Religion among Scientists in International Context (RASIC) is the first-ever cross-national study of religion and spirituality among scientists. The study includes a survey of biologists and physicists at different points in their careers at top universities and research institutes in the United States, United Kingdom, Turkey, Italy, France, India, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, as well as qualitative interviews with these scientists. The project was led by Elaine Howard Ecklund (PI) with Kirstin Matthews (co-PI), Baker Institute Scholar and science policy specialist, and Steve Lewis (co-PI), Baker Institute Scholar and Asia specialist. The study has produced 15 academic articles, 50 presentations, and two conferences, and we continue to analyze and disseminate the results of our research. RASIC was funded by a grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation.
Religion among Scientists in International Context
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Santa Clara University
Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Associate Professor of Higher Education, Georgia State University
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Memphis
Associate Professor of Sociology, The Catholic University of America
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Sociological Perspectives
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Journal of Business Ethics
Are the Late Stephen Hawking's Religious Beliefs Typical of U.K. Scientists?
Citizen Science Engagement in Faith-Based Communities
Most British Scientists Cited in Study Feel Richard Dawkins' Work Misrepresents Science
Muslim and Protestant Scientists Most Likely to Experience, Perceive Religious Discrimination
Templeton World Charity Foundation
Author Meets Critics Session (Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 2019 Annual Meeting)
This session brought together a group of other sociologists and scholars of religion to offer insightful critiques of the book, Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion, that produced a dynamic discussion and allowed the book’s authors to engage with a variety of responses to their work.
Organizer:
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University