{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-theology-and-qualitative-research-isbn-9781119756897","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique introduction to the developing field of Theology and Qualitative Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn recent years, a growing number of scholars within the field of theological research have adopted qualitative empirical methods. The use of qualitative research is shaping the nature of theology and redefining what it means to be a theologian. Hence, contemporary scholars who are undertaking empirical fieldwork across a range of theological subdisciplines require authoritative guidance and well-developed frameworks of practice and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research\u003c\/i\u003e outlines the challenges and possibilities for theological research that engages with qualitative methods. It reflects more than 15 years of academic research within the Ecclesiology and Ethnography Network, and features an international group of scholars committed to the empirical and theological study of the Christian church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdited by world-renowned experts, this unprecedented volume addresses the theological debates, methodological complexities, and future directions of this emerging field. Contributions from both established and emerging scholars describe key theoretical approaches, discuss how different empirical methods are used within theology, explore the links between qualitative researchand adjacent scholarly traditions, and more. The companion:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how qualitative empirical work changes the practice of theology, enabling a disciplined attention to the lived social realities of Christian religion and what theologians do\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces theoretical and methodological debates in the field, as well as central epistemological and ontological questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents different approaches to Theology and Qualitative research, highlighting important issues and developments in the last decades\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how empirical insights are shaping areas such as liturgics, homiletics, youth ministry, and Christian education\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes perspectives from scholars working in disciplines other than theology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for graduate students, postgraduates, PhD students, researchers, and scholars in Christian Ethics, Systematic Theology, Practical Theology, Contemporary Worship, and related disciplines such as Ecclesiology, Mission Studies, World Christianity, Pastoral Theology, Political Theology, Worship Studies, and all forms of contextual theology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePete Ward and Knut Tveitereid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Naming the Field 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Theology and Qualitative Research: An Uneasy Relationship 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePete Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Qualitative Research in Theology: A Spiritual Turn? 16\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClare Watkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Craft of Theology and Qualitative Research 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDustin D. Benac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ethnography as Critical Pedagogy: Prisons, Pedagogy, and Theological Education 38\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachelle R. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Luring the Divine: Affect, Esthetics, and Future Directions for Ethnographic Theology’s Contributionto the Christian Traditions 49\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatalie Wigg-Stevenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Practical Theology Rooted in and from Africa: The Tide Is Turning 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShantelle Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Lived Theology and Theology in the Lived 67\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKnut Tveitereid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Theology and Qualitative Research as Forms of Knowledge 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Empirical Research, Theological Limits, and Possibilities 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Swinton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Fieldwork in White Theology 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristian Scharen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 On the Nature of Ordering 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTanya Riches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Practicing Reflexivity: Becoming Aware of One’s Default Mode and Developing an EpistemicAdvantage 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTone Stangeland Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Revelation and Normativity 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul S. Fiddes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Empathy and Immersion as Theological Values 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicola Slee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Representation and Intersectionality 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanna L. Hunter-Bowman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Concrete Church: Qualitative Research and Ecclesial Practices 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans Schaeffer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Qualitative Research and Young Adult Faith 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Perrin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Theology and Qualitative Research: Continuities and Discontinuities 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Christian Ethics, Experience, and Qualitative Research 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLap Yan Kung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Contextual Theology 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYara González-Justiniano and Christopher P. Ney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Postcolonial Theology: Naming Coloniality and the Problem of Definitions 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine J. Hong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Ecclesiology: The Study of the Formal Church 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRein Brouwer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ecclesiology in Ecclesial Movements such as Fresh Expressions of Church 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSabrina Müller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Digital Theology and Qualitative Research 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Garner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Queer Theology 243\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNinna Edgardh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Political Theology and Qualitative Research 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuke Bretherton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Biblical Studies 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew P. Rogers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Theology, Qualitative Research, and World Christianity 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEasten Law\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Empirical Turn in Practical Theology 285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Anglo-American Practical Theology 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Craig Brittain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Continental Practical Theology 298\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUlla Schmidt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Preaching 309\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarianne Gaarden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Worship 319\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlenn Packiam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Pastoral Care 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Clark Moschella\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Christian Education as a Community of Strangers 340\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElisabeth Tveito Johnsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Church Organization 351\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Cameron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Youth Ministry and the Empirical Turn 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eP.M. (Ronelle) Sonnenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Practice of Theology and Qualitative Research 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Fieldwork and the Person of the Theologian 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirsten Donskov Felter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Interviews and Observation 382\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarriet Mowat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Analytical Strategies 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirstine Helboe Johansen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Writing Qualitative Research and Theology: Thoughts for Beginners 403\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEileen R. Campbell-Reed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Visual Ethnography 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Dunlop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Action Research and Theology 425\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonas Ideström\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Collaborative Research 435\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenk de Roest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Ethnography as Community Action 446\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngela Cowser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Responses and Dissent 459\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Understanding Lived Theology: Is Qualitative Research the Best or Only Way? 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBonnie J. Miller-McLemore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Ethnography as a Tool for Genuine Surprise: Found Theologies Versus Imposed Theologies 471\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerardo Martí\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Receiving the Gift of Women’s Voices: The Place of Qualitative Research in Ecumenical Theologyand Practice 483\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGabrielle Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Theology and Qualitative Research: Limits and New Directions 493\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSwee Sum Lam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Congregations in Changing Times: Challenges Facing Romanian Churches After the Fall ofCommunism 503\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOtniel Ioan Bunaciu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 The Presence of Christ in Qualitative Research: Four Models and an Epilogue 514\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBård Norheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePete Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Practical Theology at Durham University, UK, and NLA University College, Bergen, Norway. He founded, together with Christian Scharen, the Ecclesiology and Ethnography (E\u0026amp;E) Network and served as Editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eEcclesial Practices\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Practical Theology: Mission Ministry and the Life of the Church, Liquid Ecclesiology: Gospel and Church, \u003c\/i\u003eand the editor of \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnut Tveitereid\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Head of Ministry Training at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society in Oslo, Norway. He is closely involved with the Ecclesiology and Ethnography (E\u0026amp;E) Network and serves as Academic Coordinator for the E\u0026amp;E Network’s annual Durham Conference.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research \u003c\/i\u003epresents the theological debates, methodological complexities, and current state of knowledge in the emerging field of qualitative theological research. Contributions from an international panel of both well-established and younger scholars, including those working in disciplines other than theology, discuss varied theoretical approaches, describe how empirical methods are used within theology, explore how qualitative research is redefining the nature of theological study, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing almost fifty original entries, the companion is the first book of its kind to provide contemporary scholars across theological subdisciplines with the frameworks of practice and theory necessary to grow within the field and set the agenda for the future. Throughout the text, the authors address different approaches to Theology and Qualitative research while highlighting important issues, developments, and debates. The coverage spans Christian ethics, digital theology, queer theology, political theology, practical theology, pastoral leadership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by world-renowned leaders in the field\u003ci\u003e, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research \u003c\/i\u003ereflects more than 15 years of academic dialogue and debate within the Ecclesiology \u0026amp; Ethnography Network. 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