Method Today

Introduction: Method Today Brad Stoddard

Part I 1. Comparison Aaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester 2. He who Knows One Language, Knows None: On the Inevitabilities of Comparison and Translation Lucas Carmichael, University of Colorado 3. Comparison and the Production of Knowledge A Response to Aaron Hughes' "Comparison" Thomas J. Carrico, Jr., Florida State University 4. On Z-factors and Empires: Reflections on Aaron Hughes's Essay on Comparison Andrew Durdin, University of Chicago 5. Complicating `Comparison': On Perspective, Rhetoric, and Recognition in the Study of Religion Stacie Swain, University of Ottawa 6. Response Aaron W. Hughes

Part II 7. Toward a Pushier Critical Analysis of "Religion" and Attendant Categories Naomi Goldenberg, University of Ottawa 8. Preaching to the Choir? Religious Studies and Religionization Ian Alexander Cutherberton, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada 9. Religion and Description Daniel O. McClellan, University of Exeter 10. Title Emily D. Crews, University of Chicago 11. In Pursuit of a Pushier Study of Those Words we Like to Put in Quotes Neil George, York University, Canada 12. Response to the Responses to "Toward a Pushier Critical Analysis of `Religion' and Attendant Categories" Naomi Goldenberg

Part III 13. Explanation and the Study of Religion Egil Asprem and Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara 14. "Constitution God-Gives Rights": Explaining Religion and Politics in the Malheur Occupation Spencer Dew, Centenary College 15. Ontological v. Axiological Approaches to Religion Joel Harrison, Northwestern University 16. Count Me In Paul Kenny, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 17. Causal Explanations in the Study of Religion Erin Roberts, University of South Carolina 18. To Our Critics Egil Asprem and Ann Taves

Part IV 19. Interpretation and the Study of Religion Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University 20. Homo Interpretans Jennifer Eyls, Tufts University 21. Combining and Constituting Mark Q. Gardiner and Steven Engler, Mount Royal University, Canada 22. Subjectivity and Meaning Joshua Lupo, Florida State University 23. A Reply to my Critics Kevin Schilbrack

Afterword: Method: NAASR and Beyond? Gregory D. Alles, McDaniel College