Download PDF: Copeland, Learn from the Lily Editor’s note: This piece was first presented at a conference on religion and ecology at Emory University titled “The Sacred Mundane” on September 10 and 11, 2015. Practical Matters is pleased to feature some of the
Space-Sharing by Religious Groups
Download PDF: Numrich, Space Sharing Abstract This article examines space-sharing arrangements between congregational subgroups as one iteration of the larger phenomenon of space-sharing by religious groups. Cases of both ineffective and effective space-sharing arrangements in Roman Catholic parishes, Jewish synagogues, Muslim
Presences and Absences: Introduction to “Engaging Religious Experience: A Return to Ethnography and Theology”
Download PDF: Kidd and Spurrier, Presences and Absences Introduction This Practical Matters issue 6 returns to themes that emerged in our Spring 2010 issue, which explored how an interdisciplinary conversation between theologians, anthropologists and scholars of religion contributes to the doing and creating of
Emory Forum for the Ethnographic Study of Religion
Convened by Don Seeman Ethnography is both a tool for research and a genre of scholarly literature. As method, it is grounded in participant observation and the insistence on contextual understanding of religious practices, beliefs and institutions. As a genre
Call for Book Proposals: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Palgrave Macmillan Sponsored by the Society for the Anthropology of Religion Edited by: Don Seeman, Emory University (dseeman@emory.edu) Tulasi Srinivas, Emerson College (Tulasi_Srinivas@emerson.edu) Editorial Advisory Board: Thomas J. Csordas, University of California, San Diego Robert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence College Marla
2013 Symposium on Ecclesiology and Ethnography Europe: Doctrine and the Practice of the Church
10-12 September 2013 St. John’s College Durham University Durham, UK It has been common to talk about theologies of the Church as being either ‘from above’ or ‘from below’. From above refers to a formal doctrinal discussion of the Church
Believing and Acting: The Pragmatic Turn in Comparative Religious Ethics
Download PDF: Wiinikka-Lydon, Believing and Acting G. Scott Davis New York: Oxford University, 2012. 272 pages. $55.00. In his recent Believing and Acting, G. Scott Davis identifies a problem in the study of religion. He does not claim this problem to be,
Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life
Download PDF: Patterson, Theos Bernard By Paul G. Hackett New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. 520 pages. $32.95. Cresting a long and steep incline rising from the mammoth Kali Gandaki river, we saw Lubrak emerging in the distance. This tiny village,
The Adolescent Journey: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Practical Youth Ministry
Download PDF: Jackson, Adolescent Journey Amy Jacober Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2011. 183 pages. $18.00. When I was given the privilege of reviewing a book authored by a friend, I jumped at the opportunity. Since I know Amy Jacober, I
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology
Download PDF: Posadas, Wiley Blackwell Edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 640 pages. $199. In beginning to offer a fair assessment of this volume, one fears falling into hyperbole. Yet there is no getting around the fact that
Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Africa and Asia
Download PDF: Yoo, Clouds of Witnesses Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Books, 2011. 300 pages. $25.00. In 1915, the Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada published Comrades in Service, a book that contained biographical
Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography
Download PDF: Stone, Perspectives on Ecclesiology Edited by Pete Ward Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. 262 pages, $50.00 As the first in a projected series on the topic of ecclesiology and ethnography, this inaugural volume, edited by Pete Ward, offers a “proposal”
Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South
Download PDF: Farina, Dixie Dharma Jeff Wilson Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. 296 pages. $36.95. This is a book about Buddhism in the Southern United States today. In what is apparently a reworking of a doctoral dissertation,
Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating
Download PDF: Hotz, Food and Faith Norman Wirzba New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 264 pages. $24.99. In Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating, Norman Wirzba issues an invitation to the Christian community to reimagine its relationship with food. His proposal
Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana
Download PDF: White, Invisible Users By Jenna Burrell Cambridge and London: The MIT Press, 2012. 248 pages. $30.00. Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana is ethnographer Jenna Burrell’s contribution to the Acting with Technology series published by MIT
Practicing Witness: A Missional Vision of Christian Practices
Download PDF: Myers, Practicing Witness Benjamin T. Conner Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2011. 136 pages. $16.00. In Practicing Witness, Benjamin T. Conner draws missional theology into a “collegial interchange” with contemporary theological discussions in order to offer a fuller, and more
Theological Reflection for Human Flourishing: Pastoral Practice and Public Theology
Download PDF: Best, Theological Reflection Helen Cameron, John Reader, Victoria Slater, with Chris Rowland London: SCM Press, 2012. 160 pages. $26.99 Practical theology is a discipline committed to a reflective and active engagement in the situations and issues that
The Juvenilization of American Christianity
Download PDF: Smith, Juvenilization By Thomas Bergler Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012. 291 pages. $25.00. In early January 2013, sixty thousand young people ages 18–25 attended “Passion,” a four-day conference in Atlanta, GA full of concerts, speakers, and local charity drives.