Call to Contribute to a New Grant on New Religions.

Grant title: New Religiosity and the Digital Study of Eudaimonia

Co-PIs: Stephen Christopher and Suzanne Newcombe

We are currently recruiting 200 scholars of new religions to complete a large poll called the "New Religiosity Poll" (NRP). You can see a PDF version of the poll here: The Database of Religious History. The actual poll is interactive. 

We estimate it will take about 14 hours to complete. You do not answer all the questions; when you click "no" for an answer, it closes down a lot of secondary questions. Each entry will have a DOI and be published open access on the Database of Religious History (DRH), hosted at The University of British Columbia in Canada. As an honorarium, we pay 300 CAD per completed entry.

To read more about our project, please see our website:

New Religiosity and the Digital Study of Eudaimonia

To read more about the sign-in process, please see this PowerPoint: https://docs.google.com/.../1O7oZ9jhgTrRO3l.../edit....

A key aspect to his project is to get multiple entries from the same group from different regions or time frames. We want entries that are limited in scope (often limited to specific time periods or national contexts). We also want entries from three different perspectives: 

1) scholars

2) "inside" members or leadership

3) "outside" critics or former members. 

The poll allows for answers to either reflect orthodoxy (what the official position is) or lived experience (what members actually do). 

If you're interested, please get in touch and let's set up a Zoom call in January.

Email Stephen Christopher at:

Stephen.Christopher@PROTECTED

Thanks for your time!