Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

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.

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Abbreviation	SSSR
Formation	1949
Type	Learned society
President	Laura Olson
Website	sssreligion.org
Formerly called	Committee for the Social Scientific Study of Religion Committee for the Scientific Study of Religion

Presidents

• 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
• 2014–2015: Fenggang Yang[21]
• 2018: Korie L. Edwards[22]
• 2019: Elaine Howard Ecklund[23]
• 2019–present: Laura Olson[24][25]

See also

• 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

References

Footnotes

1. Glock 2000, p. 423; Nelsen 1998b.
2. "History". Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
3. Glock 1998c, p. 356.
4. Glock 1998b.
5. Glock 2000, p. 425.
6. Moberg 2000, p. 405; Newman 1974, p. 142.
7. Moberg 2000, p. 420.
8. Glock 1998a.
9. Karlenzig 1998, p. 52.
10. Mauss 1998.
11. Morris 1998.
12. Dittes 2000, p. 427; Hood 1998.
13. Davidson 1998, p. 125.
14. Shibley 1998b, p. 251.
15. Bromley 1998, p. 221.
16. Shibley 1998a.
17. Nelsen 1998a, p. 291.
18. Barker 1995, p. 287.
19. McKinney 1998, p. 439.
20. Newman 1998.
21. "Fenggang Yang". West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
22. Edwards 2019.
23. 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.
24. "Offices & Committees". Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
25. 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.

Bibliography

• 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.
• 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. 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.
• 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. 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. 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.
•  ———  (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

• D'Antonio, William V. (2000). "SSSR: The Stabilizing Years, 1970–1976". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 39 (4): 431–432. 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.

External links

• Official website