Chapter 1: Overview

Chapter 2: Religious Studies: The Intersection of Humanities and Social Science

Chapter 3: Literature Reviews

Chapter 4: Choosing Topics and Appropriate Research Questions

Chapter 5: Working with Human Subjects

Chapter 6: Collecting and Analyzing Data

Chapter 7: Working in Archives

Chapter 8: Working in Archives

Chapter 9: Textual Study

Chapter 10: Religious Studies and the Language Hurdle

Chapter 11: Material Culture

Chapter 12: Citing Sources and Bibliographies

Chapter 13: Online Sources (by Gloria Gatchel)

Chapter 14: Dissemination of Results

Appendix #1

Appendix #2

Index

About the Author

Chad Spigel is Professor of Religious Studies at Trinity University in San Antonio and was Director of the Mellon Initiative for Undergraduate Research in the Arts and Humanities from 2017–2020. He has been a Councilor in the Arts and Humanities division of the Council for Undergraduate Research since 2017.

Rubén Dupertuis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Trinity University in San Antonio and was Director of the Mellon Initiative for Undergraduate Research in the Arts & Humanities from 2013–2016. He was a Councilor in the Arts and Humanities division of the Council for Undergraduate Research from 2015 through 2021.

Jenny Olin Shanahan is Director of Undergraduate Research at Bridgewater State University, with leadership positions in the Council for Undergraduate Research.

Gregory Young is Professor of Music at Montana State University and has ongoing posts in conferences in undergraduate research in curriculum development.

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