Taking on Practical Theology: The Idolization of Context and the Hope of Community by Goto

Taking on Practical Theology: The Idolization of Context and the Hope of Community (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004349889)

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Taking on Practical Theology: The Idolization of Context and the Hope of Community by Goto

Taking on Practical Theology: The Idolization of Context and the Hope of Community

$70.00
Taking on Practical Theology: The Idolization of Context and the Hope of Community by Goto

Taking on Practical Theology: The Idolization of Context and the Hope of Community

$70.00
Format: Paperback
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In Taking on Practical Theology, Courtney T. Goto explores the regnant paradigm that shapes knowledge production and that preserves power, privilege, and historic communal injury even as scholars intend to enlighten and transform communities.

Approaching "context" as a case study, Goto illumines how this commonly used, taken-for-granted concept is "idolized." Though practical theologians are sensitive to context, researchers often fail to consider how their own assumptive world dictates and influences their practices of research, teaching, and engaging in scholarly conversations. These practices unwittingly validate scholars who enjoy the most social capital while inflicting harm on both communities they research and on colleagues and students who do not fit (or fit less well) the norms of the majority.

Author: Courtney Goto
ISBN-10: 900434988X
ISBN-13: 9789004349889
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2018
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d
By Courtney Goto
By Courtney Goto
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Courtney T. Goto, Ph.D. (2010), Emory University, is Associate Professor of Religious Education at the Boston University School of Theology. She has published on racism, aesthetics, and play, including The Grace of Playing (Pickwick, 2016).

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