dc.contributor.author | Garriott, William | |
dc.contributor.author | O’Neill, Kevin Lewis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-22T14:12:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-22T14:12:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-12-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Garriott, W., & O’Neill, K. L. (2008). Who is a Christian?: Toward a dialogic approach in the anthropology of Christianity. Anthropological Theory, 8(4), 381–398. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://escholarshare.drake.edu/handle/2092/2209 | |
dc.description | 18 pages | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This article aims to contribute to the continued formation of an anthropology of
Christianity. We argue that anthropologists should adopt a more dialogic approach to
the anthropological study of Christianity, one that shifts the concern from the
problems posed by Christianity to anthropology, to the problems posed by
Christianity to Christians themselves. In particular, we argue that the problem of
determining who and what counts as a Christian is not a strictly anthropological
problem, but is a potent source of debate within Christian communities. Attending to
such debate offers a window into what is at stake in the lives of Christians themselves,
and thus has the capacity to provide a non-essentializing foundation for the
anthropology of Christianity as a comparative project. We begin with a review of
recent anthropological literature and conclude with a set of ethnographic illustrations
that show the import of such a shift for future research. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications | en_US |
dc.subject | Catholic | en_US |
dc.subject | Christianity | en_US |
dc.subject | comparison | en_US |
dc.subject | dialogic | en_US |
dc.subject | evangelical | en_US |
dc.subject | Guatemala | en_US |
dc.subject | Islam | en_US |
dc.subject | mega-churches | en_US |
dc.title | Who is a Christian? Toward a dialogic approach in the anthropology of Christianity | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |