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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462604703321

Titolo

Missionary impositions [[electronic resource] ] : conversion, resistance, and other challenges to objectivity in religious ethnography / / edited by Hillary K. Crane and Deana L. Weibel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-99346-5

0-7391-7789-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (119 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CraneHillary K. <1969->

WeibelDeana L. <1969->

Disciplina

306.6

Soggetti

Anthropology of religion - Research

Ethnology - Fieldwork

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Missionary Impositions; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Writing Religion; 1. Flirting with Conversion: Negotiating Researcher Non-Belief with Missionaries; 2. Chasing the Wind: The Challenges of Studying Spirit Possession; 3. How "They" Construct "Us": Reflections on the Politics of Identity in the Field; 4. Revisiting The Inner Life: Self-Reflexive Ethnography and Emotional Enculturation; 5. I'm Just a Soul Whose Intentions are Good: Observations from the Back Pew; 6. On Being a Participant and an Observer in Religious Ethnography: Silence, Betrayal, and Becoming

7. Blind in a Land of Visionaries: When a Non-Pilgrim Studies PilgrimageIndex; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores some of the less understood research considerations involved in studying religious populations with a missionary imperative. The essays encompass ethnographic fieldwork in Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and other populations, addressing such topics as the fluidity of the anthropologist's own religious identity, objectivity versus subjectivity, the issue of reflexivity in ethnography, and the multi-positionality of the researcher.