Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science

by Steve Bruce

Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science establishes the relevance of social science for the study of religion and promotes a particular kind of social science. Even if we confine ourselves to academic disciplines, there are very many ways of viewing religion. Certain kinds of questions about religion can only be answered by the methods and approaches of social science: if one is interested in the social causes and consequences of religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198786581
• ISBN13: 9780198786580
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.6"