Comments on: Religion at Paris-8, Part 1 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/2010/05/religion-at-paris-8-part-1/ critical anthropology of academic culture Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:34:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Bishop http://decasia.org/academic_culture/2010/05/religion-at-paris-8-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2595 Michael Bishop Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:11:21 +0000 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/?p=1438#comment-2595 http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/nerds-are-nuts.php claims that there is an intersection in the personality profiles of scientists/engineers and religious fundamentalists http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/nerds-are-nuts.php claims that there is an intersection in the personality profiles of scientists/engineers and religious fundamentalists

]]> By: decasia: critique of academic culture » Religion at Paris-8, Part 2 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/2010/05/religion-at-paris-8-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2407 decasia: critique of academic culture » Religion at Paris-8, Part 2 Tue, 18 May 2010 20:58:38 +0000 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/?p=1438#comment-2407 [...] see that Mike has already inquired as to the methodology of the report on student religion that I began posting [...] [...] see that Mike has already inquired as to the methodology of the report on student religion that I began posting [...]

]]> By: Michael Bishop http://decasia.org/academic_culture/2010/05/religion-at-paris-8-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 Michael Bishop Tue, 18 May 2010 17:24:56 +0000 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/?p=1438#comment-2405 Interesting stuff. Minor point: we'd ideally like to know how the data was collected... perhaps just accosting people on campus? if instead it was email or something, what was the response rate? Any reason to believe certain populations were over or under counted? I think I remember hearing that U.S. humanities professors are less religious than many scientific or business disciplines. There are a lot of potential explanations for this, it'd be interesting to try to tease them out. The ones you suggest are good candidates. Interesting stuff. Minor point: we’d ideally like to know how the data was collected… perhaps just accosting people on campus? if instead it was email or something, what was the response rate? Any reason to believe certain populations were over or under counted?

I think I remember hearing that U.S. humanities professors are less religious than many scientific or business disciplines. There are a lot of potential explanations for this, it’d be interesting to try to tease them out. The ones you suggest are good candidates.

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