Replication data for: Towards the Scientific Study of Polytheism: Beyond Forced Choice Measures of Religious Belief

This article argues that zero-sum approaches to measuring religious belief do not work well outside of the Abrahamic world. Positive sum approaches to measuring religious beliefs (in the plural) are better suited to the study of polytheistic societies. This argument is made using results from a nationally representative survey conducted in 2011 Taiwan, and is contrasted with results from the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS). We demonstrate that in a polytheistic society like Taiwan, religious belief is not zero-sum. We also seek to show that our positive-sum approach to measuring religious beliefs can help us better understand the disparate causes and consequences of different religious beliefs in polytheistic societies. The challenge of Christocentrism in quantitative studies of religion is also discussed.