Critical realism and religion: Objectivity and the insider/outsider problem

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 176-181

  Ferber, Michael P ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Geography of religions; Objectivity; Poetics; Politics

Indexed keywords

POLITICS; RELIGION;

EID: 33644796733     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2006.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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