商品簡介
This book explores some of the less understood research considerations involved in studying religious populations with a missionary imperative. The essays encompass ethnographic fieldwork in Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and other populations, addressing such topics as the fluidity of the anthropologist's own religious identity, objectivity versus subjectivity, the issue of reflexivity in ethnography, and the multi-positionality of the researcher.
作者簡介
Hillary K. Crane is an associate professor of anthropology at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brown University. Her research includes areas where religious and medical discourses intersect or conflict, primarily on the subject of gender construction. In particular, she has examined how Taiwanese Buddhist nuns create a masculine self-identity through language and dietary practices. She has also researched how Catholic Americans with Celiac Disease reconcile their dietary restrictions with the practices of their church and examined the relationship between self-inflicted pain and communication in various religious contexts.
Deana L. Weibel is an associate professor of anthropology, as well as chair of the anthropology department, at Grand Valley State University. She earned her Ph.D. at UC San Diego in 2001. She studies contemporary pilgrimage to Roman Catholic shrines, particularly in France, as well as the reinterpretation of these shrines by “religious creatives,” pilgrims who practice intentional syncretism in highly individualized ways. Additional research interests include the religious beliefs and practices of astronauts and the history of the ethnographic display of tribal peoples at fairs and amusement parks in the early 20th century. She is currently working on a book about the conflicting interpretations of the French shrine of Rocamadour held by its visitors and local residents.
