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On Knowing Humanity: Insights from Theology for Anthropology book cover

1st Edition

On Knowing Humanity Insights from Theology for Anthropology

Edited By Eloise Meneses, David Bronkema Copyright 2017
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge
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The development of a phenomenological approach to religion and the rise of perspectivism are challenging anthropology’s exclusive rootedness in the ontology of secularism. When considered with the increased interest in the anthropology of religion as an area of study, it is clear that there is a growing need for non-reductionist representations of Christian thought and experience in... Read more

1. Introduction



2. Engaging the Religiously Committed Other: Anthropologists and Theologians in Dialogue



Part 1: Epistemology for Ethnography



3. Mystery: To Know and Be Known in Ethnography



4. Stranger: A Biblical Teaching as an Anthropological Resource



5. Witness: A Post-critical and Biblical Epistemology for a Committed Anthropology



6. Humility: A Christian Impulse as Fruitful Motif for Anthropological Theory and Practice



7. History: Agnes C.L. Donohugh as an 'Apostle of Ethnology' between the World Wars



Part 2: Ontology for Anthropology



8. Spirituality: Insights from Practical Theology for a Transformed Applied Anthropology



9. Divine: The Multiple Ontologies of Religious Experience in Andean Culture



10. Calling: Implications of the Transcendent for Love and Purpose in Migration



11. Trinity: Theological Themes for an Interdisciplinary Theology of Culture



12. Afterword

Biography

Eloise Meneses is professor of Anthropology and director of the MA in Theological and Cultural Anthropology, at Eastern University, USA.



David Bronkema is the director and associate professor of International Development and Templeton Chair at Eastern University, USA.

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