Theology, anthropology and the invocation to be otherwise

Whilst it is easy to assume anthropology is merely descriptive and theology is normative, ‘Each discipline has both normative and descriptive impulses’. (p. 9) Theology seeks to imagine a new world and to call the world to move towards that direction (p. 10). Anthropology, however, is centred around ethnography that relies on ‘descriptive depth’ (p. 10). However, there are some indications that anthropologists do desire their work to have a normative influence (p. 13). Without each other, both disciplines lose out. Theology without anthropology is divorced from the lived reality of religion (p .15). However, its moral claims also hold a descriptive element (p. 17). Theology also benefits from anthropology’s reflexivity (p. 18). Anthropology can benefit from theology’s explicit… <a href="https://medium.com/the-co-mission/theology-anthropology-and-the-invocation-to-be-otherwise-b47274c8eac3">Click Here</a>