Religious Research Association

The Religious Research Association (RRA) is an association of researchers and religious professionals.Official websiteEncyclopedia of Religion and Society

It was created in 1951 as the Religious Research Fellowship, although it existed informally as far back as the 1920s as a partnership between the Institute of Social and Religious Research and the Federal Council of Churches. Since 1958, it has held an annual lecture series in the name of H. Paul Douglass.Jeffrey K. Hadden, 'H. Paul Douglass: His Perspective and Work', in Review of Religious Research, Vol. 22, No. 1 (September): 66-88 Since the 1970s, it has met annually with the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

It publishes the Review of Religious Research four times a year (September, December, March, and June). It contains articles, book reviews and reports on research projects.

Presidents

1959–1961: Lauris B. Whitman 1962–1964: Walter Kloetzli 1965–1966: Paul Mundy 1967–1970: George W. Kaslow Jr. 1971–1973: Thomas M. Gannon 1974–1975: Earl D. C. Brewer 1976–1977: Ross P. Scherer 1978–1979: Barbara J. W. Hargrove 1980: Dean R. Hoge 1981: G. Douglass Lewis 1982: David O. Moberg 1983: Jackson W. Carroll 1984: William McKinney 1984–1986: Constant H. Jacquet 1986–1988: Hart M. Nelsen 1988–1990: James D. Davidson Jr. 1990–1992: Wade Clark Roof 1992–1994: Peggy L. Shriver 1994–1996: Benton Johnson 1996–1998: Carl S. Dudley 1998–2000: Edward C. Lehman Jr. 2000–2002: Doyle Paul Johnson 2002–2004: Nancy Nason-Clark 2004–2006: Daniel V. A. Olson 2006–2008: C. Kirk Hadaway 2008–2010: Keith Wulff 2010–2012: John P. Bartkowski 2012–2014: Joy Charlton 2014–2016: Jack Marcum 2016–2018: Scott Thumma 2018–2020: Patricia Wittberg 2020–2022: Melinda Denton 2023–??: Elaine Howard Ecklund

Religious Research Association

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