diff --git a/chevron/renderer.py b/chevron/renderer.py
index 65a00f6..796dfb7 100644
--- a/chevron/renderer.py
+++ b/chevron/renderer.py
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ def _html_escape(string):
     return string
 
 
+def _is_instance_of_namedtuple(obj):
+    """Tests if an object is a namedtuple"""
+    return (
+            isinstance(obj, tuple) and
+            hasattr(obj, '_asdict') and
+            hasattr(obj, '_fields')
+    )
+
+
 def _get_key(key, scopes, warn, keep, def_ldel, def_rdel):
     """Get a key from the current scope"""
 
@@ -61,16 +70,16 @@ def _get_key(key, scopes, warn, keep, def_ldel, def_rdel):
         try:
             # For every dot seperated key
             for child in key.split('.'):
-                # Move into the scope
-                try:
-                    # Try subscripting (Normal dictionaries)
+
+                # use different methods of access depending on the data structure
+                # passed:
+                if isinstance(scope, dict):
                     scope = scope[child]
-                except (TypeError, AttributeError):
-                    try:
-                        scope = getattr(scope, child)
-                    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
-                        # Try as a list
-                        scope = scope[int(child)]
+                elif hasattr(scope, "__dict__") or _is_instance_of_namedtuple(scope):
+                    scope = getattr(scope, child)
+                else:
+                    # Otherwise, try accessing as a list/tuple
+                    scope = scope[int(child)]
 
             # Return an empty string if falsy, with two exceptions
             # 0 should return 0, and False should return False
diff --git a/test_spec.py b/test_spec.py
index 905e105..da0c724 100755
--- a/test_spec.py
+++ b/test_spec.py
@@ -466,6 +466,32 @@ def test_namedtuple_data(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
+    # Regression test for
+    # https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron/issues/104
+    def test_string_method_names_in_sections_1(self):
+        args = {
+            'template': '{{#upper}}{{{.}}} == {{{upper}}}{{/upper}}',
+            'data': {'upper': 'foo'},
+        }
+
+        result = chevron.render(**args)
+        expected = 'foo == foo'
+        self.assertEqual(result, expected)
+
+    # Another regression test for
+    # https://github.com/noahmorrison/chevron/issues/104
+    def test_string_method_names_in_sections_2(self):
+        args = {
+            'template': (
+                '{{#a}}{{#b}}{{{b}}} '
+                '{{#upper}}{{{upper}}}{{/upper}}{{/b}}{{/a}}'
+            ),
+            'data': {'a': [{'upper': 'foo', 'b': 'x'}]},
+        }
+        result = chevron.render(**args)
+        expected = 'x foo'
+        self.assertEqual(result, expected)
+
     def test_get_key_not_in_dunder_dict_returns_attribute(self):
         class C:
             foo = "bar"