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Flirting With Conversion: Negotiating Researcher Non-Belief With Missionaries, Hillary K. Crane
Flirting With Conversion: Negotiating Researcher Non-Belief With Missionaries, Hillary K. Crane
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This article discusses Crane’s research in a Taiwanese Buddhist monastery. Crane came to the field as a former Catholic, which provided a particular lens through which to perceive the phenomena she researched. Beyond the difficulties of having one's research interests misinterpreted by the community one is researching and the ambiguities that result from remaining open to conversion when studying religious communities, Crane examines the further difficulty confronted when researching religious personnel who have an interest in representing their religious ideals both to and through the researcher. The article examines Crane’s time in the Buddhist monastery and explores her personal ambivalence …