Specter and horizon: Critique in ethnographies of North American Christianity
With reference to two different projects examining North American Christianities, this symposium contribution explores opportunities for critique when conducting fieldwork. Drawing from observations made by E. E. Evans-Pritchard, I suggest that critique is most productive when it uses the perspectiv...
Subtitles: | Symposium: “Towards a Critical Anthropology of Religion” |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-27 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Evans-Pritchard, Edward E. 1902-1973
/ USA
/ Christianity
/ Ethnology
/ Field-research
/ Criticism, Personal
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RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America ZA Social sciences |
Further subjects: | B
Fieldwork
B Ethnography B Critique B Anthropology B North American Christianity |
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Summary: | With reference to two different projects examining North American Christianities, this symposium contribution explores opportunities for critique when conducting fieldwork. Drawing from observations made by E. E. Evans-Pritchard, I suggest that critique is most productive when it uses the perspective and position of one's interlocutors as its point of departure. |
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ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303218757327 |