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Through an in-depth engagement with social theorist Pierre Bourdieu, this book explicates the relationship between theology and its social context, articulating a vision for the church's involvement with what God is doing in the world.

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Contents
Series Editor's Foreword James K.A. Smith
1. Fieldwork in Theology: Waking Up to the World God Loves
2. Rigorous Self-Reflection: Bachelard, Science, and Sin
3. Embodied Perception: Merleau-Ponty and the Incarnate Body
4. Practical Logic: Bourdieu and the Social Art of Improvisation
5. Surrendering to the Other: Wacquant and Carnal Sociology
Epilogue: Understanding as a Spiritual Exercise
Index

Fieldwork in Theology

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      Publisher Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
      Published 18 August 2015
      ISBN-13 9780801049309
      978-0801049309
      ISBN-10 080104930X
      Also in:
      Philosophy of religion

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through an in-depth engagement with social theorist Pierre Bourdieu, this book explicates the relationship between theology and its social context, articulating a vision for the church's involvement with what God is doing in the world.

      Table of Contents
      Contents
      Series Editor's Foreword James K.A. Smith
      1. Fieldwork in Theology: Waking Up to the World God Loves
      2. Rigorous Self-Reflection: Bachelard, Science, and Sin
      3. Embodied Perception: Merleau-Ponty and the Incarnate Body
      4. Practical Logic: Bourdieu and the Social Art of Improvisation
      5. Surrendering to the Other: Wacquant and Carnal Sociology
      Epilogue: Understanding as a Spiritual Exercise
      Index

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