Response to Patrick Hart

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Suzanne Owen
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Theory Method ◽  
The Relationship

This paper is a response to Patrick Hart’s article ‘Theory, method, and madness in religious studies’ and further interrogates the terms “theory” and “method,” the relationship between them, and their application to the study of religion, particularly at a pedagogical level, where there is some confusion about what is referred to by these terms. This paper argues that theory and method should be included explicitly in religious studies programs and research to show how scholarship has been produced.

scholarly journals Theorizing Religion and the Role of Philosophy

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Schilbrack
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Theory Method

This paper is a response to Patrick Hart’s “Theory, Method, and Madness in Religious Studies,” and it argues that philosophy is presupposed and therefore ineliminable when theorizing religions.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Culture and Cult: An Orthodox Context

2005 ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Valentyna Anatoliyivna Bodak
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Transformation Processes

In modern religious studies, there is no consensus as to how cult is related to culture, how it affects culture and personality, or whether changes in the cult sphere necessarily cause changes in dogma, human consciousness, and culture. This circumstance initiated the thematic orientation of this article on the problems of cult and culture in Orthodoxy, because Orthodoxy considers the cult to be the "focal point" (Rus. - Aut.) Place "of culture and the basis of religion. In the context of the transformation processes taking place in the world today, the question of the role of the cult in culture, the possibility or impossibility of changing it, the simplification becomes particularly relevant.

Religion and International Crimes

2019 ◽  
pp. 192-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Nanninga
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Religious Violence ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The West ◽  
International Crimes ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter introduces insights from the field of religious studies to research on perpetrators in order to examine the relationship between religion and international crimes. To this end, the chapter focuses on the case of the Islamic State, and particularly its crimes against the Iraqi Yazidi community and its attacks in the West. Based on primary sources, it argues that religion plays a primary role in the perpetrators self-understandings, serving as a significant framework through which they shape, justify, and give meaning to their violence. However, the chapter also demonstrates that religion cannot be consistently distinguished from non-religious or secular aspects of violence. Therefore, it argues, attributing a particular role to religion in explaining international crimes is inconsistent, and distinguishing between ‘religious violence’ and its secular counterpart not very helpful. Based on these observations, the chapter concludes by providing suggestions for future research on the topic.

Owning one’s epistemology in religious studies research methodology

Kybernetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 2057-2071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Baron
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Observer Effect ◽  
Temporal Coupling ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose There is a lack of epistemological considerations in religious studies methodologies, which have resulted in an on-going critique in this field. In addressing this critique, the researcher’s observer effect needs to be actively accounted for owing to the influence of the researcher’s epistemology in the author’s research. This paper aims to answer the question of why a researcher should address one’s epistemology in the research. Design/methodology/approach Using second-order cybernetics as an approach, observer dependence is exemplified and justified in the context of religious studies research methodology. The research activity is shown as a relational temporal coupling that introduces inter-subjective aspects to the research. The research process is analysed showing the need to provide scope for the researcher’s epistemology in one’s research. Findings A relational observer-dependent approach to research embraces the epistemology of the researcher and the participants providing equality in the relationship. The research results are thus framed according to the nature of the relationship and are thus not detached. This addresses social justice and reduces troubling truth claims. Research limitations/implications This first paper focuses on the question of why epistemology should be included in scholarly research. A detailed framework for how scholars may achieve this goal is to be part of the future study and is not presented in this paper. Practical implications In many positivist approaches there is a motivation to hide the researcher; however, recently there has been a move towards including authors in the first person, realising that science is tied to politics, which does not reach its ideals of objectivity. Cybernetics is presented as an approach to addressing the move from “objective” to “subjective” research. Social implications Researchers cannot get into the minds of their participants and thus an authorial privileged presentation by the researcher of the participant’s experiences is fraught with epistemological weaknesses. Attempting to own one’s own epistemology could address social justice in research by personalising the research and accounting for the observer effect and the inter-subjective attributes of the research relationship. Originality/value The principle of observer dependence in cybernetics is not new; however, a research approach that focuses on the nature of knowing and how this may influence one’s research in religious studies is uncommon. It is thus presented here as a viable option to address the critique of epistemologically weak research methodology in religious studies.

