This article presents selected findings of the Values in Scholarship on Religion (VISOR) project. Conversations about the values and norms that ought to shape the academic study of religion are quite common but typically based on anecdotal evidence and personal experience. The goal of VISOR was to gather data that could ground debates about the values that scholars of religion prize. Here, we present statistical analyses of VISOR data that shed light on the values guiding members of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) and the ways in which these compare with the values of members of other academic associations and other disciplines that study religion. Compared to current members of SSSR, members of the broader field of scholars whose approach to religion is sociological are more likely to be younger, female, liberal, and nonreligious. This sea change will put pressure on the SSSR to adapt.

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宗教学者真正想要什么？宗教科学研究中的学术价值

本文介绍了“宗教学术价值”（VISOR）项目的部分发现。关于应该塑造宗教学术研究的价值观和规范的对话非常普遍，但通常基于轶事证据和个人经验。VISOR的目标是收集数据，以便就宗教学者所珍视的价值观展开辩论。在这里，我们对VISOR数据进行统计分析，以阐明指导宗教科学研究学会（SSSR）成员的价值观以及将这些价值观与其他学术协会和其他学科的成员的价值观进行比较的方式宗教。与目前的SSSR成员相比，在宗教研究方法上具有社会学意义的更广泛的学者群体中，年轻人，女性，自由主义者，和非宗教。这种巨变将给SSSR施加压力，以使其适应。