{"product_id":"method-today-brad-stoddard-9781781795682","title":"Method Today: Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty or forty years ago, the phrase \"method and theory\" in Religious Studies scholarship referred to more social scientific approaches to the study of religion, as opposed to the more traditional theological hermeneutics common to the field. Today, however, it seems that everyone claims to do \"theory and method,\" including those people who shun social scientific approaches the academic study of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMethod Today\u003c\/em\u003e brings together the contributions of scholars from a recent North American Association for the Study of Religion conference to explore the question of what it means to do \"theory and method\" in an era where the phrase has no distinct meaning. Contributors specifically address the categories of description, interpretation, comparison, and explanation in Religious Studies scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brad Stoddard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781795681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781795682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Equinox Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Brad Stoddard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937988641023,"sku":"9781781795682","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_19b3b780-5553-4a9e-9526-bf6093cdc35d.jpg?v=1681433089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/method-today-brad-stoddard-9781781795682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}