The Religiosity of Academic Scientists in the United Kingdom: Assessing the Role of Discipline and Department Status
The Religiosity of Academic Scientists in the United Kingdom: Assessing the Role of Discipline and Department Status
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DOI：
10.1111/jssr.12552
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Peifer, Jared
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作者：
Ecklund, Elaine Howard;Scheitle, Christopher P.;Peifer, Jared
研究学术科学家的宗教信仰的研究往往集中在与一般人群的比较上，忽视了可能导致科学家群体内部宗教信仰差异的动态。扩大这一文献，我们目前的数据来自英国科学家之间的宗教信仰调查。我们比较了在精英和非精英部门工作的生物学家和物理学家，因为过去的研究表明，学科和地位的划分在理解科学家宗教信仰的差异方面可能是突出的。我们发现，英国的生物学家比物理学家更有可能说他们从不参加宗教仪式。同样，英国精英部门的科学家比非精英部门的科学家更有可能说他们从不参加宗教仪式。我们没有发现学科或地位类型之间的显着差异，以更私人的宗教措施。我们认为，这些模式可能会导致公共宗教实践和会议的专业规范之间的冲突。
Studies examining the religiosity of academic scientists have often focused on comparisons with the general population, overlooking dynamics that could lead to religiosity differences within the scientist population. Expanding this literature, we present data from a survey of religiosity among scientists in the United Kingdom. We compare biologists and physicists employed at elite and nonelite departments, as past research has suggested that disciplinary and status divisions could be salient in understanding differences in scientists' religiosity. We find that biologists in the United Kingdom are more likely than physicists to say they never attend religious services. Similarly, U.K. scientists in elite departments are more likely than those in nonelite departments to say they never attend religious services. We do not find significant differences between disciplines or status types for more private measures of religion. We argue that these patterns could result from perceived conflicts between public religious practice and meeting professional norms.