Christianity as Distinct Practices : A Complicated Relationship (Paperback)

Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Part I THEORY FOR UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIANITY AS PRACTICE 1. RELIGION AS ORIENTATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND LEGITIMIZATION OF HUMAN PRACTICES IN EVERYDAY LIFE 2. LIVED RELIGION INSTEAD OF RELIGION AS BELIEF 3. PRACTICES OF ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION ARE SOCIAL PRACTICES 4. HOW FOCUS ON PRACTICES MAY RESHAPE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 5. TO ACCESS THE WORLD AS WORLD: SEMIOSIS 6. RITUAL PRACTICES AS COGNITIVE PROSTHETICS 7. IN CONCLUSION Part II CHRISTIANITY RECONSTRUCTED: CLUSTERS OF PRACTICES SHAPED BY A STORY 8. (HI-)STORY AS RESOURCE FOR ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION 9. THE CONTENT OF THE STORY: WHAT JESUS PRACTICED AS THE BASIS FOR (ECCLESIOLOGICAL) PRACTICE 10. A MORAL COMMUNITY THAT STEWARDS THE ABUNDANT GIFTS OF GOD 11. PRAYER AS MEANS OF TRANSFORMATION AND ORIENTATION: THE EXAMPLE OF THE LORD'S PRAYER 12. A REINTERPRETATION OF THE SCRIPTURES AND THE CONCRETE USE OF SCRIPTURE IN THE CHURCH 13. PREACHING AS A CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE: BETWEEN COMMUNICATIVE AND STRATEGIC ACTION 14. COMMEMORATION OF JESUS'S PRACTICES: OPENNESS TOWARD BOTH PAST AND FUTURE 15. PUZZLES FOR ORIENTATION: SUFFERING, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION 16. A THEOLOGICAL CONCLUSION: HOW TO PRACTICE "GOD"? 17. IS CHRISTIANITY A RELIGION? ARE BELIEF AND DOCTRINE OPPOSED TO PRACTICE? 18. CONCLUSION Bibliography Index