Organizing Religious Practices

Abstract

Abstract This chapter delves into the practice of the relational meeting and the listening campaign. In making the case that these practices are lived religious practices, it draws on two recent trends in scholarly literature by historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and some Christian theologians and ethicists: lived religion and practice theory. The first section defines “lived religion” and “religious practices.” The second section turns to the relational meeting and the listening campaign themselves and makes the case that they can be seen as lived religious practices. The final section explores how these two organizing religious practices are deeply embedded in relationships of power and how centering the political role of sacred values can transform the entire practice of BBCO.