Afterword: some reflections on numbers in the study of religion

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Journal Article

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Publication date

June 1, 2014

Summary:

Religious adherence can and should be quantified, but there are serious problems of validity and reliability in measuring religion. Sometimes the problems themselves are informative about the nature of identity and its significance or insignificance. Understanding the difficulties with numbers helps us to understand religion itself.

Published in

Diskus: The Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions

Volume and page numbers

Volume: 16 , p.116 -124

ISSN

9678948

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Link

http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/DISKUS/index.php/DISKUS/issue/view/8

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