Insider/Outsider Debate

George D. Chryssides is Honorary Research Fellow in Contemporary Religion at York St John University and the University of Birmingham. He is the author of a number of books including most recently Jehovah’s Witnesses: Continuity and Change (Ashgate, 2016). Stephen E. Gregg is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Wolverhampton.

• IntroductionStephen E. Gregg and George D. Chryssides Part One: New Methodological Approaches in the Study of Religion1. Relational Religious Lives: Beyond Insider / Outsider Binaries in the Study of ReligionStephen E. Gregg and George D. Chryssides2. The Emics and Etics of Religion: What we Know, How we Know it, and Why this MattersSteven J. Sutcliffe, University of Edinburgh3. The Death Pangs of the Insider/Outsider Dichotomy in the Study of ReligionRon Geaves, Cardiff University 4. Research Ethics Beyond the Binaries of Right and WrongMarie W. Dallam, University of Oklahoma5. Taking the Body Seriously, Taking Relationalities Seriously: An Embodied and Relational Approach to Ethnographic Research in the Study of (Lived) ReligionNina Hoel, University of Oslo, Norway 6. Negotiating Blurred Boundaries: An Ethnographic and Methodological ConsiderationFiona Bowie, Oxford University 7. On the Edge of the Inside - Contemplative Approaches to the Study of ReligionLynne Scholefield, St Mary’s University, Twickenham 8. On the (Im)possibility of Participant-ObservationRebecca Moore, San Diego State University 9. Who Researches? Who Changes? Christian Autoethnography and Muslim Pupil Identity in a Church of England Primary SchoolTom Wilson, Church of England 10. Imported Insider / Outsider Boundaries: The Case of Contemporary Chinese Christianity ResearchersNaomi E. Thurston, Renmin University / University of Wales Part Two: Contested Identities in the Study of Religion11. Close Encounters of a Guru Kind: Ethnographic Research as Encounters with the Cognitive Worlds of Others.Stephen Jacobs, University of Wolverhampton 12. Who is a Jew? New Approaches to an Old QuestionDan Cohn-Sherbok, University of Wales 13. Between Institutional Oppression and Spiritual Liberation: The Female Ordination Movement in the Catholic Church and its Utilisation of Social MediaLyndel Spence, University of Sydney 14. Navigating Multiplicity in a Binary World: Complex Religious Identity in Java, IndonesiaKatherine Rand, Claremont School of Theology 15. When it Gets Crowded under the Umbrella: An Examination of Scholarly Categorisation of Buddhist Communities in the United StatesClaire Miller Skriletz, Independent Scholar 16. Being Catholic since Vatican II: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-secular TimesAndrew P. Lynch, University of Sydney / University of Western Sydney 17. Reflexive and Holistic Switchers: Older Women / Newer CommitmentsJanet B. Eccles, Independent Scholar 18. Scientology Inside Out: Complex Religious Belonging in the Church of Scientology and the Free ZoneStephen E. Gregg and Aled J. L. Thomas, The Open University 19. Moving out – Disengagement and Ex-membership in New Religious MovementsGeorge D. Chryssides20. Both Outside and Inside: ‘Ex-Members’ of New Religions and Spiritualities and the Maintenance of Community and Identity on the InternetCarole M. Cusack, University of Sydney