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Yet comparison has been and remains contested, in the wake of trenching critique from the 1970s and costs and problems with comparative designs. Such critique did not result in the abandonment of comparative approaches; for instance, leading scholar s like Bruce Lincoln and Jonathan Smith have throughout their careers worke d along comparative tracks. Yet comparison have over the past decades not b een foregrounded or widely acknowledged as a method. Nor is there today an established “comparative approach”. In the words of Birgit Meyer – and this claim can be extended to the academic study of religion - “anthropology’s comparative approach” is not simply “there” and ready to be implemented … b ut is yet to be revived and developed in terms of epistemology, theory, and method” (2017:510). \nThis PHD-course discusses recent attempts along such lines, with a focus on constructive ways forward and methodological concer ns. If compare we must, how can we do it better, more informed, and in ways that avoid pitfalls? How can we learn from past mistakes, without settling for what Bruce Lincoln´s “Thesis on comparison” calls “a parochialism that dares speak nothing beyond the petty and the particular”. What is the anal ytical pay off of comparison, in regard to critical thinking and knowledge production? What is the comparison involved in our own work, and in the rel igious worlds we study? \n\nLectures by Paul Johnson (University of Michiga n), Nancy Ammerman (Boston University), Einar Thomassen (University of Berg en) and Helge Årsheim (University of Oslo) \n \n \n\n\nMonday 4/6, Aud. Ned re Lysthus\n12.00-12.15 Welcome \n12.15-13.45 Paul Johnson:\n               Religion and the Problem of Agency \n13.45-14.15 Coffee, sandwiches and fr uit\n14.15-15.45 Einar Thomassen \nComparing Religions, Comparing Monotheis ms\n15.45-16.15 Coffee\n16.15-17.45: Helge Årsheim \nFrom extraterrestrials and incense sticks to turbans, baggy trousers and Jesus jeans: Comparing r eligions at the European Court of Human Rights\n\n\nTuesday 5/6, Aud. Nedre Lysthus\n10.00- 11.30: Nancy Ammerman \nUnderstanding Religious Organizati ons: Methods and Strategies for Comparison\n11.30- 13.00 Lunch\n13.00 -15.0 0: Group discussions. A-D: 15 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion \ n15.00-15.30 Coffee break\n15.30- 17.30: Group discussions. A-D: 15 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion \n\n\nWednesday 6/6\n9.30-11.30 Group discussions. A-D: 15 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion \n11.45-12 .30 Summary & Goodbye\n\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Comparison is basic to thinking and categorizin g, and accordingly to academic work, whether labelled as comparative or not . Yet comparison has been and remains contested, in the wake of trenching c ritique from the 1970s and costs and problems with comparative designs. Suc h critique did not result in the abandonment of comparative approaches; for instance, leading scholars like Bruce Lincoln and Jonathan Smith have thro ughout their careers worked along comparative tracks. Yet comparison have o ver the past decades not been foregrounded or widely acknowledged as a meth od. Nor is there today an established “comparative approach”. I n the words of Birgit Meyer – and this claim can be extended to the a cademic study of religion - “anthropology’s comparative approac h” is not simply “there” and ready to be implemented &hel lip; but is yet to be revived and developed in terms of epistemology, theor y, and method” (2017:510).

This PHD-course discusses recent attempts alon g such lines, with a focus on constructive ways forward and methodological concerns. If compare we must, how can we do it better, more informed, and i n ways that avoid pitfalls? How can we learn from past mistakes, without se ttling for what Bruce Lincoln´s “Thesis on comparison” ca lls “a parochialism that dares speak nothing beyond the petty and the particular”. What is the analytical pay off of comparison, in regard to critical thinking and knowledge production? What is the comparison invo lved in our own work, and in the religious worlds we study?

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Lectures by Paul Johnson (University of Mi chigan), Nancy Ammerman (Boston University), Einar Thomassen (University of Bergen) and Helge Årsheim (University of Oslo)

Monday 4/6, Aud. Nedre Lysthus< /p>

12.00-12.15 Welcome

12.15-13.45 Paul Johnson:

< p style="margin-left: 35.4pt;">                Religion and the Problem of Agency

13.45-14.15 C offee, sandwiches and fruit

14.15-15.45 Einar Thomassen

Comparing Religions, Comparing Mono theisms

15.45-16.15 Coffee

16.15-17.45: Hel ge Årsheim

From extraterrestrials and incense sticks to turbans, baggy trousers and Jesus jeans: Comparing religions at the Euro pean Court of Human Rights

Tuesday 5/6, Aud. Nedre Lysthus

10.00- 11.30: Nancy Ammerman

Understanding Relig ious Organizations: Methods and Strategies for Comparison

1 1.30- 13.00 Lunch

13.00 -15.00: Group discussions. A-D: 15 minu tes presentation, 30 minutes discussion

15.00-15.30 Coffee bre ak

15.30- 17.30: Group discussions. A-D: 15 minutes presentatio n, 30 minutes discussion

Wednesday 6/6

9.30-11.30 Group discuss ions. A-D: 15 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion

11.4 5-12.30 Summary & Goodbye

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