Linda Woodhead studies religion, belief, and values in modern societies using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods. In addition to her academic work, Professor Woodhead is a commentator on religious and cultural issues on radio and television.Louisa Cadman's research interests concern the social, cultural, and political geographies of (mental) health, with a subsequent interest in how health intersects with contemporary spirituality.Nicole Graham undertakes research within the field of humour and religion, exploring questions of the body, gender, and ethics. She has written on feminist laughter, the emergence and potential of the field of humour and religion, the acceptability of laughter in the early Christian tradition, and the ethics of laughter during game-playing. She is also the Media Officer of the Humour and Religion Network.

This is a book on research methods but with a difference. It is not an academic discussion of (often untested) principles, but 33 first-hand accounts of engaged researchers of how they got things wrong in their own research-as well as how they got things right. The strength of this analysis is that each mess leads into a set of corrective tips.

• Louisa Cadman, Nicole Graham, and Linda Woodhead: TEN COMMON MESSES IN RESEARCHING RELIGION 1: Lori G. Beaman: RESEARCH METHODS BETWEEN LAW, SOCIOLOGY, AND RELIGION 2: Marion Bowman: LONG-TERM ETHNOLOGY AND THE SHADOWY IMPACT OF THE RESEARCHER 3: Louisa Cadman, Jennifer Lea, and Chris Philo: USING TIME-SPACE DIARIES AND INTERVIEWS TO RESEARCH EVERYDAY SPIRITUALITIES 4: Helen Cameron: THEOLOGICAL ACTION RESEARCH 5: Jeremy Carrette: POWER AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION 6: Rahmanara Chowdhury: INSIDER RESEARCH INTO ABUSE IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES 7: Angela Connelly and Michael Hebbert: LEARNING FROM BUILDINGS 8: James C. Conroy and David Lundie: METHODOLOGICAL SYNERGIES IN RESEARCHING NESTED IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 9: Abby Day: RE-INTERVIEWING, AND THE RESEARCHER-PARTICIPANT RELATIONSHIP 10: Rosemary Dixon, Simon Dixon, Inga Jones, Kyle Roberts, and Richard Gartner: DIGITIZATION AND COLLABORATION IN THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY 11: Sophie Gilliat-Ray: ENCOUNTERING ETHICAL AND OTHER ISSUES WHEN SHADOWING MUSLIM CHAPLAINS 12: Ian N. Gregory, Niall A. Cunningham, and Ian Shuttleworth: USING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND RELIGIOUS CHANGE AND SECTARIAN CONFLICT IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY IRELAND 13: John Harper: INVESTIGATING MEDIEVAL RITUAL THROUGH LITURGICAL ENACTMENT 14: Adrian Harris: USING FOCUSING TECHNIQUES TO RESEARCH THE EMBODIED KNOWING OF ECO-PAGANS 15: Colette Harris: COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES FOR VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN KADUNA, NIGERIA 16: Michael Keenan and Sarah-Jane Page: EXPLORING SEXUALITY AND RELIGION USING AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE 17: Gordon Lynch: A PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM THE SEARCH FOR MEANING TO A SOCIOLOGY OF THE SACRED 18: Sara MacKian: USING STORIES TO EXPLORE THE EVERYDAY PLACE OF SPIRIT AGENCY 19: Nicola Madge and Peter J . Hemming: USING A SURVEY TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES 20: David Morgan: RECOGNIZING JESUS: VISUALITY AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION 21: Peter Nynäs and Johnny Långstedt: NAVIGATING AMBIGUITIES IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION 22: Elizabeth Olson and Giselle Vincett: RESEARCHING SPIRITUALITY WITH AND FOR VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE 23: Elizabeth Poole and Teemu Taira: COMBINING METHODS IN A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF RELIGION IN THE MEDIA 24: Melanie Prideaux: FAILING AT RESEARCH? TRYING TO ACCESS A GYPSY PENTECOSTAL COMMUNITY IN THE UK 25: Andrew Sayer: AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN 26: Emma Tarlo: DEVELOPING 'MATERIAL' METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF DRESS AND RELIGION 27: Naomi Thompson: USING A NARRATIVE METHOD TO RESEARCH YOUNG PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS ENGAGEMENT, PAST AND PRESENT 28: Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Sarah Harvey: THE CHALLENGES OF RESEARCHING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON 'CULTS' AND 'EXTREMISM' 29: Terhi Utriainen: LOOKING BACK AT AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ANGEL 30: Paul Weller: WHAT EVIDENCE ON WHOSE TERMS? POLICY-RELEVANT RELIGION OR BELIEF RESEARCH 31: Sarah White and Joe Devine: COMBINING METHODS (AND RESEARCHERS) TO INVESTIGATE RELIGION AND WELLBEING IN INDIA 32: John Wolffe: USING ARCHIVES AND INTERVIEWS TO LINK PAST AND PRESENT IN THE STUDY OF CONFLICT AND PEACE

Linda Woodhead studies religion, belief, and values in modern societies using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods. In addition to her academic work, Professor Woodhead is a commentator on religious and cultural issues on radio and television.Louisa Cadman's research interests concern the social, cultural, and political geographies of (mental) health, with a subsequent interest in how health intersects with contemporary spirituality.Nicole Graham undertakes research within the field of humour and religion, exploring questions of the body, gender, and ethics. She has written on feminist laughter, the emergence and potential of the field of humour and religion, the acceptability of laughter in the early Christian tradition, and the ethics of laughter during game-playing. She is also the Media Officer of the Humour and Religion Network.

