Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics

Christian Scharen is Vice-President of Applied Research at Auburn Theological Seminary, USA. Aana Marie Vigen is Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Loyola University Chicago, USA.

Foreword - Traci West (Drew University, USA)

Reflections on the Life, Works, and Legacy of Rev. Dr Melissa Brown Browning
Damaris S. Parsitau (Egerton University, Kenya) and Emily Reimer-Barry (University of San Diego, USA)

Part I – Revised Versions from Vol. 1

Chapter 1:
What is Ethnography?
Aana Marie Vigen (Loyola University, USA)

Chapter 2:
The Ethnographic Turn in Theology and Ethics
Christian Scharen (PThU, the Netherlands)

Chapter 3:
Critiques of the Use of Social Science in Theology and Ethics,
Christian Scharen (PThU, the Netherlands)

Chapter 4:
Theological Justifications for Turning to Ethnography
Aana Marie Vigen (Loyola University, USA)

Part II - New Exemplars

Chapter 5:
A Conversation Between the Researcher and the Research Assistant on Ethnographic Praxis
Elina Hankela & Clementine Nishimwe (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

Chapter 6:
Ethnography and Crucified Bodies: A Liberationist-Incarnational Approach
Sunder John Boopalan (Canadian Mennonite University, Canada) and RC Jongte (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA)

Chapter 7:
A Trauma-Ridden Body Lifted High: Eschatological Imagination in a Public Square
Hee-Kyu Heidi Park, Ewha Women’s University, South Korea)

Chapter 8:
Theodicies at the Border: Grasping with Evil in the Lives of Indonesian Female Migrant Workers in Singapore
Lailatul Fitriyah (Claremont School of Theology, USA)

Chapter 9:
Fieldnotes from the Garden: Methods, Ethics, and Rants
Nikki Hoskins (University of Scranton, USA)

Chapter 10:
The Curious Case of the Swedish Woman: Ethnographic Reflexivity and Accountability in Transnational Feminism
Sara A. Williams (Fairfield University, USA)

Chapter 11:
Qualitatively Studying Evangelical Whiteness
Nicole Symmonds (Columbia Theological Seminary, USA)

Chapter 12:
Inhabiting the Aftermath of Violence: Guns and the Practice of Vigil Keeping
Michael Grigoni (Wake Forest University, USA)

Chapter 13:
Making Lemonade with Substitute Sugar: Towards an Ethics of Receptivity
AnneMarie Mingo (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA)

Part III - Method

Chapter 14:
Benedictions: For Those Willing to Give Ethnography a Try

Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index