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Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences
. Ed(S): Spalek, Basia; Imtoual, Alia
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Description for Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences
Hardback. This edited collection brings together an international panel of contributors to explore ways of engaging with issues of religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Editor(s): Spalek, Basia; Imtoual, Alia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
A growing number of people are claiming or reclaiming a religious or spiritual identity for themselves. Yet, in contemporary Western societies, the frameworks of understanding that have developed within the social science disciplines, and which are used to analyse data, are secular in nature, and so may be inappropriate for investigating some aspects of religion, spirituality and faith and how these intersect with individuals' lives. This edited collection addresses important theoretical and methodological issues to explore ways of engaging with religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Divided into three sections, the book examines the notion of secularism ... Read more
A growing number of people are claiming or reclaiming a religious or spiritual identity for themselves. Yet, in contemporary Western societies, the frameworks of understanding that have developed within the social science disciplines, and which are used to analyse data, are secular in nature, and so may be inappropriate for investigating some aspects of religion, spirituality and faith and how these intersect with individuals' lives. This edited collection addresses important theoretical and methodological issues to explore ways of engaging with religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research. Divided into three sections, the book examines the notion of secularism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847420411
SKU
V9781847420411
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Spalek, Basia; Imtoual, Alia
Dr Basia Spalek is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies within the IASS at the University of Birmingham. She has extensive research experience in faith identities, crime and victimization. Dr Alia Imtoual is a Lecturer in the School of Education at Flinders University (Australia). She writes about religion and faith identities of Muslims in Australia, the intersections of ... Read more
Reviews for Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences
"This is a book that can be read and used for many different degrees and courses in the social sciences. It is remarkably well structured. The excellent introductory and concluding chapters by the editors, careful commentaries between each section, in addition to the bibliographies and index make it an extremely accessible and functional volume." AWRAWSA e-journal,