토픽모델링을 이용한 기독교 연구 동향 분석

초록

This study is to identify research topics and research trends by systematically analyzing research papers in the field of Christian studies using topic modeling analysis. In this study, “christianity” was set as the basic search word for the data to be analyzed in the Web of Science database, and data from 8,190 Christian-related papers published from 1991 to 2022 (as of May 12) were obtained. In this study, topic modeling analysis was performed using the R program. The analysis results of this study are as follows. First, this study looked at the overall Christian research trends, such as major research fields, major journals, and distribution by country for about 22 years. Second, as a result of topic modeling analysis, 11 topics were analyzed, including Protestantism, various religions, Asian studies, psychology and health, philosophy, Judaism and the Bible, social sciences, mission theology, anthropology, literature, and medieval Renaissance. Studies related to major keywords and topics in Christian studies were reviewed. It is expected that the results of this study will not only understand the trends of Christian-related research in general, but will also be helpful for insight and development of Christian research in the future.

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