{"id":277,"date":"2004-10-06T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-06T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2004-10-06T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-06T17:21:00","slug":"277","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Researching Paganisms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Graham Harvey<\/a>, Jenny Blain<\/a>, and Doug Ezzy<\/a> on publication of their new anthology, Researching Paganisms<\/em><\/a>, with contributions by the editors plus Andy Letcher, Jone Salomonsen<\/a>, Wendy Griffin<\/a>, Melissa Harrington, Sarah Pike<\/a>, Ronald Hutton<\/a>, Ruth Mantin<\/a>, Robert Wallis<\/a>, and some incoherant rambling essay by me.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The publisher says, “Should researchers of spirituality and religion be distantly ‘objective,’ or engaged and active participants? The traditional paradigm of ‘methodological agnosticism’ is increasingly challenged as researchers emphasize the benefits of direct participation for understanding beliefs and practices. Should academic researchers ‘go native,’ participating as ‘insiders’ in engagements with the ‘supernatural,’ experiencing altered states of of consciousness? How do academics negotiate the fluid boundaries between worlds and meanings which may change their own beliefs? Should their own experiences be part of academic reports? Researching Paganisms<\/em> presents reflective and engaging accounts of issues in the academic study of religion confronted by anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists, historians and religious studies scholars\u2014as researchers and as humans\u2014as they study contemporary Pagan religions. The insights that contributors gain, with resultant changes to their own lives, will fascinate not only other scholars of Pagan religions, but scholars of any religion and indeed anyone who grapples with issues of reflexive research.” <\/p>\n

My lingering question (in the tone of Carrie’s column-writing voice-over from Sex and the City<\/a><\/em>), “Are we being too reflexive too soon?” But it’s fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Researching Paganisms Congratulations to Graham Harvey, Jenny Blain, and Doug Ezzy on publication of their new anthology, Researching Paganisms, with contributions by the editors plus Andy Letcher, Jone Salomonsen, Wendy Griffin, Melissa Harrington, Sarah Pike, Ronald Hutton, Ruth Mantin, Robert Wallis, and some incoherant rambling essay by me. 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He writes to say that it is now available from Amazon for the rest of the world. It ranges from Gardnerians to Goddess\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Australia\"","block_context":{"text":"Australia","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=australia"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7706,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7706","url_meta":{"origin":277,"position":2},"title":"Contemporary Pagan Studies 2016 Call for Papers","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"January 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is our call for papers for the next annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, which will be November 19-22, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. 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But is there still a market for academic encyclopedias in this day when undergrads must be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"academia\"","block_context":{"text":"academia","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=academia"},"img":{"alt_text":"magical religion","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/magical-religion.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8262,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8262","url_meta":{"origin":277,"position":5},"title":"Call for Papers: Family, Home, and Ways of Life: Living Paganisms in a Globalized World","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"September 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Information on the upcoming Family, Home, and Ways of Life: Living Paganisms in a Globalized World conference in Krakow, Poland, 24-25 March 2017, may be found at this link. 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