This is a book on research methods but with a difference. It is not an academic discussion of (often untested) principles, but 33 first-hand accounts of engaged researchers of how they got things wrong in their own research-as well as how they got things right. The strength of this analysis is that each mess leads into a set of corrective tips.

• Louisa Cadman, Nicole Graham, and Linda Woodhead: TEN COMMON MESSES IN RESEARCHING RELIGION 1: Lori G. Beaman: RESEARCH METHODS BETWEEN LAW, SOCIOLOGY, AND RELIGION 2: Marion Bowman: LONG-TERM ETHNOLOGY AND THE SHADOWY IMPACT OF THE RESEARCHER 3: Louisa Cadman, Jennifer Lea, and Chris Philo: USING TIME-SPACE DIARIES AND INTERVIEWS TO RESEARCH EVERYDAY SPIRITUALITIES 4: Helen Cameron: THEOLOGICAL ACTION RESEARCH 5: Jeremy Carrette: POWER AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION 6: Rahmanara Chowdhury: INSIDER RESEARCH INTO ABUSE IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES 7: Angela Connelly and Michael Hebbert: LEARNING FROM BUILDINGS 8: James C. Conroy and David Lundie: METHODOLOGICAL SYNERGIES IN RESEARCHING NESTED IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 9: Abby Day: RE-INTERVIEWING, AND THE RESEARCHER-PARTICIPANT RELATIONSHIP 10: Rosemary Dixon, Simon Dixon, Inga Jones, Kyle Roberts, and Richard Gartner: DIGITIZATION AND COLLABORATION IN THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY 11: Sophie Gilliat-Ray: ENCOUNTERING ETHICAL AND OTHER ISSUES WHEN SHADOWING MUSLIM CHAPLAINS 12: Ian N. Gregory, Niall A. Cunningham, and Ian Shuttleworth: USING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND RELIGIOUS CHANGE AND SECTARIAN CONFLICT IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY IRELAND 13: John Harper: INVESTIGATING MEDIEVAL RITUAL THROUGH LITURGICAL ENACTMENT 14: Adrian Harris: USING FOCUSING TECHNIQUES TO RESEARCH THE EMBODIED KNOWING OF ECO-PAGANS 15: Colette Harris: COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES FOR VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN KADUNA, NIGERIA 16: Michael Keenan and Sarah-Jane Page: EXPLORING SEXUALITY AND RELIGION USING AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE 17: Gordon Lynch: A PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM THE SEARCH FOR MEANING TO A SOCIOLOGY OF THE SACRED 18: Sara MacKian: USING STORIES TO EXPLORE THE EVERYDAY PLACE OF SPIRIT AGENCY 19: Nicola Madge and Peter J . Hemming: USING A SURVEY TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES 20: David Morgan: RECOGNIZING JESUS: VISUALITY AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION 21: Peter Nynäs and Johnny Långstedt: NAVIGATING AMBIGUITIES IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION 22: Elizabeth Olson and Giselle Vincett: RESEARCHING SPIRITUALITY WITH AND FOR VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE 23: Elizabeth Poole and Teemu Taira: COMBINING METHODS IN A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF RELIGION IN THE MEDIA 24: Melanie Prideaux: FAILING AT RESEARCH? TRYING TO ACCESS A GYPSY PENTECOSTAL COMMUNITY IN THE UK 25: Andrew Sayer: AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN 26: Emma Tarlo: DEVELOPING 'MATERIAL' METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF DRESS AND RELIGION 27: Naomi Thompson: USING A NARRATIVE METHOD TO RESEARCH YOUNG PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS ENGAGEMENT, PAST AND PRESENT 28: Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Sarah Harvey: THE CHALLENGES OF RESEARCHING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON 'CULTS' AND 'EXTREMISM' 29: Terhi Utriainen: LOOKING BACK AT AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ANGEL 30: Paul Weller: WHAT EVIDENCE ON WHOSE TERMS? POLICY-RELEVANT RELIGION OR BELIEF RESEARCH 31: Sarah White and Joe Devine: COMBINING METHODS (AND RESEARCHERS) TO INVESTIGATE RELIGION AND WELLBEING IN INDIA 32: John Wolffe: USING ARCHIVES AND INTERVIEWS TO LINK PAST AND PRESENT IN THE STUDY OF CONFLICT AND PEACE

Linda Woodhead studies religion, belief, and values in modern societies using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods. In addition to her academic work, Professor Woodhead is a commentator on religious and cultural issues on radio and television.Louisa Cadman's research interests concern the social, cultural, and political geographies of (mental) health, with a subsequent interest in how health intersects with contemporary spirituality.Nicole Graham undertakes research within the field of humour and religion, exploring questions of the body, gender, and ethics. She has written on feminist laughter, the emergence and potential of the field of humour and religion, the acceptability of laughter in the early Christian tradition, and the ethics of laughter during game-playing. She is also the Media Officer of the Humour and Religion Network.

