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Author Henriksen, Jan-Olav, author.

Title A christianity as distinct practices : a complicated relationship / Jan-Olav Henriksen.

Publication Info. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 206 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Rethinking theologies: constructing alternatives in history and doctrine ; v. 2
Rethinking theologies: constructing alternatives in history and doctrine ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and indexes.
Contents Religion as orientation, transformation, and legitimization of human practices in everyday life -- Lived religion instead of religion as belief -- Practices of orientation and transformation are social practices -- How focus on practices may reshape philosophy of religion -- To access the world as world: semiosis -- Ritual practices as cognitive prosthetics -- In conclusion -- (Hi- )story as resource for orientation and transformation -- The content of the story: what Jesus practices as the basis for (ecclesiological) practice -- A moral community that stewards the abundant gifts of God -- Prayer as means of transformation and orientation: the example of the Lord's Prayer -- A reinterpretation of the scriptures and the concrete use of scripture in the church -- Preaching as a contemporary practice: between communicative and strategic action -- Commemoration of Jesus's practices: openness toward both past and future -- Puzzles for orientation: suffering, death, and resurrection -- A theological conclusion: how to practice "God"? -- Is Christianity a religion?: are belief and doctrine opposed to practice? -- Conclusion.
Summary Jan-Olav Henriksen reconstructs and analyzes Christianity as a cluster of practices that manifest a distinct historically and contextually shaped mode of being in the world. Henriksen suggests that these practices imply a complicated relationship between the tradition in which they originate, the community that emerges from and is constituted by that tradition, and the individuals who appropriate the tradition that these communities mediate through their practices. Thus, to think of Christianity simply in terms of belief is misleading and represents an underdetermination of its distinct character. Henriksen further argues this relationship needs to be described primarily as practices aimed at orientation and transformation. His analysis points to Christianity's similarity to other religions in regard to the functional or pragmatic dimensions it displays. Examining facets such as prayer, the use of scripture, preaching and doctrine, Henriksen emphasizes that the element that makes a practice distinctively Christian is how it relates to and is informed by the Jesus story.
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Subject Christianity and culture.
Christianity and culture.
Philosophical theology.
Philosophical theology.
Christianity -- Philosophy.
Christianity -- Philosophy.
Religion and sociology.
Religion and sociology.
Christian sociology.
Christian sociology.
Theological anthropology.
Theological anthropology.
Christian life.
Christianity -- Rituals.
Christianity -- Rituals.
Christianity.
Christian theology.
Theology.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
Christian life.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9780567683311 (electronic book)
0567683311 (electronic book)
9780567683274