Reflexivity, ethics and the teaching of the sociology of religion

Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-19

  Flanagan, Kieran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Experiential teaching; Fieldnotes; Reflexivity; Religious rituals; Sociology of religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256205     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0038038501000013     Document Type: Review

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