Rendering Unto Caesar?: Ethical and Methodological Issues in Working for Government on Researching Religion

This article examines ethics in study, teaching and research in relation to religions. While some disciplines have explicit codes of research ethics, the study of religion in the UK has only the 2005 Framework for Professional Practice that was produced by the Association of University Departments o...

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Main Author: Weller, Paul 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2007
In: Diskus
Year: 2007, Volume: 8
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