The principle of symmetry from the respondents' perspective : Possessions, apparitions and mental illnesses in research interviews with clerics

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11620%2F11%3A10070321" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11620/11:10070321 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1592/3101" target="_blank" >http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1592/3101</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The principle of symmetry from the respondents' perspective : Possessions, apparitions and mental illnesses in research interviews with clerics

Original language description

We study how experiences such as hearing the voice of the Lord or having a vision of Virgin Mary are dealt with in psychiatry and catholic pastoral practice. We approach the study of these issues "symmetrically" - we do not prefer a priori medical or spiritual explanations. Can such a symmetrical approach be of any relevance also for people we are studying? In an attempt to give an answer, we have interviewed four catholic priests on this issue. Based on discussions of our earlier work and of an exorcism movie (and also on our current research in general), we want to shed some light on whether and in what ways our specific epistemic perspective coheres with the views and positions of our respondents; and also, how this reflexive research experiment contributed to our own understanding of the role of the symmetry principle in our current research project.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA403%2F08%2F1758" target="_blank" >GA403/08/1758: Religious realities in the making: Apparitions and possessions as practical and collective accomplishments</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research

ISSN

1438-5627

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

27

Pages from-to

12, 1-27

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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