Qualitative Studies in Religion Series

Qualitative research in its various forms is enjoying a renaissance within religion. An emerging body of work by scholars in sociology, history, and religious studies has drawn on a wide range of qualitative methods to change the way we think about the meaning of religious participation, the nature of religious community, and the role of religious institutions in our society and civic life. There is a need for more careful, sustained, and reflexive attention to the link between the methods employed and the resulting shape, tone, and substance of the empirical work. The Qualitative Studies in Religion series enlarges and refines the repertoire of qualitative approaches to religion.