Practical Matters, Spring 2013, Issue 6, pp. 1-3. © The Author 2013. Published by Emory University. All rights reserved. 1 Roundtable on Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics Conveners: Christian A. Scharen and Anna Marie Vigen Emily Reimer-Barry, University of San Diego Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke University Ted A. Smith, Emory University Christian A. Scharen, Luther Seminary Aana Marie Vigen, Loyola University of Chicago João Biehl, Princeton University Beyond “Use” of Social Science in Theology Christian A. Scharen and Aana Marie Vigen O ver the past decade, the “use” of ethnography in theology and ethics has grown signif- cantly. When Scharen and two colleagues planned a panel on “Ethnography and Norma- tive Ethics” at the Society of Christian Ethics meeting in 2003, it was still an unusual