Overview

Religion is increasingly visible in the contemporary world as a complex phenomenon – requiring multidisciplinary research to do justice to the complexity. Multidisciplinary research is however, though lauded by many, notoriously difficult to bring to fruition. This volume takes on the challenge to bridge the gap. Contributions formulate the challenges many have faced, but few yet analysed and put into the hands of researchers concrete tools with which to set about designing and executing multidisciplinary research on religions, beliefs and religious behaviour. In an era where research funding increasingly expects interdisciplinary collaboration it provides guidance on constructive pathways and pitfalls to avoid. Contributors are: Riho Altnurme, Anders Bäckström, Lori G. Beaman, Karin Borevi, Leon van den Broeke, Valerie DeMarinis, Victoria Enkvist, Jonny Långstedt, Annette Leis-Peters, Anna-Sara Lind, Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, Cecilia Nahnfeldt, Per-Erik Nilsson, Peter Nynäs, Margit Warburg, and Anne-Laure Zwilling.

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Author:   Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon ,  Anna-Sara Lind
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   36
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9789004677807

ISBN 10:   9004677801
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   06 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors List of Figures Part I. Introduction 1. Introducing the book and its contributions Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon & Anna-Sara Lind Part II. How to gather knowledge– multidisciplinarity in theory and practice 2. Organising across disciplinary boundaries – experiences of challenges and success factors Anders Bäckström 3. Complex accounts. Reflexions on defining and measuring religious belonging Anne-Laure Zwilling 4. Layers of Misunderstandings? Considerations about the Benefits and Challenges of Writing an Interdisciplinary Article Karin Borevi, Annette Leis-Peters & Anna-Sara Lind 5. Same questions different answers. Experiences from multidisciplinary work in Law and Sociology of Religion Victoria Enkvist & Per-Erik Nilsson Part III. Who defines the frames of multidisciplinary research? - Research ethical dilemmas and expectations 6. Historical perspectives for the study of religion Riho Altnurme 7. Pros and Cons in Multidisciplinary Research on Religion Margit Warburg 8. Observations on the international character of research: a reflective approach to management Peter Nynäs & Jonny Långstedt 9. Curiosity or Career and Finance Driven? Motivating Factors and Stumbling Blocks in the Pursuit of a Long Term and Multidisciplinary Educational and Research Agenda Leon van der Broeke Part IV. Traditional and transformative research paradigms – concluding remarks 10. From multidisciplinarity to transdisciplinarity and back again... Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon & Cecilia Nahnfeldt 11. Current research methodological challenges and opportunities related to public mental health promotion and existential meaning- an emerging framework Valerie De Marinis 12. Religion and Diversity: Multidisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity and Complex Futures Lori G. Beaman

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Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, PhD Theology (b 1978), Uppsala University, is director of the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society (CRS) at that university. Her research focuses on religion and welfare in contemporary Europe including an interest in issues of gender, civil society and values. Anna-Sara Lind, LL.D. (b 1977), Uppsala University, is Professor of Public Law at that university. Her research focuses on public law, EU law and fundamental rights and on how EU law and international law interacts in the fields of welfare state law in a complex constitutional reality.

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