charles Marsh

- Part One: Lived Theology as Method

- Chapter 1: Eschatological Memories of Everyday Life - Ted A. Smith

- Chapter 2: The Risks and Responsibilities of Lived Theology - Peter Slade

- Chapter 3: Doing Theological Ethics with Incompetent Christians: Social Problems and Religious Creativity - Willis Jenkins

- Chapter 4: Theological Disfigurations of Christian Identity - Willie James Jennings

- Part Two: Lived Theology as Style

- Chapter 5: Daring to Write Theology without Footnotes - Susan R. Holman

- Chapter 6: Crossing and Experimentation: Pauli Murray's Activism as Christian Practice and Lived Theology - Sarah Azaransky

- Chapter 7: Exploring the Role of Ethnography in Theology: A Work in Progress - Mary McClintock Fulkerson

- Chapter 8: Descent into the Ordinary: Lived Theology, War, and the Moral Agency of Civilians - John Kiess

- Chapter 9: Insert Soul Here: Lived Theology as Witness - David Dark

- Part Three: Lived Theology as Pedagogy

- Chapter 10: Lived Theology 101: Lessons from an Undergraduate Classroom - Lori Brandt Hale

- Chapter 11: Teaching to Transform: Reflections on the Gifts and Challenges of Service-Learning as the Practice of Lived Theology - Jacqueline A. Bussie

- Chapter 12: Public Discipleship, Constructive Theology and Grassroots Activism - Jennifer M. McBride

- Chapter 13: Organizing for Justice as a Theological Practice - Susan M. Glisson

- Epilogue

- Chapter 14: Lived Theology is Being Led into Mystery - John W. de Gruchy

- Selected Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Marsh is Commonwealth Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.

Peter Slade is Professor of the History of Christianity and Christian thought at Ashland University.

Sarah Azaransky is Assistant Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary.