Pastoral Bearings : Lived Religion And Pastoral Theology

Dedication
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Pastoral Bearings: Lived Religion And Pastoral Theology
Jane Maynard, Mary Clark Moschella, And Leonard Hummel
I. Congregations, Bodies, And Theology
2. Theological Reflection And Theories Of Practice: Rethinking Normative Memory As If Bodies Matter
Mary McClintock Fulkerson
3. Weaving A Communal Narrative: Agape United Methodist Church
Karen D. Scheib And Barbara Hedges-Goettl
4. Culture Coded Care: Ecclesial Beliefs And Practices In Response To Illness
Susan J. Dunlap
5. Homeless In Seattle: A Lived Religion Of Hospitality
Sharon G. Thornton
II. Gender Positive Care: Re-writing Dis/ability, Denominational History And Unchurched Religion
6. Resisting Stares And Stereotypes-Affirming Life
Janet E. Schaller
7. Baptist Clergywomen’s Narratives: Reinterpreting The Southern Baptist Convention Schism
Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
8. “Spiritual But Not Religious”-How Small Groups In America Redefine Religion
Jean Heriot
III. Intercultural Nuance
9. Lively Choruses: Relational Dance With God
Lonnie Yoder
10. Pastoral Care And Counseling In Independent Evangelical Charismatic Churches In Ghana: A Barthian Theological Perspective
Esther E. Acolatse
11. Religion In Thailand: Pastoral Theological Reflection From The Perspective Of Thai Buddhist Monks
Siroj Sorajjakool
Select Bibliography
About The Authors
Index

Additional Info
The study of lived religion is an enterprise which attempts to elucidate how “ordinary” men and women in all times and places draw on religious behavior, media, and meanings to make sense of themselves and their world. Through the influence of liberation theology and postmodernism, pastoral theologians-like other scholars of religion-have begun more closely to examine the particularity of religious practice that is reflected through the rubric of lived religion.

Pastoral Bearings offers up ten studies that exemplify the usefulness of the lived religion paradigm to the field of pastoral theology. The volume presents detailed qualitative research focused on the everyday beliefs and practices of individuals and groups and explores the implications of lived religion for interdisciplinary conversation, intercultural and gender analysis, and congregational studies. Reflecting upon the utility of this approach for pastoral theological research, education, and pastoral care, the studies collected in Pastoral Bearings demonstrate the importance of the study of lived religion.

List of Contributors
Esther E. Acolatse, Eileen R. Campbell-Reed, Susan J. Dunlap, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Barbara Hedges-Goettl, Jean Heriot, Leonard Hummel, Jane Maynard, Mary Clark Moschella, Janet E. Schaller, Karen D. Scheib, Siroj Sorajjakool, Sharon G. Thornton, Lonnie Yoder