1st Edition

Stories, Senses and the Charismatic Relation A Reflexive Ethnography of Christian Experience

By Jamie Barnes Copyright 2021
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

  Stories, Senses and the Charismatic Relation offers a uniquely intimate and auto-ethnographic exploration of Christian experience, rendering a deep, phenomenological account of how devotional worlds become real – how they are experienced, shaped, constituted and performed by those who live them. The book starts from a reflexive exploration of the author’s own experiences of the divine,... Read more

Introduction;  1. Stories, Senses and the Charismatic Relation;  2.Spiritual Community: Metaphorical Moves, Open Hearts and Invited Intruders;  3.Open Doors, Crossing Thresholds and Navigating Relational Paths;  4.Closed Doors, Christian Disciples and the Charismatic Dilemma;  Conclusion

Biography

Jamie Barnes is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Sussex, where he also completed his doctorate in Social Anthropology.