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01-06-2019 | Philosophical Exploration

Methodology in Research on the Rainbow Body: Anthropological and Psychological Reflections on Death and Dying

Author: Francis V. Tiso

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 3/2019

Abstract

The rainbow body research project, engaging claims of spiritual attainment and personal transformation, enables us to examine key features of anthropological research. Engagement with communities of discourse exposed aspects of the artificial emic–etic divide, allowing the anthropological study of religion to advance methods in religious studies. The study of paranormal phenomena cannot be isolated from societal contextualization. In this instance, a study of death and dying, contextualized in a traditional community, required unique features of engagement for the researcher who would be present to the social dynamics surrounding the death of a person of high repute.

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Title: Methodology in Research on the Rainbow Body: Anthropological and Psychological Reflections on Death and Dying
Author: Francis V. Tiso
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0733-9

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