02233cam a2200325 a 4500 on1395078951 OCoLC 20260121041624.0 251210s2023 ii a b 001 0 eng d 9789356204829 (paperback) 9356204829 (paperback) CFT NBS HM48 .I93 2023 BL60 .I93 2023 HM571 .I93 2023 200.72 Iyadurai, Joshua, author. Social research methods : for students and scholars of theology and religious studies / Joshua Iyadurai. Chennai, India : Marina Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion, [2023] ©2023. xxx, 268 pages : illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index. "This book demystifies designing and conducting qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research with scientific rigor. Social Research Methods, benefits researchers from theology and religious studies in designing interdisciplinary research and interacting with social sciences and other disciplines to study contextually relevant issues by focusing on lived religion, lived theology, lived experience, and real-world problems. Joshua Iyadurai skillfully guides researchers with a step-by-step guide on the practical nuances of choosing a topic, engaging literature, selecting a paradigm, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting the findings, and writing a research proposal and a dissertation/thesis/article for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. A separate chapter on supervising and examining social research helps students and professors to understand each other's role in field-based studies. Social Research Methods is an indispensable resource for researchers from theology and religious studies and a valuable practical guide for researchers from social sciences and humanities"-- Provided by publisher. Social sciences Research Methodology. Religion Social aspects. Religion Methodology Research. Social sciences Research. Theology Research. ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NHBS NHBS 2025-12-10 10204841 0 200.72 IYA 10204841 2025-12-10 02:59:49 2025-12-10 BK 3138 3138