The Necessity / Possibility to Re-name

A Spiritual Autoethnography

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ID2998086
AuthorsHaleh Rafi (0000-0003-4119-4211, Monash University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume46
Issue1
Pages38-53
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology & Humanism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1548-1409 • E-ISSN: 1559-9167
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/anhu.12320
OpenAlexW3152673991
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited21

This article is a spiritual autoethnography that discusses the necessity and possibility of finding names for personal religious or spiritual beliefs. It investigates the multiple nature of selfhood, crossing boundaries, and shifting identities by relating the life story of the author from being born a Muslim to being an atheist, and then to becoming interested in religious mysticism and being a devoted spiritual traveler. By means of autoethnographic techniques, the article illustrates how people are urged to find new names for what they are specifically when they perform religious rules of a faith in a different way. The article also discusses the consequences of re-naming

Aesthetics · Autoethnography · Epistemology · Faith · Mysticism · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Philosophy · Psychology

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