Abstract
The article provides an analytical overview of the research methods used in the psychology of religion. It traces the evolution of methodology from Received: 10-05-2026 the questionnaires and personal documents of the discipline’s founders to modern psychometric, experimental, qualitative, neuroscientific, and mixed-methods Accepted: 28-05-2026 designs. The principle of the exclusion of the transcendent is discussed as the Published:09-06-2026 methodological foundation of the field. Particular attention is given to widely used measurement instruments, such as the Religious Orientation Scale, the Centrality of Religiosity Scale, the Duke University Religion Index, and measures of religious coping, as well as to the problem of their cultural adaptation for Muslim populations. The strengths and limitations of each group of methods Copyright: © 2026 by the authors. are compared, and ethical issues specific to research on religious beliefs are Submitted for open access publication examined. The author concludes that methodological pluralism and cultural under the terms and conditions of the sensitivity are necessary conditions for the development of the psychology of religion in Uzbekistan. Creative Commons Attribution