In Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography Christian Scharen and several other contributors explore empirical and theological understandings of the church.

Within the disciplines of religious studies, systematic theology, and practical theology there exists a divide between empirical and theological analyses of the

How can qualitative research methods be a tool for social change? Echoing the 'scandal of particularity' at the heart of the Christian tradition, theologians an

Brian Howell provides an anthropology of short-term mission (STM) among American Christians. Providing a history of STM along with an ethnographic case study of

This volume is about ecclesiology and ethnography and what really matters in such academic work. How does material from field studies matter in a theological co