This is a book on research methods but with a difference. It is not an academic discussion of (often untested) principles, but 33 first-hand accounts of engaged researchers of how they got things wrong in their own research-as well as how they got things right. The strength of this analysis is that each mess leads into a set of corrective tips.

• Louisa Cadman, Nicole Graham, and Linda Woodhead: TEN COMMON MESSES IN RESEARCHING RELIGION 1: Lori G. Beaman: RESEARCH METHODS BETWEEN LAW, SOCIOLOGY, AND RELIGION 2: Marion Bowman: LONG-TERM ETHNOLOGY AND THE SHADOWY IMPACT OF THE RESEARCHER 3: Louisa Cadman, Jennifer Lea, and Chris Philo: USING TIME-SPACE DIARIES AND INTERVIEWS TO RESEARCH EVERYDAY SPIRITUALITIES 4: Helen Cameron: THEOLOGICAL ACTION RESEARCH 5: Jeremy Carrette: POWER AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION 6: Rahmanara Chowdhury: INSIDER RESEARCH INTO ABUSE IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES 7: Angela Connelly and Michael Hebbert: LEARNING FROM BUILDINGS 8: James C. Conroy and David Lundie: METHODOLOGICAL SYNERGIES IN RESEARCHING NESTED IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 9: Abby Day: RE-INTERVIEWING, AND THE RESEARCHER-PARTICIPANT RELATIONSHIP 10: Rosemary Dixon, Simon Dixon, Inga Jones, Kyle Roberts, and Richard Gartner: DIGITIZATION AND COLLABORATION IN THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY 11: Sophie Gilliat-Ray: ENCOUNTERING ETHICAL AND OTHER ISSUES WHEN SHADOWING MUSLIM CHAPLAINS 12: Ian N. Gregory, Niall A. Cunningham, and Ian Shuttleworth: USING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND RELIGIOUS CHANGE AND SECTARIAN CONFLICT IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY IRELAND 13: John Harper: INVESTIGATING MEDIEVAL RITUAL THROUGH LITURGICAL ENACTMENT 14: Adrian Harris: USING FOCUSING TECHNIQUES TO RESEARCH THE EMBODIED KNOWING OF ECO-PAGANS 15: Colette Harris: COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES FOR VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN KADUNA, NIGERIA 16: Michael Keenan and Sarah-Jane Page: EXPLORING SEXUALITY AND RELIGION USING AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE 17: Gordon Lynch: A PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM THE SEARCH FOR MEANING TO A SOCIOLOGY OF THE SACRED 18: Sara MacKian: USING STORIES TO EXPLORE THE EVERYDAY PLACE OF SPIRIT AGENCY 19: Nicola Madge and Peter J . Hemming: USING A SURVEY TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES 20: David Morgan: RECOGNIZING JESUS: VISUALITY AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION 21: Peter Nynäs and Johnny Långstedt: NAVIGATING AMBIGUITIES IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION 22: Elizabeth Olson and Giselle Vincett: RESEARCHING SPIRITUALITY WITH AND FOR VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE 23: Elizabeth Poole and Teemu Taira: COMBINING METHODS IN A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF RELIGION IN THE MEDIA 24: Melanie Prideaux: FAILING AT RESEARCH? TRYING TO ACCESS A GYPSY PENTECOSTAL COMMUNITY IN THE UK 25: Andrew Sayer: AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN 26: Emma Tarlo: DEVELOPING 'MATERIAL' METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF DRESS AND RELIGION 27: Naomi Thompson: USING A NARRATIVE METHOD TO RESEARCH YOUNG PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS ENGAGEMENT, PAST AND PRESENT 28: Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Sarah Harvey: THE CHALLENGES OF RESEARCHING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON 'CULTS' AND 'EXTREMISM' 29: Terhi Utriainen: LOOKING BACK AT AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ANGEL 30: Paul Weller: WHAT EVIDENCE ON WHOSE TERMS? POLICY-RELEVANT RELIGION OR BELIEF RESEARCH 31: Sarah White and Joe Devine: COMBINING METHODS (AND RESEARCHERS) TO INVESTIGATE RELIGION AND WELLBEING IN INDIA 32: John Wolffe: USING ARCHIVES AND INTERVIEWS TO LINK PAST AND PRESENT IN THE STUDY OF CONFLICT AND PEACE