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- Title: More Than You Think, But Still Not Enough: Christian Anthropologists (Report)
- Author : Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 93 KB
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What are the habits and perspectives of Christians that have limited their participation in the discipline of anthropology? (1) What viewpoints have contributed to a narrow understanding of Christian scholarship within the discipline? This article moves beyond describing the exclusionary mechanisms within anthropology that have created an unfriendly atmosphere for Christians, and will instead explore the dynamics that have led to current misunderstandings. The article will also suggest changes in perspectives that will hopefully increase the numbers of Christians involved in anthropology. Quite a few scholars have considered the relationship between anthropology and Christianity. The majority of these scholars have been Christian anthropologists. Many of them have used missionaries as proxies for Christians in order to consider the interplay between anthropology and Christianity. (2) This literature has clearly articulated exclusionary dynamics within anthropology toward Christians and has shown the significant negative influence on Christian involvement within anthropology. While this bias by many a-religious anthropologists toward Christianity generally, and Christian anthropologists more specifically, is clear, I believe that other factors have contributed to a perception of a small number of Christian anthropologists. These limiting factors have also prevented some Christians from becoming involved in anthropology. These factors can be witnessed through how Christians have both conceptualized and utilized anthropology.