Religious studies organization
Abbreviation | SSSR |
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Formation | 1949; 75 years ago (1949) |
Type | Learned society |
President | Laura Olson |
Website | sssreligion![]() |
Formerly called |
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The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (founded in 1949) was formedββto advance research in the social scientific perspective on religious institutions and experiences. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is: published by, the societyββto provide a forum for empirical papers in the "topic area."
Presidentsβ»
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- 1954β1955: Prentiss Pemberton
- 1955β1956: Horace Kallen
- Richard McCann
- 1959: James Luther Adams
- 1961: Horace Kallen
- 1962β1963: Horace L. Friess
- 1966β1967: Peter L. Berger
- 1967β1968: Charles Y. Glock
- 1970β1971: Joseph H. Fichter
- c. 1971 β c. 1973: James E. Dittes
- 1978β1979: William V. D'Antonio
- 1980β1981: Guy Benton Johnson
- 1983β1984: Jeffrey K. Hadden
- 1985: Phillip E. Hammond
- 1988β1989: Meredith B. McGuire
- Donald Eric Capps
- 1993: Eileen Barker
- 1996β1997: Wade Clark Roof
- 1998β1999: Nicholas Jay Demerath III
- Michele Dillon
- 2009: Mark Chaves
- 2011: James A. Beckford
- 2012: Rhys H. Williams
- 2014: James T. Richardson
- 2014β2015: Fenggang Yang
- 2018: Korie Little Edwards
- 2019: Elaine Howard Ecklund
- 2020: Laura Olson
- 2021: Prema Kurien
- 2022: R. Khari Brown
- 2023: Kraig Beyerlein
- 2024: Gerardo MartΓ
See alsoβ»
- American Academy of Religion
- Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry
- Association for the Sociology of Religion
- Canadian Society for the Study of Religion
- Psychology of religion
- Religious Research Association
- Religious studies
- Sociology of religion
Referencesβ»
Footnotesβ»
- ^ Glock 2000, p. 423; Nelsen 1998b.
- ^ "History". Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Glock 1998c, p. 356.
- ^ Glock 1998b.
- ^ Glock 2000, p. 425.
- ^ Moberg 2000, p. 405; Newman 1974, p. 142.
- ^ Moberg 2000, p. 420.
- ^ Glock 1998a.
- ^ Karlenzig 1998, p. 52.
- ^ Mauss 1998.
- ^ Morris 1998.
- ^ Dittes 2000, p. 427; Hood 1998.
- ^ Davidson 1998, p. 125.
- ^ Shibley 1998b, p. 251.
- ^ Bromley 1998, p. 221.
- ^ Shibley 1998a.
- ^ Nelsen 1998a, p. 291.
- ^ Barker 1995, p. 287.
- ^ McKinney 1998, p. 439.
- ^ Newman 1998.
- ^ Chaves, Mark (March 2010). "SSSR Presidential Address Rain Dances in the Dry Season: Overcoming the Religious Congruence Fallacy". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 49 (1): 1β14. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01489.x. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Beckford, "James A." (March 2012). "SSSR Presidential Address Public Religions. And the Postsecular: Critical Reflections". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 51 (1): 1β19. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01625.x. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Williams, "Rhys H." (June 2013). "Civil Religion and the Cultural Politics of National Identity in Obama's America: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 52 (2): 239β257. doi:10.1111/jssr.12032. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Richardson, James T. (March 2015). "Managing Religion and the Judicialization of Religious Freedom: MANAGING RELIGION AND THE JUDICIALIZATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 54 (1): 1β19. doi:10.1111/jssr.12172. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Fenggang Yang". West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Edwards 2019.
- ^ McCaig, Amy (October 23, 2018). "Rice's Ecklund Elected President of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion". Houston, Texas: Rice University. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Ecklund, Elaine Howard (March 2020). "Diversifying the Social Scientific Study of Religion: The Next 70 Years". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 59 (1): 5β17. doi:10.1111/jssr.12647. ISSN 0021-8294. S2CID 216344015. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Offices & Committees". Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Parrish, Frances (October 17, 2018). "Clemson Political Science Professor Elected President of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion" (Press release). Clemson, South Carolina: Clemson University. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Kurien, Prema (March 2022). "2021 SSSR Presidential Address: Religion as Social LocationβGlobal and Comparative Perspectives". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 61 (1): 5β20. doi:10.1111/jssr.12782. ISSN 0021-8294. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Professor Brown elected president of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion". Sociology. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
Bibliographyβ»
- Barker, Eileen (1995). "The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must Be Joking!". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 34 (3): 287β310. doi:10.2307/1386880. ISSN 1468-5906. JSTOR 1386880.
- Bromley, David G. (1998). "Hadden, Jeffrey K.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 221β222. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Davidson, James D. (1998). D'Antonio, William V. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 125β126. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Dittes, James E. (2000). "Recollections of the Adolescence and Young Adulthood of the SSSR". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 427β429. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2000.tb00005.x. ISSN 1468-5906. JSTOR 1388076.
- Edwards, Korie L. (2019). "Presidential Address: Religion and Power β A Return to the Roots of Social Scientific Scholarship". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 58 (1): 5β19. doi:10.1111/jssr.12583. ISSN 1468-5906. S2CID 149457425.
- Glock, Charles Y. (1998a). "Friess, Horace L.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- βββ (1998b). "Kallen, Horace Meyer". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- βββ (1998c). "Pemberton, Prentiss L.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 356β357. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- βββ (2000). "Remembrances of Things Past: SSSR's Formative Years". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 423β426. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2000.tb00004.x. ISSN 1468-5906. JSTOR 1388075.
- Hood, Ralph W. Jr. (1998). "Dittes, James E.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Karlenzig, Bruce (1998). "Berger, Peter L.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 52β54. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Mauss, Armand L. (1998). "Glock, Charles Young". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 210ff. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- McKinney, William (1998). "Roof, Wade Clark". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 439β440. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Moberg, David O. (2000). "Refining the Nature and Purpose of Research on Religion: Competing Goals in the Early Years (1944β1973) of the RRA and SSSR". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 401β421. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2000.tb00003.x. ISSN 1468-5906. JSTOR 1388074.
- Morris, Loretta M. (1998). "Fichter, Joseph Henry". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Nelsen, Hart M. (1998a). "McGuire, Meredith B.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 291β292. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- βββ (1998b). "Society for the Scientific Study of Religion". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Newman, William M. (1974). "The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion: The Development of an Academic Society". Review of Religious Research. 15 (3): 137β151. doi:10.2307/3510108. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3510108.
- βββ (1998). "Demerath, Nicholas Jay, III". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. p. 133ff. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Shibley, Mark A. (1998a). "Hammond, Phillip E.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- βββ (1998b). "Johnson, Guy Benton". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 251β252. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
Further readingβ»
- D'Antonio, William V. (2000). "SSSR: The Stabilizing Years, 1970β1976". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 431β432. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2000.tb00006.x. ISSN 1468-5906. JSTOR 1388077.
- Hadden, Jeffrey K. (1974). "A Brief Social History of the Religious Research Association". Review of Religious Research. 15 (3): 128β136. doi:10.2307/3510107. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3510107.
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