Theologically Engaged Anthropology

Edited by J. Derrick Lemons

Considers how historical and current social conditions influence the development of theology and anthropology
Responds to debates within anthropology about how and why to engage with theology and what such an interdisciplinary dialogue might look like
Provides anthropologists and theologians with a rationale and framework for using theology in anthropological research
Looks at the theory and methodology to offer ways to improve anthropological techniques for studying local theological practices in the field, and how fieldworkers can ask more theological informed questions

Theologically Engaged Anthropology

Edited by J. Derrick Lemons

Description

After years of discussion within the field of anthropology concerning how to properly engage with theology, a growing number of anthropologists now want to engage with theology as a counterpart in ethnographic dialogue. Theologically Engaged Anthropology focuses on the theological history of anthropology, illuminating deeply held theological assumptions that humans make about the nature of reality, and illustrating how these theological assumptions manifest themselves in society. This volume brings together leading anthropologists and theologians to consider what theology can contribute to cultural anthropology and ethnography. It provides anthropologists and theologians with a rationale and framework for using theology in anthropological research.

Theologically Engaged Anthropology

Edited by J. Derrick Lemons

List of Contributors
Introduction: Theologically Engaged Anthropology, J. Derrick Lemons
1. New Insights from an Old Dialog Partner, J. Derrick Lemons
2. Which Theology for Anthropology? Types of Theology for Anthropological Engagement, Brian M. Howell
3. The Dependence of Sociocultural Anthropology on Theological Anthropology, Timothy Larsen and Daniel J. King
4. Theology Revealing the Hajibs of Anthropology, Khaled Furani
5. What Can Theology Contribute to Cultural Anthropology?, Paul Kollman
6. Theology's Contribution to Anthropological Understanding in T. M. Luhrmann's When God Talks Back, Timothy Jenkins
7. Narratives of Significance: Reflections on the Engagement of Anthropology and Christian Theology, Alister E. McGrath
8. An Anthropologist Is Listening: A Reply to Ethnographic Theology, James S. Bielo
9. Anthropology, Theology, and the Problem of Incommensurability, Jon Bialecki
10. Superstition and Enlightenment: Engagements Between Theology and Anthropology, Nicholas Adams
11. Anthropology and Theology: Fugues of Thought and Action, Douglas J. Davies
12. Athens Engaging Jerusalem, Michael A. Rynkiewich
13. World Christianity and the Reorganization of Disciplines: On the Emerging Dialogue between Anthropology and Theology, Joel Robbins
14. Latter-Day Saints and the Problem of Theology, Fenella Cannell
15. Theology on the Ground, Naomi Haynes
16. Comparative Theology: Writing Between Worlds of Meaning, Francis X. Clooney, SJ
17. Passionate Coolness: Exploring Mood and Character in a Local Rural Anglican Church, Martyn Percy
18. The Exclusive Brethren "Doctrine of Separation": An Anthropology of Theology, Joseph Webster
19. Divinity Inhabits the Social: Ethnography in a Phenomenological Key, Don Seeman
20. Anthropological and Theological Responses to Theologically Engaged Anthropology, Sarah Coakely and Joel Robbins

Theologically Engaged Anthropology

Edited by J. Derrick Lemons

Author Information

J. Derrick Lemons is an Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Georgia.

Contributors:

Nicholas Adams, Jon Bialecki, James S. Bielo, Fenella Cannell, Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Sarah Coakley, Douglas J. Davies, Khaled Furani, Naomi Haynes, Brian M. Howell, Timothy Jenkins, Daniel J. King, Paul Kollman, Timothy Larsen, J. Derrick Lemons, Alister E. McGrath, Martyn Percy, Joel Robbins, Michael A. Rynkiewich, Don Seeman, Joseph Webster

Theologically Engaged Anthropology

Edited by J. Derrick Lemons

Reviews and Awards

"filled with substantive insights not only into what theologians stand to gain from anthropology, but also -- and especially -- how theology can benefit anthropology, rendering this an important volume for anthropologists and theologians alike." -- Thomas Seat, Journal of World Christianity