Sociology
FEATURED GRANT
Baylor University Survey of American Religion [SOAR]: Longitudinal Survey of Religious Beliefs and Values
Professor Byron R. Johnson, Co-Director
Institute for Studies of Religion
Professor Rodney Stark
Professor Christopher D. Bader
Professor Paul Froese
Professor F. Carson Mencken, Director of Graduate Studies
This grant supports a three-year cross-sectional mixed-mode survey to assess and disseminate national trends on religious behaviors and beliefs. The Institute is collaborating with the Gallup Organization on the design, implementation, and analysis of the survey instrument. The results of the first wave were released at the National Press Club on September 11, 2006.
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Sample Grants
| Grant Title |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
| |
- Religion and Relationships in Urban America
David Blankenhorn, President
Institute for American Values (New York, NY)
- This project focuses on the state of religion and relationships in urban America. The research explores the ways in which religion influences the relationships of married and unmarried couples in urban America, with a focus on African American and Latino couples. The project will also explore how positive character values, spiritual beliefs, and social networks mediate the relationship between religious practice and relationship quality among urban couples.
|
January 2006 |
$95,240 |
- The Scientific Study of Prayer Using Cognitive and Textual Methods
Professor Robert J. Wuthnow, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor
of Social Sciences
Director, Center for the Study of Religion
Princeton University (Princeton NJ) - This
grant supports a research project that brings empirical methods to bear on
questions about the textual representation, practice, and public performance
of prayer. The project is part of Princeton's Initiative on Cognition and
Religion at the Center of the Study of Religion.
|
September 2005 |
$799,989 |
- Religious Evolution Research
Professor Robert N. Bellah, Elliott Professor of Sociology
Emeritus
Department of Sociology
University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley CA) - This
grant provides support for a book Professor Bellah is writing on religious
evolution from prehistory to the Axial Age. His research will primarily
focus on Israel, Greece and China.
|
May 2004 |
$22,500 |
- The International Religion Data Initiative: Documenting Religion's Impact
Professor Roger Finke, Director
The Association of Religion Data Archives [ARDA]
The Pennsylvania State University (University Park PA)
- This grant supports a research initiative to assemble, generate, archive, and disseminate new international data on religion through an expanded version of the online American Religion Data Archive. The Initiative will produce resources for understanding the effects of religion worldwide, especially for journalists.
|
July 2005 |
$676,420 |
