Modification of the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Proposal for the Purposes of Empirical Theology (IPA / ET)
2020
Abstract
he article deals with the possibility of using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis as a basis for the theological-social science framework of the research data analysis in the context of empirical theology. It fi rst points out the possibility of interconnecting the theological and social science worldviews.
Then it defi nes guidelines for such an interconnection. In the last part of the article, a model proposal for the analysis and interpretation of research data is formulated.
The text is understood as a possible starting point for a wider discussion on the proposed model.