This article outlines a methodological posture that I consciously adopted during recent ethnographic fieldwork. I call this methodological posture “belief-inclusive research” (BIR), and I see it as a complementary contrast to existing methodological frameworks that suggest the bracketing out of a researcher’s own beliefs. I offer BIR as a distinctive methodological posture for ethnographers who work in and with religious contexts. I demonstrate that the long-standing tradition of bracketing out questions of metaphysical truth during the writing-up phases of anthropology seems to have also impacted the fieldwork phase. I explore the ways that some degree of shared belief—which, crucially, I do not limit to doctrinal beliefs—between researcher and informants has the potential to widen a researcher’s access to certain types of data. In highlighting that the long-standing practice of bracketing has limited a researcher’s access to some kinds of data and in offering BIR as a new methodological posture, this article lays the groundwork for anthropology to construct new conceptual spaces that actively encourage a researcher to include their own (religious) beliefs and doubts in the midst of fieldwork.

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信仰包容性研究

本文概述了我在最近的民族志田野调查中自觉采用的一种方法论立场。我将这种方法论立场称为“信念包容性研究”（BIR），我认为它是与现有方法论框架的互补对比，现有的方法论框架建议将研究人员自己的信仰排除在外。我将 BIR 作为一种独特的方法论立场，供在宗教背景下工作的民族志学家使用。我证明，在人类学写作阶段排除形而上学真理问题的长期传统似乎也影响了田野调查阶段。我探索了研究人员和信息提供者之间某种程度的共同信念——关键的是，我不限于教义信念——有可能扩大研究人员对某些类型数据的访问。