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. 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. (See Hoesly and nondenominationals, for example, as gleaned from the references — one of Hoesly's texts: “‘Need a Minister? [...]").
Presidents
1954–1955: Prentiss Pemberton 1955–1956: Horace Kallen Richard McCann 1959: James Luther Adams 1961: Horace Kallen 1962–1963: Horace L. Friess 1966–1967: Peter L. Berger 1967–1968: Charles Y. Glock 1970–1971: Joseph H. Fichter – : James E. Dittes 1978–1979: William V. D'Antonio 1980–1981: Guy Benton Johnson 1983–1984: Jeffrey K. Hadden 1985: Phillip E. Hammond 1988–1989: Meredith B. McGuire Donald Eric Capps 1993: Eileen Barker 1996–1997: Wade Clark Roof 1998–1999: Nicholas Jay Demerath III 2000-2001: Robert Wuthnow Michele Dillon 2009: Mark Chaves 2011: James A. Beckford 2012: Rhys H. Williams 2014: James T. Richardson 2014–2015: 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 Martí
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
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