Abstract
Much ink has been spilled over the significance, the risks and benefits, and even the very possibility of comparison in the study of religion, but few scholars have reflected on how comparison actually works. [...]
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Methodical Aspects of ComparisonOliver FreibergerReceived: 15 January 2018; Accepted: 2 March 2018; Published: 11 March 2018Much ink has been spilled over the significance, the risks and benefits, and even the very possibility of comparison in the study of religion, but few scholars have reflected on how comparison works
Which methodical components should a comparative study include? Which problems does the comparativist encounter in deploying the comparative method? How is the design of the method related to the outcome of the study and to its value for the study of religion? The essays in this special issue begin to tackle these questions through analyses of concrete comparative studies
The essays emerged from a panel on methodical aspects of comparison at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta in 2015
Summary
Much ink has been spilled over the significance, the risks and benefits, and even the very possibility of comparison in the study of religion, but few scholars have reflected on how comparison works. Which methodical components should a comparative study include? Which problems does the comparativist encounter in deploying the comparative method?
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