Difficult Normativity

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at (MF) Norwegian School of Theology and Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Agder, Kristiansand (Norway). He is also Director of the Norwegian Interdisciplinary Research School Religion, Values, Society.

• Contents: Jan-Olav Henriksen: Introduction – Jan-Olav Henriksen: Normative dimensions in empirical research on religion, values and society – Ulla Schmidt: Empirical research and theological normativity – Paul Leer-Salvesen: Normative evaluations in theological ethics – Harald Hegstad: Normativity and empirical data in practical theology – Ingvild Sælid Gilhus: The non-confessional study of religion and its normative dimensions – Ole Riis: Normativity in empirical social studies – Kari Storstein Haug: Cultural empirical studies and normativity: A case from missiology.