Metodoloogia keerukusest ehk millest me räägime, kui me räägime religiooniuuringute metodoloogiast
The Complexity of Methodology: in Other Words, What Are We Speaking about When We Speak about the Methodology of the Study of Religion?

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to both give a thorough account of all the different ways ‘method(ology)’ has been understood in the study of religion as well as propose a three-level model how to make sense of this remarkable diversity. In the first half of the article it is shown how ‘method(ology)’ can mean for different researchers either a strict procedure, a general mode of research, a way of explaining one’s position as a scholar or occasionally even other things. The second half of the article intends to show how it would be good to view this complexity as a matter of different method(olog)ical dimensions. The first dimension of method is concerned with clearly definable practices that follow specific and explicitly determined rules. The second dimension of method(ology) deals with the general research approach one or another scholar has chosen to pursue to accomplish their goals. Lastly, the third dimension of the methodological debate concentrates on the question of the positioning of the scholar oneself. Overall, this article aims to highlight the diversity and complexity of the methodological debate in the study of religion and suggest a few ways how to better make sense of it all.

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