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    COMPARISON: by Michael Stausberg: Chapter Summary

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    The document discusses three different topics: comparison in the study of religion, epistemology in religious studies, and content analysis as a research method. Comparison is an essential yet often unacknowledged part of scholarly work and can be performed on different levels. Epistemology examines theories of knowledge production and validation in religious studies. Content analysis is a form of textual analysis that allows quantitative and qualitative approaches to describe characteristics of texts and provide cultural insights through analyzing large amounts of information.

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    The document discusses three different topics: comparison in the study of religion, epistemology in religious studies, and content analysis as a research method. Comparison is an essential yet often unacknowledged part of scholarly work and can be performed on different levels. Epistemology examines theories of knowledge production and validation in religious studies. Content analysis is a form of textual analysis that allows quantitative and qualitative approaches to describe characteristics of texts and provide cultural insights through analyzing large amounts of information.

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    The document discusses three different topics: comparison in the study of religion, epistemology in religious studies, and content analysis as a research method. Comparison is an essential yet often unacknowledged part of scholarly work and can be performed on different levels. Epistemology examines theories of knowledge production and validation in religious studies. Content analysis is a form of textual analysis that allows quantitative and qualitative approaches to describe characteristics of texts and provide cultural insights through analyzing large amounts of information.

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    COMPARISON: by Michael Stausberg: Chapter summary

    1. Comparing is a commonsense routine cognitive activity; there is no way of getting


    around comparison.
    2. Far beyond being a distinct method among others, comparison is an often
    unacknowledged yet undeniable part of the scholarly project of the study of religion\s in
    each of its various approaches.
    3. There are tacit and explicit comparisons. There are different aims and forms of
    comparison, and comparison can be performed on different levels.
    4. While comparison is often referred to as a method (the comparative method), it is more
    appropriate to call it a research design.
    5. Comparison is embedded in various research methods.
    EPISTEMOLOGY: Jeppe Sinding Jensen: Chapter summary
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    Theories of knowledge are relevant to the study of religion


    There are different kinds of knowledge production and validation
    Frequent terms of suspicion: positivism, reductionism and relativism
    Generalizations are compared and tested on the basis of theory
    Kinds and levels of explanation and interpretation are interdependent
    There are three directions of reasoning
    Models and concepts make unobservable objective
    Virtues are both epistemic and methodological

    Content Analysis: Chad Nelson and Robert H. Woods, Jr: Chapter summary
    1. Content analysis is a form of textual analysis used to describe and explain characteristics
    of messages embedded in texts.
    2. Content analysis allows for both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
    3. Content analysis is useful as an unobtrusive method allowing researchers to manage and
    summarize large quantities of information, provide valuable historical and cultural insight
    into a research problem, and triangulate with other research methods.
    4. Content analysis is conducted through a process of selecting texts, unitizing message
    units, generating content categories, coding the text and explaining the results.

    5. Content analysis is utilized in religious studies to understand religious expressions and


    identities, evaluate religion in media, and examine religion in social institutions and
    culture.
    6. Despite several limitations of the content analysis method, it seems well suited for
    religious studies since it allows researchers to move beyond manifest content to latent
    content.

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