Engaging with living religion
Subtitle: a guide to fieldwork in the study of religion
By: Stephen E. Gregg and Lynne Scholefield
Publisher: New York; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780415534475; 9780415534482; 9781315716671; 9781317507697; 9781317507703; 9781317507680
Subjects: 73.03 methods and techniques of ethnology; Religion; 11.01 systematic religious studies: general; Fieldwork; Methodology
Description: This introduction to fieldwork and the study of religion outside the lecture theatre covers both its theoretical and practical dimensions. Teaching students how to 'read' religious sites and communities and develop their understanding of planning, interaction, observation, participation and interviews, it also encourages them to explore their own expectations and sensitivities and develop a good understanding of ethical issues, group-learning and individual research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why study religion off campus?; title: Ways of studying religion off campus; title: Where to study religion off campus; title: Individual fieldwork; title: Group fieldwork; title: Virtual fieldwork; title: Developing fieldwork.