Researching Paganisms - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0759105235 ISBN 13 : 9780759105232

Editeur : AltaMira Press, 2004

Synopsis

Should researchers of spirituality and religion be distantly "objective," or engaged and active participants? The traditional paradigm of 'methodological agnosticism' is increasingly challenged as researchers emphasize the benefits of direct participation for understanding beliefs and practices. Should academic researchers "go native," participating as "insiders" in engagements with the "supernatural," experiencing altered states of of consciousness? How do academics negotiate the fluid boundaries between worlds and meanings which may change their own beliefs? Should their own experiences be part of academic reports? Researching Paganisms presents reflective and engaging accounts of issues in the academic study of religion confronted by anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists, historians and religious studies scholars―as researchers and as humans―as they study contemporary Pagan religions. The insights that contributors gain, with resultant changes to their own lives, will fascinate not only other scholars of Pagan religions, but scholars of any religion and indeed anyone who grapples with issues of reflexive research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jenny Blain is Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science and Law, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Douglas Ezzy is Senior Lecturer, Sociology, University of Tasmania, Australia. Graham Harvey is Lecturer in Religious Studies, Open University, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AltaMira Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0759105235
• ISBN 13: 9780759105232
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Blain Jenny, Ezzy Douglas, Harvey Graham
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• Personne responsable: non disponible