Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies

Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies provides students and faculty with an invaluable guide to conducting research across the study of religion. Emphasising student-faculty collaboration, the book addresses key areas, methods, and practical issues informing practice of undergraduate research across a range of subdisciplines.

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Chad Spigel is Professor of Religious Studies at Trinity University in San Antonio and was Director of the Mellon Initiative for Undergraduate Research in the Arts and Humanities from 20172020. He has been a Councilor in the Arts and Humanities division of the Council for Undergraduate Research since 2017.

Rubén Dupertuis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Trinity University in San Antonio and was Director of the Mellon Initiative for Undergraduate Research in the Arts & Humanities from 20132016. He was a Councilor in the Arts and Humanities division of the Council for Undergraduate Research from 2015 through 2021.

Jenny Olin Shanahan is Director of Undergraduate Research at Bridgewater State University, with leadership positions in the Council for Undergraduate Research.

Gregory Young is Professor of Music at Montana State University and has ongoing posts in conferences in undergraduate research in curriculum development.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1: Overview

2. Chapter 2: Religious Studies: The Intersection of Humanities and Social Science

3. Chapter 3: Literature Reviews

4. Chapter 4: Choosing Topics and Appropriate Research Questions

5. Chapter 5: Working with Human Subjects

6. Chapter 6: Collecting and Analyzing Data

7. Chapter 7: Working in Archives

8. Chapter 8: Working in Archives

9. Chapter 9: Textual Study

10. Chapter 10: Religious Studies and the Language Hurdle

11. Chapter 11: Material Culture

12. Chapter 12: Citing Sources and Bibliographies

13. Chapter 13: Online Sources (by Gloria Gatchel)

14. Chapter 14: Dissemination of Results

15. Appendix #1

16. Appendix #2 Index