Comparison in Religion: A Methodological Contribution
How do we build theory on religion in cross-religious research? This article deals with four methodological issues in answering this question. What are the goals of cross-religious comparison? What is the object of cross-religious research? What kind of definition of religion is used in cross-religi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of empirical theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 130-153 |
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cross-religious comparative research
goals
definition of religion
levels of equivalence
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| Summary: | How do we build theory on religion in cross-religious research? This article deals with four methodological issues in answering this question. What are the goals of cross-religious comparison? What is the object of cross-religious research? What kind of definition of religion is used in cross-religious comparison? And finally, how can we asses similar phenomena across different religious traditions? The last question is specified by the distinction of levels of equivalence in quantitative cross-religious survey research. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-9256 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of empirical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341295 |