Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Philosophy of Religion in MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway, and Professor of Contemporary Religion at Agder University, Norway.

[I] find Henriksen’s study to be very helpful for reframing the disciplinary relationships in better perspectives than the polemical ones just rehearsed.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONPart I THEORY FOR UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIANITY AS PRACTICE1. RELIGION AS ORIENTATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND LEGITIMIZATION OF HUMAN PRACTICES IN EVERYDAY LIFE2. LIVED RELIGION INSTEAD OF RELIGION AS BELIEF3. PRACTICES OF ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION ARE SOCIAL PRACTICES4. HOW FOCUS ON PRACTICES MAY RESHAPE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION5. TO ACCESS THE WORLD AS WORLD: SEMIOSIS6. RITUAL PRACTICES AS COGNITIVE PROSTHETICS7. IN CONCLUSION Part II CHRISTIANITY RECONSTRUCTED: CLUSTERS OF PRACTICES SHAPED BY A STORY8. (HI-)STORY AS RESOURCE FOR ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION 9. THE CONTENT OF THE STORY: WHAT JESUS PRACTICED AS THE BASIS FOR (ECCLESIOLOGICAL) PRACTICE10. 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

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Philosophy of Religion in MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway, and Professor of Contemporary Religion at Agder University, Norway.

[I] find Henriksen’s study to be very helpful for reframing the disciplinary relationships in better perspectives than the polemical ones just rehearsed.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONPart I THEORY FOR UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIANITY AS PRACTICE1. RELIGION AS ORIENTATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND LEGITIMIZATION OF HUMAN PRACTICES IN EVERYDAY LIFE2. LIVED RELIGION INSTEAD OF RELIGION AS BELIEF3. PRACTICES OF ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION ARE SOCIAL PRACTICES4. HOW FOCUS ON PRACTICES MAY RESHAPE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION5. TO ACCESS THE WORLD AS WORLD: SEMIOSIS6. RITUAL PRACTICES AS COGNITIVE PROSTHETICS7. IN CONCLUSION Part II CHRISTIANITY RECONSTRUCTED: CLUSTERS OF PRACTICES SHAPED BY A STORY8. (HI-)STORY AS RESOURCE FOR ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION 9. THE CONTENT OF THE STORY: WHAT JESUS PRACTICED AS THE BASIS FOR (ECCLESIOLOGICAL) PRACTICE10. 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

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Philosophy of Religion in MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway, and Professor of Contemporary Religion at Agder University, Norway.

[I] find Henriksen’s study to be very helpful for reframing the disciplinary relationships in better perspectives than the polemical ones just rehearsed.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONPart I THEORY FOR UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIANITY AS PRACTICE1. RELIGION AS ORIENTATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND LEGITIMIZATION OF HUMAN PRACTICES IN EVERYDAY LIFE2. LIVED RELIGION INSTEAD OF RELIGION AS BELIEF3. PRACTICES OF ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION ARE SOCIAL PRACTICES4. HOW FOCUS ON PRACTICES MAY RESHAPE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION5. TO ACCESS THE WORLD AS WORLD: SEMIOSIS6. RITUAL PRACTICES AS COGNITIVE PROSTHETICS7. IN CONCLUSION Part II CHRISTIANITY RECONSTRUCTED: CLUSTERS OF PRACTICES SHAPED BY A STORY8. (HI-)STORY AS RESOURCE FOR ORIENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION 9. THE CONTENT OF THE STORY: WHAT JESUS PRACTICED AS THE BASIS FOR (ECCLESIOLOGICAL) PRACTICE10. 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