Faith in Ethnographic Process
This article addresses methodological points related to ethnography that are not found as commonly in social scientific methods sections: the anxiety related to the development of ethnographic research question(s), decisions regarding sampling, and the extensive process of coding and analysis. I arg...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2016
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Ecclesial practices
Jahr: 2016, Band: 3, Heft: 2, Seiten: 182-189 |
RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik CA Christentum |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Ethnography
methods
congregations
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Zusammenfassung: | This article addresses methodological points related to ethnography that are not found as commonly in social scientific methods sections: the anxiety related to the development of ethnographic research question(s), decisions regarding sampling, and the extensive process of coding and analysis. I argue that embracing serendipity in ethnographic research and developing trust in an analytic method is a valuable stance for addressing sociological and practical theological questions in the study of dynamic religious communities. |
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ISSN: | 2214-4471 |
Enthält: | In: Ecclesial practices
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00302004 |