Eloise Meneses
Biographic Data
| ID | 153389 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eloise Meneses |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eloise |
| FAMILY NAME | Meneses |
| SIGNATURE | MENESES E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A School of Thought in Christian Anthropology
In what follows, Jon Bialecki, an anthropologist of Christianity, and Eloise Meneses, a Christian anthropologist, discuss the matter of ontological differences between anthropologists and how these might be crossed effectively to further the work of the discipline. An analogy is made to computers that must communicate with one another across incompatible operating systems. The discussion begins with a proposal from Eloise that involves entertaini…
Full Issue PDF of Vol. 6(1)
On Knowing Humanity
OKHJ 6(2), Full Issue PDF
On Knowing Humanity
Vol. 5(2), Full PDF
On Knowing Humanity
Full PDF of Volume 5(1)
On Knowing Humanity
Religiously Engaged Ethnography
Anthropology has rejected religiously based thought in its analysis from its inception. Now, due to developments in the anthropology of Christianity, 'theologically engaged anthropology' is inviting mutually productive interdisciplinary dialogue between anthropology and theology. What might anthropology look like, going forward, if the religious views of ethnographers were to be included in the production of ethnographies? Those in reflexive ethn…
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On Knowing Humanity
The Ontological Turn for Christians
On Knowing Humanity
A Response to “Theology and Anthropology”
Engaging the Religiously Committed Other
Anthropology has two tasks: the scientific task of studying human beings and the instrumental task of promoting human flourishing. To date, the scientific task has been constrained by secularism, and the instrumental task by the philosophy and values of liberalism. These constraints have caused religiously based scholarship to be excluded from anthropology's discourse, to the detriment of both tasks. The call for papers for the 2009 meetings of t…
Transnational Identities and the Church
Ethnic identities have been problematic for the construction of local churches since New Testament times. Transnationalism adds a layer of complexity to this circumstance, as migrants hold multiple identities and retain strong ties to places of origin. An examination of the history of anthropology’s study of ethnicity reveals ethnicity’s constructed nature, along with its tendency to demand loyalty as to a family. Given people’s very real need fo…
Traders and Marginality in a Complex Social System
Engaging the Religiously Committed Other
Anthropology has two tasks: the scientific task of studying human beings and the instrumental task of promoting human flourishing. To date, the scientific task has been constrained by secularism, and the instrumental task by the philosophy and values of liberalism. These constraints have caused religiously based scholarship to be excluded from anthropology's discourse, to the detriment of both tasks. The call for papers for the 2009 meetings of t…
Religiously Engaged Ethnography
Anthropology has rejected religiously based thought in its analysis from its inception. Now, due to developments in the anthropology of Christianity, 'theologically engaged anthropology' is inviting mutually productive interdisciplinary dialogue between anthropology and theology. What might anthropology look like, going forward, if the religious views of ethnographers were to be included in the production of ethnographies? Those in reflexive ethn…
Traders and Marginality in a Complex Social System
Traders and Marginality in a Complex Social System
Transnational Identities and the Church
Ethnic identities have been problematic for the construction of local churches since New Testament times. Transnationalism adds a layer of complexity to this circumstance, as migrants hold multiple identities and retain strong ties to places of origin. An examination of the history of anthropology’s study of ethnicity reveals ethnicity’s constructed nature, along with its tendency to demand loyalty as to a family. Given people’s very real need fo…
Engaging the Religiously Committed Other
Anthropology has two tasks: the scientific task of studying human beings and the instrumental task of promoting human flourishing. To date, the scientific task has been constrained by secularism, and the instrumental task by the philosophy and values of liberalism. These constraints have caused religiously based scholarship to be excluded from anthropology's discourse, to the detriment of both tasks. The call for papers for the 2009 meetings of t…
On Knowing Humanity
A Response to “Theology and Anthropology”
The Ontological Turn for Christians
Full Issue PDF
On Knowing Humanity
Vol. 5(2), Full PDF
On Knowing Humanity
Full PDF of Volume 5(1)
On Knowing Humanity
Religiously Engaged Ethnography
Anthropology has rejected religiously based thought in its analysis from its inception. Now, due to developments in the anthropology of Christianity, 'theologically engaged anthropology' is inviting mutually productive interdisciplinary dialogue between anthropology and theology. What might anthropology look like, going forward, if the religious views of ethnographers were to be included in the production of ethnographies? Those in reflexive ethn…
Full Issue PDF of Vol. 6(1)
On Knowing Humanity
OKHJ 6(2), Full Issue PDF
On Knowing Humanity
A School of Thought in Christian Anthropology
In what follows, Jon Bialecki, an anthropologist of Christianity, and Eloise Meneses, a Christian anthropologist, discuss the matter of ontological differences between anthropologists and how these might be crossed effectively to further the work of the discipline. An analogy is made to computers that must communicate with one another across incompatible operating systems. The discussion begins with a proposal from Eloise that involves entertaini…
Sociology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Humanity (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)