Cultural Transformation and Religious Practice

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-83326-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

The book sets out to address and answer three questions from the point of view of Christian theology. The first is, from where does theology speak? The second is, what are the mechanisms whereby cultures change? The third is, how might we conceive the relationship between the contemporary production of theological discourse and the transformation of cultures more generally? Drawing upon the work of standpoint epistemologists, cultural anthropologists and social scientists, the book argues that public acts of interpretation are involvements in renegotiating the future direction of cultural change. Though the enquiry is conducted from one particular standpoint - Christian theology - the observations and suggestions it makes regarding cultural transformation and the defense it makes of syncretism have more general application.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Governing Question I: From what place does theology speak?; Governing Question II: How do cultures change?; Governing Question III: What is the relationship between religious practices and cultural transformation?

Über Autor(innen)

Ward, Graham
Graham Ward was formerly Dean of Peterhouse, Cambridge and is now Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester.