Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Religious studies organization
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The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (was founded at Harvard University in 1949) was formed to advance research in the social scientific perspective on religious institutions and experiences.[1][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. On the society's home page, it is clear that they promote interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration - with organizations etc. - carried out by prominent members.[3][4] (See Hoesly and nondenominationals, for example, as gleaned from the references[5] — one of Hoesly's texts: “‘Need a Minister? [...]"[6]).
SSSR was founded at Harvard University in 1949 as the Committee for the Social Scientific Study of Religion | |
| Abbreviation | SSSR |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1949 |
| Type | Learned society |
President | Ruth Braunstein |
| Website | sssreligion |
Formerly called |
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Presidents
- 1954–1955: Prentiss Pemberton[7]
- 1955–1956: Horace Kallen[8]
- Richard McCann[9]
- 1959: James Luther Adams[10]
- 1961: Horace Kallen[11]
- 1962–1963: Horace L. Friess[12]
- 1966–1967: Peter L. Berger[13]
- 1967–1968: Charles Y. Glock[14]
- 1970–1971: Joseph H. Fichter[15]
- c. 1971 – c. 1973: James E. Dittes[16]
- 1978–1979: William V. D'Antonio[17]
- 1980–1981: Guy Benton Johnson[18]
- 1983–1984: Jeffrey K. Hadden[19]
- 1985: Phillip E. Hammond[20]
- 1988–1989: Meredith B. McGuire[21]
- Donald Eric Capps
- 1993: Eileen Barker[22]
- 1996–1997: Wade Clark Roof[23]
- 1998–1999: Nicholas Jay Demerath III[24]
- 2000-2001: Robert Wuthnow
- Michele Dillon
- 2009: Mark Chaves[25]
- 2011: James A. Beckford[26]
- 2012: Rhys H. Williams[27]
- 2014: James T. Richardson[28]
- 2014–2015: Fenggang Yang[29]
- 2018: Korie Little Edwards[30]
- 2019: Elaine Howard Ecklund[31][32]
- 2020: Laura Olson[33][34]
- 2021: Prema Kurien[35]
- 2022: R. Khari Brown[36]
- 2023: Kraig Beyerlein
- 2024: Gerardo Martí
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