Method Today

Brad Stoddard is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He has degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, Yale Divinity School, and Florida State University. His research explores religion and public policy, particularly as they relate to criminal justice policies in the era of faith-based initiatives.

• Introduction: Method TodayBrad StoddardPart I1. ComparisonAaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester2. He who Knows One Language, Knows None: On the Inevitabilities of Comparison and TranslationLucas Carmichael, University of Colorado 3. Comparison and the Production of Knowledge A Response to Aaron Hughes' "Comparison"Thomas J. Carrico, Jr., Florida State University4. On Z-factors and Empires: Reflections on Aaron Hughes's Essay on ComparisonAndrew Durdin, University of Chicago5. Complicating `Comparison': On Perspective, Rhetoric, and Recognition in the Study of ReligionStacie Swain, University of Ottawa6. ResponseAaron W. HughesPart II7. Toward a Pushier Critical Analysis of "Religion" and Attendant CategoriesNaomi Goldenberg, University of Ottawa8. Preaching to the Choir? Religious Studies and ReligionizationIan Alexander Cutherberton, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada9. Religion and DescriptionDaniel O. McClellan, University of Exeter10. TitleEmily D. Crews, University of Chicago11. In Pursuit of a Pushier Study of Those Words we Like to Put in QuotesNeil George, York University, Canada12. Response to the Responses to "Toward a Pushier Critical Analysis of `Religion' and Attendant Categories"Naomi GoldenbergPart III13. Explanation and the Study of ReligionEgil Asprem and Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara14. "Constitution God-Gives Rights": Explaining Religion and Politics in the Malheur OccupationSpencer Dew, Centenary College15. Ontological v. Axiological Approaches to ReligionJoel Harrison, Northwestern University16. Count Me InPaul Kenny, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London17. Causal Explanations in the Study of ReligionErin Roberts, University of South Carolina18. To Our CriticsEgil Asprem and Ann TavesPart IV19. Interpretation and the Study of ReligionKevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University20. Homo InterpretansJennifer Eyls, Tufts University21. Combining and ConstitutingMark Q. Gardiner and Steven Engler, Mount Royal University, Canada22. Subjectivity and MeaningJoshua Lupo, Florida State University23. A Reply to my CriticsKevin SchilbrackAfterword: Method: NAASR and Beyond?Gregory D. Alles, McDaniel College