In recent years, several theologians have argued that ecclesiology can benefit from the method of ethnography, which would make it less systematic and less rigid. This argument can be found, for example, in Nicholas M. Healy’s Church, World and the Christian Life . This article analyses how Healy views ethnography as a possible ecclesiological method, and to what extent he prefers this method over other methods. While Healy suggests that ethnography might be helpful for ecclesiology in general, it will be claimed that his argument in fact assumes and advances a specific pilgrim ecclesiology and a postmodern epistemology. Furthermore, his attempt to push ecclesiology in a more ethnographic direction is weakened by a misinterpretation of older, systematic, so-called ‘blueprint’ ecclesiologies. The article concludes by arguing that, in the secular Western context, ethnography can indeed be a useful ecclesiological tool, as long as it is more explicit about its own theological position than Healy is.

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朝圣者教会的实用教会学

近年来，几位神学家认为，教会学可以从民族志方法中受益，这将使其不那么系统和不那么僵化。例如，可以在 Nicholas M. Healy 的 Church, World and the Christian Life 中找到这一论点。本文分析了希利如何将民族志视为一种可能的教会学方法，以及他在多大程度上更喜欢这种方法而不是其他方法。虽然希利认为民族志可能对一般的教会学有帮助，但有人会声称他的论点实际上假定并推进了特定的朝圣者教会学和后现代认识论。此外，他试图将教会学推向更人种学方向的尝试因对旧的、系统的、所谓的“蓝图”教会学的误解而减弱。文章最后认为，