Lent & Ramadan under the Same Roof

Buildings & Spaces, Catholic Parishes, Culture Frame, Interviews, Mosques, Networks & Relationships, Participant Observation, Process Frame

“Calling ISIS ‘Muslim’ is like going to KFC, sitting down to eat a bucket of chicken, and calling yourself a ‘vegetarian’.” This protest against the way Islam is portrayed in Western media was but one of the insights I gained while conducting congregational studies in a church and a mosque that were sharing a common…

Congregational Snapshots: Understanding and Engaging Congregations through Cell Phone Photographs

Buildings & Spaces, Commitment & Belonging, Culture Frame, Technology & Internet, Visual Methods, VisualMethod-Feature

This is the first post in a  series by the Congregational Studies Visual Methods Fellow, Roman R. Williams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Calvin College. He is an expert in visual research methodology, and his current research looks at ways in which local congregations can use visual research methods…