Analytical Strategies

Abstract

In this chapter, the author presents the basic question of analytical strategies including perspectives on the question of transparency in analysis. However, she elaborates a bit on the relationship between theology and theory. Theology and theory are used interchangeably as different strands of larger perspectives to utilize for data analysis. Theological research is theological due to the aim of both understanding and reforming Christian practices. The aim of an abductive approach is to place oneself in between theory and data, to allow them to meet. It enters the research project with a shared understanding of Christmas as Christian cultural heritage. Everyday theologies expressed in everyday language should be invited into mutual conversation with the academic and systematic formulations of Christianity today.

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