RT Article
T1 What Do Religion Scholars Really Want? Scholarly Values in the Scientific Study of Religion
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 59
IS 1
SP 18
OP 38
A1 Shults, Fount LeRon 1965-
A1 Taves, Ann 1952-
A1 Paloutzian, Raymond F. 1945-
A1 Wildman, Wesley J. 1961-
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1692868861
AB This article presents selected findings of the Values in Scholarship on Religion (VISOR) project. Conversations about the values and norms that ought to shape the academic study of religion are quite common but typically based on anecdotal evidence and personal experience. The goal of VISOR was to gather data that could ground debates about the values that scholars of religion prize. Here, we present statistical analyses of VISOR data that shed light on the values guiding members of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) and the ways in which these compare with the values of members of other academic associations and other disciplines that study religion. Compared to current members of SSSR, members of the broader field of scholars whose approach to religion is sociological are more likely to be younger, female, liberal, and nonreligious. This sea change will put pressure on the SSSR to adapt.
K1 academic values
K1 field self-studies
K1 scientific study of religion
K1 Sociology
K1 Surveys
DO 10.1111/jssr.12643