The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (founded in 1949)[1] was formed to advance research in the social scientific perspective on religious institutions and experiences.[2] The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by the society to provide a forum for empirical papers in the topic area.
| Abbreviation | SSSR |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1949 |
| Type | Learned society |
President | Laura Olson |
| Website | sssreligion |
Formerly called |
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Presidents
edit- 1954–1955: Prentiss Pemberton[3]
- 1955–1956: Horace Kallen[4]
- Richard McCann[5]
- 1959: James Luther Adams[6]
- 1961: Horace Kallen[7]
- 1962–1963: Horace L. Friess[8]
- 1966–1967: Peter L. Berger[9]
- 1967–1968: Charles Y. Glock[10]
- 1970–1971: Joseph H. Fichter[11]
- c. 1971 – c. 1973: James E. Dittes[12]
- 1978–1979: William V. D'Antonio[13]
- 1980–1981: Guy Benton Johnson[14]
- 1983–1984: Jeffrey K. Hadden[15]
- 1985: Phillip E. Hammond[16]
- 1988–1989: Meredith B. McGuire[17]
- Donald Eric Capps
- 1993: Eileen Barker[18]
- 1996–1997: Wade Clark Roof[19]
- 1998–1999: Nicholas Jay Demerath III[20]
- Michele Dillon
- 2009: Mark Chaves[21]
- 2011: James A. Beckford[22]
- 2012: Rhys H. Williams[23]
- 2014: James T. Richardson[24]
- 2014–2015: Fenggang Yang[25]
- 2018: Korie Little Edwards[26]
- 2019: Elaine Howard Ecklund[27][28]
- 2020: Laura Olson[29][30]
- 2021: Prema Kurien[31]
- 2022: R. Khari Brown[32]
- 2023: Kraig Beyerlein
- 2024: Gerardo Martí
See also
editReferences
editFootnotes
editBibliography
edit- Barker, Eileen (1995). "The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must Be Joking!". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 34 (3): 287–310. 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. 221–222. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- Davidson, James D. (1998). D'Antonio, William V. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 125–126. 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): 427–429. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2000.tb00005.x. ISSN 1468-5906. JSTOR 1388076.
- Edwards, Korie L. (2019). "Presidential Address: Religion and Power – A Return to the Roots of Social Scientific Scholarship". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 58 (1): 5–19. 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.
- ——— (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.
- ——— (1998c). "Pemberton, Prentiss L.". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ——— (2000). "Remembrances of Things Past: SSSR's Formative Years". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 423–426. 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. 52–54. 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. 439–440. 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 (1944–1973) of the RRA and SSSR". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 401–421. 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. 291–292. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ——— (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): 137–151. doi:10.2307/3510108. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3510108.
- ——— (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.
- ——— (1998b). "Johnson, Guy Benton". In Swatos, William H. Jr. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. pp. 251–252. ISBN 978-0-7619-8956-1. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
Further reading
edit- D'Antonio, William V. (2000). "SSSR: The Stabilizing Years, 1970–1976". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 431–432. 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): 128–136. doi:10.2307/3510107. ISSN 0034-673X. JSTOR 3510107.
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