A review of 'Open Science' practices in the Psychology of Religion.

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Meta-methods articles - i.e. articles that discuss the epistemology and use of methods - are incredibly important for getting scientists to understand which methods they should be using and why. By having these discussions, scientists across the field can be more assured that the methods they are using are state-of-the-art and are more likely to lead to better, more accurate models of reality. By having these discussions, and adopting the recommendations by articles such as this, scientists and non-scientists alike can be more sure that the methods being used will lead to more trustworthy results. This is of vital importance since the huge shock to the system that the 'replication crisis' revelations caused at the turn of the decade. This article shows that the Psychology of Religion field has yet to take on some of the most up-to-date research practices that have been recommended within other science subfields. I believe that our recommendations will help improve the research in the discipline and, thus, increase trust in the field in the longer term.

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