Religion and Representation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Rzepa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Book History ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Continental Philosophy ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This review is divided into three sections: 1. Jeffrey T. Zalar, Reading and Rebellion in Catholic Germany, 1770–1914; 2. Edward Baring, Converts to the Real: Catholicism and the Making of Continental Philosophy; 3. ‘Translation and Religion: Crafting Regimes of Identity’, a thematic issue of Religion edited by Hephzibah Israel and Matthias Frenz. Taken together, these works provide an overview of approaches that demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary research into religion and representation. Drawing on the disciplines of social, political, and cultural history, literary studies, book history, theology, religious studies, translation studies, and postcolonial studies, they highlight the importance of research that contextualizes the relationship between religion and representation, bringing attention to its historically overlooked aspects.

The Out-Rotator of Spin Traveling Wave Pump on Magnetic Fluid

2012 ◽  
Vol 503 ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Meng Zhao ◽  
Ji Bin Zou ◽  
Jing Shang
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fluid ◽  
Traveling Wave ◽  
Magnetic Particles ◽  
Theory Method ◽  
The Press ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Magnetic Field

According to researching the spin traveling wave pump, the relationship of the characteristics of magnetic fluid and the press is investigated under the spin magnetic field by the theory method. The relationship of moving, magnetic field and press is investigated by the decoupled computation between the magnetic field and force. The method is scientificity and rationality by the testing. The distributing shape of magnetic fluid in the pump is affected by the adding magnetic field under the spin magnetic field when the magnetic fluid is filled in the pump. At the same time, the adding magnetic field is affected by magnetic particles of magnetic fluid. The magnetic fluid can be moved by the effect of the adding magnetic field in the pump. The flux of magnetic fluid increases with the magnetic field.

scholarly journals Understanding the forms of care of nurses in the operating room - a construction based on the grounded theory method

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 696-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Kaezer dos Santos ◽  
Maria Virgínia Godoy da Silva ◽  
Antônio Marcos Tosoli Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Theory Method ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
Operating Room Nurses ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Indirect Care ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to identify forms of care of nurses in the operating room, and describe how context influences the implementation of this care. This is qualitative study, for which data were obtained by means of five interviews with nurses working in the operating room of a public hospital in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, conducted between August and September of 2010, using a semistructured script. The methodology followed the Grounded Theory method. The results show that the nurses perform care motivated by professional commitment and satisfaction, with patient health being their primary focus. Professional context influences ways of working, since the relationship of care exists in the interdependence between the beings involved and working conditions. In conclusion, operating room nurses integrate several factors, acting sometimes as agents of indirect care, despite the difficulties of a complex and specific context.

Religious Studies and the Study of Islam: Mutual Misperceptions, Shared Promises

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Christian Lange
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Current Area ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Current

Abstract The relationship between scholars working in the field of Islamic Studies and those affiliating themselves with Religious Studies (in the Netherlands, but also beyond) is plagued by a number of mutual misperceptions. These misperceptions should, and in fact can, be overcome. To argue this point, I (1) sketch the institutional framework of Islamic and Religious Studies in the Netherlands; (2) discuss a current area of fruitful interaction, viz., the study of Islamic ritual; and (3) end by some methodological reflections on future possibilities for collaboration between the two disciplines.

The Research of Building Air Permeability Based on Building Structural Tightness

2012 ◽  
Vol 594-597 ◽  
pp. 2142-2145
Author(s):  
Shuanghua Cao ◽  
Zhiliang Lou ◽  
Leheng Wang ◽  
Minsi Li
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Air ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Air Permeability ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Theory Method ◽  
Building Energy Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Small Room

The building air permeability plays a major role in both building energy performance and indoor air quality. The performance of structural tightness is set as an evaluation index of building air permeability, which is employed to analyze the relationship among building air permeability, building construction and window/door air permeability. Based on some assumptions, the coefficient of building structural tightness is established to summarize the influential factors on building air permeability, and the theory method is provided to improve the building air permeability. A model of air permeability for a small room is taken as an example. The results indicate that the building structural tightness coefficient is available to analyze the building air permeability.

scholarly journals Myōun and the Heike: Monastic Influence in Twelfth-Century Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael S. Adolphson
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Significant Figures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Imperial State

In contrast to founders of new Buddhist schools, monastic leaders of established religious centers in pre-1600 Japan have often been ignored as subjects of serious scholarship. In part, this can be explained by their involvement in political and military matters, which has been seen as of little consequence to religious studies or detrimental to the imperial state since, according to later ideals, the religious and political spheres were assumed to be separate. However, recent studies have demonstrated the extent to which state and religions were interdependent, especially through rituals, allowing monks a considerable presence in politics, the economy, and even in warfare. To get a deeper understanding of this interdependence at the individual level, this article focuses on the relationship between Taira no Kiyomori and the Tendai monk Myōun, both of whom were significant figures in the late Heian state.

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