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



Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Sociological Perspectives

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Journal of Business Ethics

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World


Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences



Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
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