Theorizing FaithArweck, Martin D. Stringer All but the final paper in this collection of nine essays was read at a June 1999 conference of the same title as the book, held at the U. of Birmingham, UK. The conference was organized by the Worship in Birmingham Project, bringing together established scholars and research students to discuss the |
Contents
From the Dichotomy of SpiritualismRitualism to | 21 |
Challenging the Boundaries | 35 |
InsiderOutsider Perspectives on Ritual in Sōka Gakkai | 57 |
Transcending | 77 |
The Insider as Researcher | 97 |
The InsiderOutsider Problem in the Study of | 115 |
A Reflexive Approach | 133 |
The Ethnographer and the Quest for Meanings | 155 |
Combined Bibliography | 169 |
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