Theory-building: working the theory-data spectrum

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Published: Aug 31, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2175-5841.2019v17n53p569
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Religious Studies, theory, methods

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Steven Joseph Engler
Mount Royal University, Department of Humanities.

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This article illustrates some implications of the view that data, theory and methods should be treated as a matched set. They are inseparable companions, equally essential parts of processes of scholarly research and dissemination. When we focus on one of these dimensions, the others are always implicit. When focus on all of them, our work is more complete, consistent and defensible. This contribution to this special issue highlights the value of focusing more explicitly on the inter-relations between all four levels of scholarly work.

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ENGLER, Steven Joseph. Theory-building: working the theory-data spectrum. HORIZONTE - Journal of Studies in Theology and Religious Sciences, Belo Horizonte, v. 17, n. 53, p. 569, 2019. DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2019v17n53p569. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/horizonte/article/view/20659. Acesso em: 10 aug. 2025.
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v. 17, n. 53, maio/ago. 2019 - Dossiê - Teorias da Religião
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Artigos/Articles: Dossiê/Dossier

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Author Biography

Steven Joseph Engler, Mount Royal University, Department of Humanities.

Possui graduação em Filosofia (University of British Columbia, 1986), mestrado em Filosofia (University of Toronto, 1988) e doutorado em Religious Studies (Concordia University, 1999). Atualmente é Associate Professor of Religious Studies (tenured) da Mount Royal University, Canadá. Foi professor visitante da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (agosto de 2005 a fevereiro de 2008). Tem experiência nas áreas de Ciências da Religião e Filosofia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: teoria da religião, religião no Brasil, e antropologia da religião. É Co-Chair (2011-2013) da unidade da Antropologia da Religião da American Academy of Religion, co-editor da revista acadêmica Religion (Routledge), co-editor dos séries de livros Studies in the History of Religions e Texts and Sources in the History of Religions (Brill) e editor do série de livros Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion (Equinox).