Integrating Ecclesiology and Ethnography in Christ

Abstract

Criticism of using qualitative methods in practical theology, including the ecclesiology and ethnography movement, has tended to set up a tension between two worlds, one of theology and one of social science. This article demonstrates how the doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation in the writings of Paul Fiddes and Dietrich Bonhoeffer can help practical theologians integrate ecclesiology and ethnography in the person of Jesus Christ.