Ecclesiology and Ethnography with Humility: Going Through Barth

Ward, Pete

Abstract

Drawing on the notion that future Ecclesiologies would be wise to go through Karl Barth rather than to attempt to go around him. This article proposes a cautious humility for ethnographic approaches to ecclesiology. The article builds on the move towards ethnographic forms of ecclesiology in a Scandinavian context. From this starting point it argues that Barth’s ecclesiology suggests a series of theological checks and balances in ecclesiology and ethnography. These are explored through the notion of humility in method and approach.

Citation

Ward, P. (2018). Ecclesiology and Ethnography with Humility: Going Through Barth. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology, 72(1), 51-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/0039338x.2016.1204363

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 26, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 14, 2016
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: May 26, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 14, 2018
• Journal: Studia Theologica
• Print ISSN: 0039-338X
• Electronic ISSN: 1502-7791
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 51-67
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0039338x.2016.1204363
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1403818