Pub Date : 2018-12-14DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00502002
J. Williams
The author has previously argued that in recent times the mainstream churches in the uk have tended to co-opt elements of a postmodern analysis of contemporary culture in support of a mission strategy focused on presentational innovations and limited structural adjustments, without allowing the implications radically to challenge ecclesiological or theological foundations. This article conducts an experiment in pursuing the logic of a postmodern discourse about the Church to bring its more radical implications into view: it begins to sketch out an alternative view of church as an 'ecclesianarchy', the distinctive purpose of which is to become a socio-cultural site for the symbolisation and enactment of the impossible. The proposal is explored with reference to examples of contemporary innovations in ecclesial praxis, and attention is drawn to critical questions such churches will need to attend to in the interests of furthering their evolution in a time of instability and change.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-14DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00502001
Henk de Roest, S. Hill
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Pub Date : 2018-12-14DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00502004
Samuel Tranter, David Torrance
This article begins by introducing recent work by Michael Banner, who advocates the use of social anthropology generally (not just the anthropology of Christianity) for the Christian ethics of everyday life. His use of ethnography in Christian theological ethics is then situated in relation to recent discussions in ecclesiology and ethnography. Situated thus, Banner’s work forms the springboard for a brief discussion of what is at stake for theological ethics in turning to ethnographic research. While some dangers are highlighted, a way forward is offered for the fruitful use of ethnographic research in this field.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-28DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00501002
Theodore N. Hickman-Maynard
This essay presents partial findings from a study of historically black collegiate gospel choirs (HBCGCs) at predominantly white universities in northeastern United States. HBCGCs utilize the worship practices of the Black Church as resources for cultivating black communal racial identity in the context of racial difference. I theorize that HBCGCs practice a ‘narrative discipline’ that grounds their communal life together in corporate engagement with the faith stories that inspire their music. I interpret this practice in light of Walter Fluker’s proposal for reforming black ecclesiology. Fluker advances the reclamation of black identity as an existential ‘home,’ which avoids both the essentializing postures of ontological blackness and the equally dangerous narrative of post-racialism through the practice of ‘re-membering’ stories of black experience. I argue that the creative practice of narrative discipline by HBCGCs provides practical shape to Fluker’s ecclesiological hope.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-28DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00501006
G. Gunnes
The article argues that the inclusion of material created from an ethnographic research strategy opens the possibility for theological reimagination of two aspects of Scandinavian creation theology: the meaning of ecclesial space and the notion of folk. The article uses elements from queer theory/theology as sensitising devices for recognizing the potential of such theological reimagining. The empirical material is based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Church of Our Lady, Trondheim, Norway, an ecclesial practice committed to rituals of hospitality. Reading the displacement of street space and church sanctuary space in the light of elements of queer theory/theology, the article aspires to show how the notion of folk and the meaning of sanctuary space is destabilized and unsettled through these practices.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-28DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00501004
Christian Harwig, Johan Roeland, H. Stoffels
This study is a qualitative study into the meaning that visitors derive from participating in the Dutch online church Mijn Kerk (litt. My Church). By focusing on the experience of the individual visitors, the everyday context of visitors is taken into account. What people are looking for online is determined by their relationship with the local church as well as further offline circumstances. This can be roughly divided into two categories: connectedness (with other people) and sustenance (inspiration for everyday life). Within Mijn Kerk visitors both offer and search for fulfillment of these needs, resulting in four typical behaviors: to vent, to encourage, to inspire and to recharge. Being very approachable, relatively anonymous and non-committal, while at the same time offering stability, real personal contact and durable relationships, Mijn Kerk is a unique community online in which people try to overcome the tension between individualism and the desire for connectedness.
{"title":"Click to Connect: Participation and Meaning in an Online Church","authors":"Christian Harwig, Johan Roeland, H. Stoffels","doi":"10.1163/22144471-00501004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00501004","url":null,"abstract":"This study is a qualitative study into the meaning that visitors derive from participating in the Dutch online church Mijn Kerk (litt. My Church). By focusing on the experience of the individual visitors, the everyday context of visitors is taken into account. What people are looking for online is determined by their relationship with the local church as well as further offline circumstances. This can be roughly divided into two categories: connectedness (with other people) and sustenance (inspiration for everyday life). Within Mijn Kerk visitors both offer and search for fulfillment of these needs, resulting in four typical behaviors: to vent, to encourage, to inspire and to recharge. Being very approachable, relatively anonymous and non-committal, while at the same time offering stability, real personal contact and durable relationships, Mijn Kerk is a unique community online in which people try to overcome the tension between individualism and the desire for connectedness.","PeriodicalId":37169,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesial Practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22144471-00501004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46092433","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}
Pub Date : 2018-07-28DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00402009
M. Nel
{"title":"Called to Witness: Doing Missional Theology, written by Darrell L. Guder","authors":"M. Nel","doi":"10.1163/22144471-00402009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00402009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37169,"journal":{"name":"Ecclesial Practices","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22144471-00402009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46563041","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}
Pub Date : 2018-07-28DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00501005
Marten van der Meulen
In this article I argue that researchers studying migrant congregations should pay attention to the denominational arrangement in which these congregations find themselves. I compare two contrasting case studies: the case of African (Pentecostal) churches in Amsterdam Southeast and the case of the Spanish-language parish in the centre of Amsterdam. The case studies show that denominational structures can provide resources in the form of buildings, persons and trust. Migrant congregations which don’t have these resources available via denominations, have to find other ways to acquire them.
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Pub Date : 2018-07-28DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00402008
S. Cavanagh
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Pub Date : 2018-07-28DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00501001
Michael R. Armstrong
This paper applies a small-scale research model to elicit the ordinary theology of a group of practising Christians within a local congregation on the issue of assisted dying (AD). Valid and informative data is produced which questions whether formal church opposition to AD is as clear, and as widely held among practicing Christians, as currently assumed.
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