Here are the results of a survey of philosophers of religion specifically. It has lots of interesting data, among them:
Most philosophers of religion are committed Christians.
The most common reasons given for specializing in philosophy of religion presupposed a previous belief in religion. (E.g. “Faith seeking understanding”; “Find arguments in order to witness”, etc.)
Most belief revisions due to studying philosophy of religion were in the direction of greater atheism rather than the opposite. However, this seems to be explained by a combination of two separated facts: most philosophers of religion begin as theists as mentioned above, and most (from both sides) become less dogmatic and more appreciative of arguments for the opposing view with time.
Here are the results of a survey of philosophers of religion specifically. It has lots of interesting data, among them:
Most philosophers of religion are committed Christians.
The most common reasons given for specializing in philosophy of religion presupposed a previous belief in religion. (E.g. “Faith seeking understanding”; “Find arguments in order to witness”, etc.)
Most belief revisions due to studying philosophy of religion were in the direction of greater atheism rather than the opposite. However, this seems to be explained by a combination of two separated facts: most philosophers of religion begin as theists as mentioned above, and most (from both sides) become less dogmatic and more appreciative of arguments for the opposing view with time.