Faithful Measures : New Methods in the Measurement of Religion.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (409 pages)
Cover -- FAITHFUL MEASURES -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Art and Science of Studying Religion -- SECTION I. SURVEY MEASURES OF RELIGION -- 1. How Religious Identity Shapes Survey Responses -- 2. Measurement Tools and Issues in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- 3. Indirect and Implicit Measures of Religiosity -- 4. Assessing Measures of Religion and Secularity with Crowdsourced Data from Amazon's Mechanical Turk -- 5. Evaluating Survey Measures Using the ARDA's Measurement Wizard -- 6. Using the Total Survey Error Paradigm to Improve Cross-National Research on Religion -- SECTION II. BEYOND SURVEYS -- 7. From Documents to Data -- 8. Historical Research: Oneida Online -- 9. What Is a Religious NGO? Conceptual and Classificatory Challenges in Research on Transnational Religion -- 10. Reviewing Millions of Books: Charting Cultural and Religious Trends with Google's Ngram Viewer -- 11. Pathways to Discovery and Enlightenment: Amazon's Recommendation System as a Source of Information on Religious and Paranormal Consumption Patterns -- 12. Lessons Learned from SoulPulse, a Smartphone-Based Experience Sampling Method (S-ESM) Study of Spirituality -- Conclusion: Lessons Learned, Challenges Remaining -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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