This theme brings disciplinary traditions into direct conversation. It introduces students to the comparative and critical study of religion, develops research design and interpretive judgement, and supports independent work from undergraduate essays to Master’s and doctoral research.
Current teaching and supervision
- Introductory and Continuation Courses in Religious Studies
- Undergraduate and Master’s Thesis Supervision
- Euroculture MA Methodology and Research Seminars
Previous and international teaching
- Research Methodologies
- Postgraduate Research Methodology Seminars
- Religion in Late Modern Societies
- MA Research Seminars
Intellectual depth
Students learn to formulate answerable research questions, connect theory to evidence, evaluate sources, and make analytically proportionate claims. Methodological training addresses comparison, textual interpretation, qualitative inquiry, reflexivity, research ethics, and the relationship between normative and empirical analysis.
Interdisciplinary approach
The teaching draws on sociology of religion, theology, political science, history, phenomenology, and cultural analysis. Supervision adapts these resources to the problem under study rather than imposing one method on every project. Students are encouraged to write clearly, distinguish description from evaluation, and make the logic of their argument visible.
Areas of supervision
Supervised work has addressed Islamic thought, Muslim political theology, religion and media, feminism, environmental ethics, contemporary political discourse, and related questions in religion and public life.
Emin Poljarević 