All Outputs (37)

Celebrity Worship (2019)
Book
Ward, P. (2019). Celebrity Worship. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429503788

Celebrity Worship provides an introduction to the fascinating study of celebrity culture and religion. The book argues for celebrity as a foundational component for any consideration of the relationship between religion, media and culture. Celebrity... Read More about Celebrity Worship.

Introducing Practical Theology: Mission, Ministry, and the Life of the Church (2017)
Book
Ward, P. (2017). Introducing Practical Theology: Mission, Ministry, and the Life of the Church. Baker Academic

Liquid Ecclesiology: The Gospel and The Church (2017)
Book
Ward, P. (2017). Liquid Ecclesiology: The Gospel and The Church. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004347359

In Liquid Ecclesiology Pete Ward explores the theological contours of the turn to ethnography in the study of the Christian Church. His approach rests on a theology of culture that holds in tension and paradox the expression of the Church and divine... Read More about Liquid Ecclesiology: The Gospel and The Church.

Celebrity Worship as Parareligion: Bieber and the Beliebers (2017)
Book Chapter
Ward, P. (2017). Celebrity Worship as Parareligion: Bieber and the Beliebers. In B. Forbes, & J. Mahan (Eds.), Religion and popular culture in America (313-335). (3rd ed.). University of California Press

‘Seeing and Believing’ (2016)
Book Chapter
Ward, P. (2016). ‘Seeing and Believing’. In J. S. Sexton, & P. Weston (Eds.), The end of theology : shaping theology for the sake of mission (145-170). Fortress press

Ecclesiology and Ethnography with Humility: Going Through Barth (2016)
Journal Article
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

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 tow... Read More about Ecclesiology and Ethnography with Humility: Going Through Barth.

Selling Worship (2015)
Book
Ward, P. (in press). Selling Worship. Paternoster press

Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography (2015)
Book
Ward, P. (Ed.). (in press). Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography. Eerdmans

When Gods Fall (off Their Bike) (2015)
Other
Ward, P. (in press). When Gods Fall (off Their Bike)

Affirming Faith at a Service of Baptism in St Aldate's Church, Oxford (2015)
Book Chapter
Fiddies, P. S., & Ward, P. (in press). Affirming Faith at a Service of Baptism in St Aldate's Church, Oxford. In C. B. Scharen (Ed.), Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography (51-70). Eerdmans

Blueprint Ecclesiology and the Lived: Normativity as Perilous Faithfulness (2015)
Journal Article
Ward, P. (2015). Blueprint Ecclesiology and the Lived: Normativity as Perilous Faithfulness. Ecclesial Practices, 2(1), 74-90. https://doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00201008

Normativity in Ecclesiology has tended to be based on a particular understanding of theology as blueprint. In the Ecclesiology and Ethnography Conversation there has been some dispute around how theological normativity should operate. This paper argu... Read More about Blueprint Ecclesiology and the Lived: Normativity as Perilous Faithfulness.

Wisdom in the Spirit: Gospel, Church and Culture. (2014)
Book
Percy, M., & Ward, P. (Eds.). (2014). Wisdom in the Spirit: Gospel, Church and Culture. Ashgate Publishing

In this groundbreaking book exploring Christianity and contemporary culture, internationally-renowned scholars (including David Martin, Alister McGrath, Billy Abraham, Billy Kay and Pete Ward), interface with the legacy of Andrew Walker’s work and lo... Read More about Wisdom in the Spirit: Gospel, Church and Culture..

Narrated Photography: Visual Representations of the Sacred Among young Polish migrants in England (2014)
Journal Article
Dunlop, S., & Ward, P. (2014). Narrated Photography: Visual Representations of the Sacred Among young Polish migrants in England. Fieldwork in Religion, 9(1), 30-52. https://doi.org/10.1558/fiel.v9i1.30

This article describes how a recently refined visual ethnographic research method, “narrated photography,” contributes to the study of religion. We argue that this qualitative research method is particularly useful for studies of lived religion and d... Read More about Narrated Photography: Visual Representations of the Sacred Among young Polish migrants in England.

From Obligation to Consumption in Two-and-a-half Hours: A Visual Exploration of the Sacred with Young Polish Migrants. (2012)
Journal Article
Dunlop, S., & Ward, P. (2012). From Obligation to Consumption in Two-and-a-half Hours: A Visual Exploration of the Sacred with Young Polish Migrants. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 27(13), 433-451. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2012.722037

This article reports the findings of a visual ethnographic case study that explored the shifting nature of religious belief in contemporary Britain due to the migration of young Polish people. The focus on studying what is ‘sacred’ to Polish migrants... Read More about From Obligation to Consumption in Two-and-a-half Hours: A Visual Exploration of the Sacred with Young Polish Migrants..

The Hermeneutical and Epistemological Significance of Our Students - A Response to Bonnie Miller-McLemore. (2012)
Journal Article
Ward, P. (2012). The Hermeneutical and Epistemological Significance of Our Students - A Response to Bonnie Miller-McLemore. International Journal of Practical Theology, 16(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2012-0005

Ordinary Theology as Narratives: An Empirical Study of Young People's Charismatic Worship in Scotland (2011)
Journal Article
Ward, P., & Campbell, H. (2011). Ordinary Theology as Narratives: An Empirical Study of Young People's Charismatic Worship in Scotland. Practical Theology, 15(2), 226-242

Practical Theology and the Ordinary: Visual Research among Migrant Polish Catholic Young People (2011)
Journal Article
Ward, P., & Dunlop, S. (2011). Practical Theology and the Ordinary: Visual Research among Migrant Polish Catholic Young People. International Journal of Practical Theology, 4(3), 295-313

'Can You Hear the Army?' Exploring Evangelical Discourse in Scottish Prayer Meetings. (2009)
Journal Article
Campbell, H., Lynch, G., & Ward, P. (2009). 'Can You Hear the Army?' Exploring Evangelical Discourse in Scottish Prayer Meetings. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 24(2), 217-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537900902816699

This article explores how public prayer events can serve as a space for evangelical youth to perform and construct a public discourse related to their personal and corporate faith. Claims are based on a detailed content analysis of 14 youth-led praye... Read More about 'Can You Hear the Army?' Exploring Evangelical Discourse in Scottish Prayer Meetings..

The Eucharist and the Turn to Culture (2007)
Book Chapter
Researching Religion and Popular Culture (62 - 81). Bloomsbury

Coming to Sermon: The Practice of Doctrine in the Preaching of John Calvin (2005)
Journal Article
Ward, P. (2005). Coming to Sermon: The Practice of Doctrine in the Preaching of John Calvin. Scottish Journal of Theology, 58(3), 319-332