Are Religious Studies a Social Science?

Question

Are Religious Studies a Social Science?

Answer 1

I don't think so. There's not really any quantitative data associated with Religious Studies.

Answer 2

Should be. It's the reason WHY people decorated what they did, had the demonstrations, wars, what drove their philosophy...why they did anything for most of history.

Answer 3

Technically, you could argue that philosophy is a social science, and philosophy is simply a broad name for religion. Religion has been a motivating factor throughout history, from Sumerians to Egyptians to the Crusades to modern day IRA and terrorists. Another way that religious studies are a social science is that religion is a major consideration in the science of forensic psychology, an important social science.