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 Religion CompassVolume 2 Issue 4, Pages 734 - 753 Published Online: 14 Jul 2008 © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 141K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  The Comparative Method Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd ABSTRACTThe comparative method is a formalization of the comparison that is unavoidable in any attempt at cross-cultural analysis. Yet, the comparative method has generated considerable controversy in religious studies. This article reviews the issues raised about comparison in anthropology, the social science that has as its enduring goal a holistic understanding of all human societies and that consequently has made greater use of comparison – and accordingly has subjected it to greater scrutiny – than any other discipline. Religion Compass 2/4 (2008): 734–753, 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2008.00093.x | 
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