Misinterpreting the spirit and heart: Religious and paradigmatic tensions in ethnographic research

Religion and Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-256

  Magolda, Peter ^a   Gross, Kelsey Ebben ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Central New Mexico Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Fieldwork challenges; Inquiry; Qualitative; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868371352     PISSN: 15507394     EISSN: 19498381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15507394.2012.716354     Document Type: Article

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