How Academics View Conservative Protestants

Yancey, George; Reimer, Sam; O'Connell, Jake H.

doi:10.1093/socrel/srv027

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“…One of the items is "I believe that we should look to our religious authorities for decisions on moral issues" (Agree: Openness score goes down). Conservatives are more religious than liberals (Hirsh, Walberg, & Peterson, 2013;Pew Research Center, 2018), and many academics are hostile to religion (Marsden, 2015;Yancey, Reimer, & O'Connell, 2015). Therefore, a failure to recognize that an item tapping religion could spuriously inflate the correlation between the measure of openness and ideology embeds political bias into the measure (Charney, 2015).…”

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A Model of Political Bias in Social Science Research

Honeycutt

Jussim

2020

Psychological Inquiry

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Section: Measurementmentioning

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A Model of Political Bias in Social Science Research

Honeycutt

Jussim

2020

Psychological Inquiry

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“…Variations in occupational cultures may shape the experiences of any specific group in a particular workplace environment (Turco ). There are reasons to believe that the academic environment, particularly in the natural sciences, might present different social and cultural dynamics in regards to religion and religious discrimination (Yancey, Reimer, and O'Connell ).…”

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Perceptions of Religious Discrimination Among U.S. Scientists

Scheitle

Ecklund

2018

Scientific Study of Religion

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Academic scientists in the United States are relatively nonreligious, at least compared to the general population, and some evidence suggests that the professional culture of academic science may foster perceptions of discrimination among scientists who are religious. We examine perceptions of religious discrimination among biologists and physicists in the United States. The analysis shows that Protestant, Muslim, and adherents of "other" traditions report higher rates of religious discrimination in both biology and physics relative to those who do not identify with a religion. Jewish and Catholic adherents report higher rates of discrimination in biology but not in physics. Most of the religious identity effects among biologists are not explained away by measures of beliefs, practices, or professional and demographic characteristics. On the other hand, religious identity differences in perceptions of religious discrimination among physicists are mediated by measures of religious practice. On the whole, these findings suggest that religious identity itself is more stigmatized in biology than in physics. Results have implications for how university professors-and academic scientists in particular-relate to the broader public.

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“…This subculture is a religious "mirror image" of U.S. society (Beit-Hallahmi 2015, 104). Academics even have less-thannormal levels of social contact with highly religious people (Yancey, Reimer, and O'Connell 2015).…”

Section: Religion Status and Objectivity In The Academymentioning

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“…It has been a consistent finding that academics in the "hard" natural sciences are more likely than those in the "soft" social sciences to be religious, claim religious affiliation, and attend church (Leuba 1916;Stark and Finke 2000;Thalheimer 1973;Yancey, Reimer, and O'Connell 2015).…”

Section: Religion Status and Objectivity In The Academymentioning

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"Value-Conditioned Interest:" Religiosity, Institutional Support, and the Sociology of Religion in Top Graduate Departments

Blanton¹,

Krasniki²

2022

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Although religion once played a central role in sociological inquiry, today it has fallen from prominence and now occupies a marginal space in the field. Sociologists of religion suggest that this neglect can be explained by the unusual irreligiosity of academia. However, some are hopeful that changes to graduate training and other institutional interventions can overcome this propensity and encourage more sociological engagement with religion, one of the most influential forces in contemporary society. Drawing on a new dataset of 473 sociology graduate students in the top-25 departments in the United States, we assess how personal religiosity and departmental support for religious inquiry predict sociological engagement in the field of religion. We show that sociology graduate students differ substantially from their age cohort in terms of religious affiliation and behaviors. Personal religiosity is a strong predictor of the decision to study religion and the overall perception of the relevance of religion in contemporary society. Coming from a department where religion is discussed, faculty pursue research on religion, and there are opportunities to specialize predicts the perception of religion’s relevance, but only for the least religious students. Our findings contribute to the understanding of sociological knowledge creation and how individual and institutional proclivities—together—shape what we deem important enough to study.

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How Academics View Conservative Protestants

Cited by 16 publications

References 42 publications

A Model of Political Bias in Social Science Research

A Model of Political Bias in Social Science Research

Perceptions of Religious Discrimination Among U.S. Scientists

"Value-Conditioned Interest:" Religiosity, Institutional Support, and the Sociology of Religion in Top Graduate Departments

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