As several characters in the film point out, religion and science are methodologies to come to understand the truth of the cosmos.
Of course, one expects the teacher of religion, whatever his or her methodology, to be fair, balanced and self-critical, but there are constructive theological tasks that only the committed Hindu theologian is invested in undertaking.
One merit of this methodology for feminist philosophy of religion is its exposure of the complexity of gender discourse, the constraints and resistances found in faith practices, and the social conditions of signification.
Wallis describes Hubbard's thought process to turn his methodology of Dianetics into a religion, noting, "Hubbard's theory and techniques had been moving increasingly in this direction".
Christian Smith, one of Dr. Regnerus's advisers at the University of North Carolina and now at Notre Dame agrees that a sociologist's religion should affect only his choice of topics, not his methodology.
There may be other forms of meditation, religion or spiritual practices containing the word Maum but Maum Meditation has consistent, uniform literature and methodology.
Although the methodology was not precisely comparable, a Gallup Poll this year showed that 58percentt of Americans defined religion that way.
While both religion and mysticism are often considered entirely subjective experiences, meditation is at the same time an objective methodology, a science so to speak.
Seen this way, dialogue becomes a strategic tool and methodology to train newer activists and scholars and to stimulate deeper inquiry into one's own religion, if the preparation and follow-up process is followed.
In addition to the expansion of philosophy of religion to take into account a wider set of religions, the field has also seen an expansion in terms of methodology.
