Изследвайки вярата: предизвикателства и поуки от един сравнителен проект
Exploring Belief: Challenges and Lessons of a Comparative Project

Summary/Abstract: 'Marking Transitions and Meaning across the Life Course: Older People's Memories of Religious and Secular Ceremonies in Eastern and Western Europe'. With colleagues in Romania, Bulgaria and the UK we crossed boundaries which were conceptual, geographical, linguistic, disciplinary and historical as well as belief-based. Here, we summarise what has been learned from a multidisciplinary approach to a comparative oral history in the area of religion and ageing. Drawing on oral history material generated during the project and on reflections of our co-researchers we address the issues of complexity of cultural-historical contexts, irreducibility of translation, and especially, in regard to conducting research on religion, reconciling the sometimes diverse perspectives of religious and non-religious researchers.

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