Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

Aims & Scope

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion publishes articles, notes, book reviews and letters which explicitly address the problems of methodology and theory in the academic study of religion.

This includes such traditional points of departure as history, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, and sociology, but also the natural sciences, and such other approaches as feminist theory, discourse analysis, and ideology critique.

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion also concentrates on the critical analysis of the history of the study of religion itself.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Theological Correctness: Cognitive Constraint and the Study of Religion

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Justin L.

• Coding and Quantifying Counterintuitiveness in Religious Concepts: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Justin

• Modes of Religiosity: Towards a Cognitive Explanation of the Sociopolitical Dynamics of Religion

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Harvey

• A critique of "religion" as a cross-cultural category1

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Timothy

• Outline of a Relational Approach to ‘Nonreligion’

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Johannes

• Theses on method

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Bruce

• The Religious Brain: A General Introduction to the Experimental Neuroscience of Religion

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Uffe

• What is Religion?

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Michael

• Brain, Body and Culture: A Biocultural Theory of Religion

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Armin W.

• Studying Religion in Motion: A Networks Approach

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Manuel