Methodologies used by social scientists grant access to quiet worlds and otherwise hidden truths. Social scientists are akin to strangers, trusted with secrets. The 2019 H. Paul Douglass Lecture proposes that scholars who engage with research on religion ought to listen quietly, but not keep quiet. We can transform the quiet to which we are privy into the collective. I illustrate the imperative to speak research out loud using the case example of the National Abortion Attitudes Study. Personal knowledge becomes collective revelation and, sometimes, social change.

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2019 年 H. Paul Douglass 讲座：我不能保持安静：从事宗教学术研究

社会科学家使用的方法允许进入安静的世界和其他隐藏的真相。社会科学家就像陌生人，相信秘密。2019 H. Paul Douglass Lecture 提出从事宗教研究的学者应该安静地倾听，而不是保持沉默。我们可以将我们所熟悉的安静转变为集体。我使用国家堕胎态度研究的案例来说明大声说出研究的必要性。个人知识成为集体启示，有时也成为社会变革。