RPLC Research

Religion and Work

The Impact of COVID-19 and Racism on Faith at Work
A supplement to the "Faith at Work: An Empirical Study" project, this study examines the impact of two urgent pandemics--COVID-19 and racism--on the relationship between faith and work for US adults. Specifically, how do these separate-but-related pandemics affect how faith may be a resource for workers, businesses, and churches in times of crisis.

How Houston's Religious Communities Are Responding to At Risk Populations in a Time of COVID-19
Religious communities are primary purveyors of social services in at-risk populations. This project explores the role of Houston-based religious organizations serving at-risk communities in the fight against COVID-19.

Faith at Work: An Empirical Study
A baseline study of the opportunities for and challenges associated with how individuals understand their faith to inform their work, and what congregations and their leaders might do to support the appropriation of faith to daily work among the laity.

Religion and Race

The Impact of COVID-19 and Racism on Faith at Work
A supplement to the "Faith at Work: An Empirical Study" project, this study examines the impact of two urgent pandemics--COVID-19 and racism--on the relationship between faith and work for US adults. Specifically, how do these separate-but-related pandemics affect how faith may be a resource for workers, businesses, and churches in times of crisis.

Experiences of Religious Discrimination
A nationally representative survey to assess individuals' experiences with victimization and the perception of whether or not religious bias was a motivator for the victimization.

Religion, Inequality, and Science Education (RISE)
Does religion keep minorities out of science? Do different racial minority groups within Christian traditions differ in their support for science?

Religion and Medicine

How Houston's Religious Communities Are Responding to At Risk Populations in a Time of COVID-19
Religious communities are primary purveyors of social services in at-risk populations. This project explores the role of Houston-based religious organizations serving at-risk communities in the fight against COVID-19.

How Different Racial and Gender Groups View the Science and Religion of the Human Body
How do people understand the boundaries between science and religion with regards to the human body? How might that change during the course of the life cycle and across different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds?

Religion, Inequality, and Science Education (RISE)
Does religion keep minorities out of science? Do different racial minority groups within Christian traditions differ in their support for science?

Religious Understanding of Science
An exploration of how religious Americans think through complex scientific issues.

Religion and Science

How Different Racial and Gender Groups View the Science and Religion of the Human Body
How do people understand the boundaries between science and religion with regards to the human body? How might that change during the course of the life cycle and across different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds?

The Sociology of Science and Religion: Identity and Belief Formation
A $2.9 million re-granting initiative designed to fund sociological research that empirically examines how identities and beliefs are related to science and religion.

Communicating Outlooks for a New Global Religion and Science Synergy: The Engagement Challenge (CONGRESS II)
The largest-ever study of scientists' attitudes towards religion, gender, and ethics.

Reaching Evangelical American Leaders to Change Hearts and Minds
A study aiming to provide evangelical leaders and constituents with empirically based, accessible social scientific evidence for how to integrate faith and science to answer questions about human purpose, meaning, and ultimate reality.

Communicating Outlooks for a New Global Religion and Science Synergy: The Interpretive Challenge (CONGRESS I)
Data analysis and research and outreach aimed at scientists, along with communication efforts toward a broader audience.

Religion, Inequality, and Science Education (RISE)
Does religion keep minorities out of science? Do different racial minority groups within Christian traditions differ in their support for science?

Religion among Scientists in International Context
The first-ever cross-national study of religion and spirituality among scientists.

Religious Understanding of Science
An exploration of how religious Americans think through complex scientific issues.

Religion and Gender

Turning the Tables on Gender and Religion
A new positive vision and practice for public religion, bringing women tot he existing table of discussion around issues of ongoing importance to traditional public religion.

Religion and Immigration

Religious Conversion to Protestantism Among Chinese and Indian Immigrants
An interview-based study examining the conversion narratives of Chinese and Indian immigrants.

Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement
An examination of how religion and spirituality influence immigrant civic participation and civic identities.

Religion and Environment

Religious Understanding of Science
An exploration of how religious Americans think through complex scientific issues.