We are glad to launch a new format of a dialogic book review symposium with Joel Robbins’s (2020) Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life. With contributions from anthropologist Minna Opas, theologian Mika Vähäkangas, and a response from Robbins, this is the first instalment of dialogic encounters on books that cross disciplinary boundaries. Similar to Robbins’s (2020: 13) notion of ‘transformative dialogue’ between anthropology and theology, this new format takes dialogue to be at the heart of the art and practice of book reviewing. In future instalments, we invite scholars from different disciplines to comment on books written by anthropologists from the point of view of their interdisciplinary transformative potential, including the limits of this potential to be actualized in the present. At the core, we are interested in anthropological concept formation at the interface of fieldwork and other disciplines, and how anthropological concepts have influence beyond anthropological theory. If you have suggestions on books that you would like to propose for a dialogic book review symposium, please get in touch.
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Rules concerning romantic relationships and sex—what we term ‘purity rules’—are central to Pentecostalism in Uganda. In public church arenas, the born-again variant of the rules laid down during Uganda’s ‘ABC’ response to HIV/AIDS — ‘abstain till marriage and be faithful once you marry’—are presented as clear and non-negotiable. Yet in church members’ lives, and in their conversations with each other or in small church groups, space is often created for interpretation and deliberation about the officially strict rules. In this article, we use ethnographic material from fieldwork in urban Pentecostal churches in Uganda to describe how rules work on people, and people work on rules. We describe this process of relational ‘rulework’ as taking place at the nexus of an individual’s relationship to the church, to small groups at the church, and to God. The dynamics of rulework become particularly evident at occasions where rules are transgressed, or where the nature of the rules—and thus of possible transgression—is questioned. Three central axes of rulework can be identified: first, the (claimed) transgressor’s position in church hierarchy; second, the level of publicity at which their transgression is made known to others; and third, their relationship to God. Approaching rules as objects of anthropological analysis foregrounds how what Morgan Clarke (2015) has called the ‘ruliness’ of religious traditions, and what we describe as the messiness of religious adherents’ lives, exist in parallel with each other. Where ‘ruliness’ and ‘messiness’ interact is where rulework takes place and where it can most productively be ethnographically observed. Keywords: Morality, ethics, religion, sex, transgression
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What would anthropology, enriched by theoretical resources drawn from the field of Christian theology, but remaining deeply engaged with the ethnography of everyday lived Christianities, look like? Is there a chance to develop a conversation between anthropology and theology that would be ‘transformative’ for both disciplines? These are the questions Joel Robbins sets out to examine in his book Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life.
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Manuel R. Agosin, David E. Bloom, Georges Chapelier and Jagdish Saigal (eds). Solving the Riddle of Globalization and Development. Oxon: Routledge, 2007. Pp. 300. ISBN: 978-0-415-77031-6 (harback).
Manuel R. Agosin, David E. Bloom, Georges Chapelier和Jagdish Saigal(编)。破解全球化与发展之谜。Oxon: Routledge出版社，2007。300页。ISBN: 978-0-415-77031-6 (harback)。
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Peter Smekal. The Threatened Paradise: Tourism on a Greek island. Uppsala University: Dissertations and documents in cultural anthropology, 8. Uppsala: Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University, 2006. Pp. 392. ISBN 91-506-1900-4.
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This article aims to make an original contribution to the discussion of the dynamics of social status expression in Finland. Drawing upon fieldwork in Oulu and Kokkola, it will examine how a sample of Finnish people express and play for social status through the objects with which they decorate their homes. It suggests that Finnish social stratification may be undergoing a shift away from correlation with formal education towards identification with broader consumption patterns, especially amongst the young. However, it will also highlight social status-based differences in terms of both forms of expression and touch on how these reflect the evolution of Finnish social stratification and culture more broadly. Keywords: Finland, social status, home, decoration
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{"title":"Ethnographies of Extraction","authors":"Dinah Rajak","doi":"10.30676/jfas.116663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30676/jfas.116663","url":null,"abstract":"FORUM: ANTHROPOLOGY OF OIL AND THE RESOURCE CURSE","PeriodicalId":273469,"journal":{"name":"Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130801331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ANNELISE RILES (ed.). Documents: Artifacts of Modern Knowledge. Ann Arbour: University of Michigan Press, 2006. Pp. 262. ISBN: 978-0-472-09945-0 (cloth);ISBN: 978-0-472-06945-3 (paperback).
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E DSON, GARY. Shamanism: A Cross-Cultural Study of Beliefs and Practices. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, 2008. Pp 287.ISBN: 978-0-7864-3409-1.
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EMANUEL A. SCHEGLOFF. Sequence Organization in Interaction: A Primer in Conversation Analysis, Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 316. ISBN: 978-0-521-53279-2 (paperback); ISBN: 978-0-521-82572-6 (hardback).
Emanuel A. Schegloff.Sequence Organization in Interaction：A Primer in Conversation Analysis, Volume 1.Cambridge：剑桥大学出版社，2006 年。 Pp.316.ISBN：978-0-521-53279-2（平装本）；ISBN：978-0-521-82572-6（精装本）。
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