Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion

<p>This substantially revised second edition of <i>The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion </i>remains the only comprehensive survey in English of methods and methodology in the discipline. Designed for non-specialists and upper undergraduate-/graduate-level students, it discusses the range of methods currently available to stimulate interest in unfamiliar methods and enable students and scholars to evaluate methodological issues in research.</p><p>The <i>Handbook </i>comprises 39 chapters – 21 of which are new, and the rest revised for this edition. A total of 56 contributors from 10 countries cover a broad range of topics divided into three clear parts:</p><p>• Methodology</p><p>• Methods</p><p>• Techniques</p><p>The first section addresses general methodological issues: including comparison, research design, research ethics, intersectionality, and theorizing/analysis. The second addresses specific methods: including advanced computational methods, autoethnography, computational text analysis, digital ethnography, discourse analysis, experiments, field research, grounded theory, interviewing, reading images, surveys, and videography. The final section addresses specific techniques: including coding, focus groups, photo elicitation, and survey experiments.</p><p>Each chapter covers practical issues and challenges, theoretical bases, and their use in the study of religion/s, illustrated by case studies.</p><p>The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion is essential reading for students and researchers in the study of religion/s, as well as for those in related disciplines.</p> <p><b>Part 1: Methodology </b>1.1. Introduction: methods, methodology and method in the study of religion/s <i>Steven Engler and Michael Stausberg </i>1.2. Comparison <i>Michael Stausberg </i>1.3. Designing research <i>Ann Taves and Raymond F. Paloutzian </i>1.4. Feminist methodologies and feminist standpoint analysis <i>Mary Jo Neitz </i>1.5. Intersectionality <i>Anjana Narayan, Bandana Purkayastha and Koyel Khan </i>1.6. Research ethics <i>Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Stephen Jacobs, Stephen E. Gregg, Frederick Bird, Laurie Lamoureux Scholes and Steven Engler </i>1.7. Theorizing and analysis <i>Steven Engler and Mark Q. Gardiner </i><b>Part 2: Methods </b>2.1. Advanced computational methods <i>Wesley J. Wildman, Saikou Y. Diallo and F. LeRon Shults </i>2.2. Autoethnography <i>Irene Zempi and Imran Awan </i>2.3. Computational text analysis <i>Frederik Elwert </i>2.4. Content analysis <i>Diane M. Badzinski, Robert H. Woods Jr. and Chad M. Nelson </i>2.5. Conversation analysis <i>Esa Lehtinen </i>2.6. Diary studies <i>Andy Alaszewski </i>2.7. Digital ethnography <i>Anna Neumaier </i>2.8. Discourse analysis <i>Titus Hjelm </i>2.9. Document analysis <i>Grace Davie and David Wyatt </i>2.10. Experimental methods <i>Justin L. Barrett </i>2.11. Field research and participant observation <i>Graham Harvey </i>2.12. Grounded theory <i>Steven Engler </i>2.13. Hermeneutics <i>Ingvild Sælid Gilhus </i>2.14. History <i>Jörg Rüpke </i>2.15. Interview methods <i>Tanya M. Luhrmann </i>2.16. Microhistory <i>Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon </i>2.17. Network analysis <i>Alexander-Kenneth Nagel </i>2.18. Phenomenology <i>Kalpana Ram </i>2.19. Philology <i>Einar Thomassen </i>2.20. Reading images <i>Jeanette Favrot Peterson </i>2.21. Semiotics <i>Robert A. Yelle </i>2.22. Sequence analysis <i>Volkhard Krech and Martin Radermacher </i>2.23. Surveys and questionnaires <i>Michael Stausberg </i>2.24. Translation <i>Alan Williams </i>2.25. Videography <i>Hubert Knoblauch and Meike Haken </i><b>Part 3: Techniques </b>3.1. Coding <i>Steven Engler, Andy Alaszewski, Tanya M. Luhrmann and Emily Winter </i>3.2. Event model analysis <i>Egil Asprem and Ann Taves </i>3.3. Focus groups <i>Emily Winter and Linda Woodhead </i>3.4. Free-listing <i>Michael Stausberg </i>3.5<i>. </i>Photo elicitation <i>Sarah L.B. Dunlop </i>3.6. Semantic differential <i>Ralph W. Hood, Heinz Streib, Barbara Keller </i>3.7. Survey experiments <i>Landon Schnabel </i>3.8. Survey item validation <i>Melissa Gordon Wolf, Elliott Ihm, Andrew Maul and Ann Taves Index</i></p>