Exploring ordinary theology : everyday Christian believing and the church

The Resource Exploring ordinary theology : everyday Christian believing and the church
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Exploring ordinary theology : everyday Christian believing and the church
Title remainder
everyday Christian believing and the church
Statement of responsibility
edited by Jeff Astley and Leslie J. Francis
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Language
eng
Summary
Ordinary theology characterizes the reflective God-talk of the great majority of churchgoers, and others who remain largely untouched by the assumptions, concepts and arguments that academic theology takes for granted. Jeff Astley coined the phrase in his innovative study, Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology, arguing that 'speaking statistically ordinary theology is the theology of God's Church'. A number of scholars have responded to this and related conceptualizations, exploring their theological implications. Other researchers have adopted the perspective in examining a range of Church practices and contexts of Christian discipleship, using the tools of empirical study. Ordinary theology research has proved to be key in uncovering people's everyday lay theology or ordinary dogmatics. Exploring Ordinary Theology presents fresh contributions from a wide range of authors, who address the theological, empirical and practical dimensions of this central feature of ordinary Christian existence and the life of the Church. -- Publisher
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DLC
Dewey number
230
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BV3
LC item number
.E97 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology
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