02910nam 2200577 a 450 991078614370332120200520144314.01-283-99346-50-7391-7789-3(CKB)2670000000331076(EBL)1117134(OCoLC)826684859(SSID)ssj0000820110(PQKBManifestationID)12426790(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820110(PQKBWorkID)10857036(PQKB)10856229(MiAaPQ)EBC1117134(Au-PeEL)EBL1117134(CaPaEBR)ebr10650682(CaONFJC)MIL430596(EXLCZ)99267000000033107620121004d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMissionary impositions[electronic resource] conversion, resistance, and other challenges to objectivity in religious ethnography /edited by Hillary K. Crane and Deana L. WeibelLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (119 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7788-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Becoming7. Blind in a Land of Visionaries: When a Non-Pilgrim Studies PilgrimageIndex; About the ContributorsThis 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.Anthropology of religionResearchEthnologyFieldworkAnthropology of religionResearch.EthnologyFieldwork.306.6Crane Hillary K.1969-1492719Weibel Deana L.1969-1294152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786143703321Missionary impositions3715369UNINA