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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1. VerfasserIn: Jenkins, Kathleen E. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2016
In: 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.
ISSN:2214-4471
Enthält:In: Ecclesial practices
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00302004