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Researching Paganisms
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Researching Paganisms Hardback - 2004

by Jenny Blain (Editor); Douglas Ezzy (Editor); Graham Harvey (Editor)

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From the publisher

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.

Details

  • Title Researching Paganisms
  • Author Jenny Blain (Editor); Douglas Ezzy (Editor); Graham Harvey (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Altamira Press
  • Publication date September 28, 2004
  • ISBN 9780759105225 / 0759105227
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 6.74 x 1.11 in (23.27 x 17.12 x 2.82 cm)
  • Category Religion - World Religions
  • Library of Congress subjects Religion, Paganism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004004654
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.940

About the author

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.

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