Title: Complex identities in a shifting world : practical theological perspectives /
Authors: Couture, Pamela, 1951-; Mager, Robert, 1960-; McCarroll, Pamela R.
Year: 2015
Subjects: Identification (Religion); Religion and sociology; Christian sociology.; Social change Religious aspects
Abstract: Clear and well-defined identities are hard to sustain in a rapidly shifting world. Peoples, goods, and cultures are on the move. The internet and other technologies increase the amount, the speed, and the intensity of cultural exchanges. Individuals, organizations, and nations develop complex identities out of many traditions, different ideals, various ways of life, and many models of organization. Religious traditions both collide and interact, with spiritual journeys crossing religious boundaries. In this book, more than 20 contributors from different backgrounds and academic disciplines offer an array of practical theological perspectives to help understand these complex identities and negotiate this shifting world.
Contents: I. Narrativity and identity. Narrative identity and the challenge of multiculturalism / Romin W. Tafarodi -- Complex identities in ministry formation: processes of reflection, refraction, and diffraction in the context of difference in theological field education / Mary C. Froehle, Diane Maloney, and Kate Lassiter -- Transforming identities in African faith communities and leadership: one continent, many stories / Ian Nell and Elzette Nell -- Complex identities: complex patterns of belonging / Riet Bons-Storm -- When religion and spirituality converge in ritual: weddings within the Church of Denmark / Kirstine Helboe Johansen -- Youth navigating identities: charting the waters through narrative / Mary Elizabeth Moore -- "With God's help I'll beat this disease": the role of narrative identity in the religious therapeutic outcomes of recovering drug addicts / Srdjan Sremac -- Complex identities in a shifting world: one God, switching stories / Eric Stoddart --^