anthropology

Kaleidoscope Authorities: Reflections on African American Laywomen’s Leadership

May 06, 2021

Becoming Allies: Friends, Enemies, and the End of the World at Camp Oceti Sakowin

May 06, 2021

Carve Out Living Space: Creativity, Counter-environments, and the Formation of Salvific Community in Prison

Apr 15, 2021

Nonviolence as Love in Action: James Lawson’s Transforming the Promise of Jesus’ Love into a Practical Force for Change

Nov 18, 2020

Love Outside the Walls: Richard Rorty, Jane Addams, and James Baldwin on the Dangers and Vulnerabilities of Right Relation

Sep 06, 2020

Course Correction

Jul 28, 2020

Love for the World in Hannah Arendt’s Augustinian Politics

Jul 28, 2020

A Story of Love and Shame and Love: A Reading of Zohar 1:127a-128b*

Jul 28, 2020

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Redeeming Anthropology: A Theological Critique of a Modern Science

Download PDF: Paylor RV, Redeeming Anthropology Khaled FuraniOxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 224 pages. $70.00. In a compelling critique of anthropology’s epistemological complicity with the secular project of modernity, Khaled Furani’s second monograph, Redeeming Anthropology: A Theological Critique of a

Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological Theology

Download PDF: Klassen RV, Imitating Christ in Magwi Todd WhitmoreLondon: T&T Clark, 2019. 400 pages. $29.95. In 2006, Joel Robbins’ article “Anthropology and Theology: An Awkward Relationship?” argued that the newly emerging dialogue between anthropology and theology had transformative potential

Reflective Research: A Review of Three Recent Works in Religious Practices and Practical Theology

Download PDF: RV Moschella, Reflective Research Invitation to Research in Practical TheologyBy Zoë Bennett, Elaine Graham, Stephen Pattison, and Heather WaltonNew York: Routledge, 2018. 194 pages. $140 Hardback; $39.95 Paperback; $39.95 Ebook. Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological TheologyBy Todd

Servant of All: Status, Ambition, and the Way of Jesus

Download PDF: RV Carr, Servant of All By Craig C. Hill Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. 203 pages. $18.00 In Servant of All: Status, Ambition, and the Way of Jesus, Craig C. Hill examines how New Testament authors reasoned theologically about status-related

Ritual: Key Concepts In Religion

Download PDF: RV Lemons, Ritual By Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. 171 pages. $24.65 Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern are anthropological research collaborators who have published over forty-five books and two-hundred research articles together. The

Materializing the Bible: Ethnographic Methods for the Consumption Process

Man seated in front of large display of open bible.

Download PDF: Bielo, Materializing-the-Bible Absract Throughout the world there are over 200 sites that materialize the Bible, that is, sites that transform the written words of biblical scripture into physical, experiential attractions. These sites are definitively hybrid, integrating religion and entertainment,

Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self

Download PDF: RV Birthing a Mother By Elly Teman Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. 361 pages. $21.95. With an estimated one in ten couples suffering from infertility, the presence of assisted reproductive technologies has become a global phenomenon. Yet