The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (founded in 1949) was formed to advance

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

in the

social scientific Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

perspective on

religious institutions Religious activities generally need some infrastructure to be conducted. For this reason, there generally exist religion-supporting organizations, which are some form of organization that manages: * the upkeep of places of worship, such as ...

and experiences. The ''

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion The ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'' (''JSSR'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell in the United States under the auspices of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, dedicated to p ...

'' is published by the society to provide a forum for empirical papers in the topic area.

Presidents

* 1954–1955: Prentiss Pemberton * 1955–1956:

Horace Kallen Horace Meyer Kallen (August 11, 1882 – February 16, 1974) was a German-born American philosopher who supported pluralism and Zionism. Biography Horace Meyer Kallen was born on August 11, 1882, in the town of Bernstadt, Prussian Silesia (now Bi ...

* Richard McCann * 1959:

James Luther Adams James Luther Adams (1901–1994), an American professor at Harvard Divinity School, Andover Newton Theological School, and Meadville Lombard Theological School, and a Unitarianism, Unitarian Parish#Ecclesiastical parish, parish minister, was the ...

* 1961:

* 1962–1963:

Horace L. Friess Horace L. Friess (March 4, 1900 – October 12, 1975) was an American ethicist. He was the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Human Relations at Columbia University, and a Guggenheim Fellow. Early life Friess was born on March 4, 1900 in New Yor ...

* 1966–1967:

Peter L. Berger Peter Ludwig Berger (17 March 1929 – 27 June 2017) was an Austrian-born American sociologist and Protestant theologian. Berger became known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, study of modernization, and theor ...

* 1967–1968:

Charles Y. Glock Charles Young Glock (October 17, 1919 – October 19, 2018) was an American sociologist whose work focuses on sociology of religion and survey research. Biography and academic background Charles Glock was born in the Bronx, New York in 1919. ...

* 1970–1971: Joseph H. Fichter * – : James E. Dittes * 1978–1979:

William V. D'Antonio William Vincent D'Antonio (born February 7, 1926) is an Italian-American sociologist and educator. His contributions, to these fields include 12 book publications and numerous articles published in professional journals and newspapers. He was t ...

* 1980–1981:

Guy Benton Johnson Guy B. Johnson (February 28, 1901 – March 23, 1991) was an American sociologist and social anthropologist. He was a distinguished student of black culture in the rural South and a pioneer advocate of racial equality. Life Johnson was born in C ...

* 1983–1984:

Jeffrey K. Hadden Jeffrey K. Hadden (1937–2003) was an American professor of sociology. He began his teaching career at Western Reserve University and then at the University of Virginia commencing in 1972. Hadden earned his Ph.D. in 1963 at the University of Wis ...

* 1985: Phillip E. Hammond * 1988–1989: Meredith B. McGuire *

Donald Eric Capps Donald Eric Capps (January 30, 1939 – August 26, 2015) was an American theologian and William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Biography Donald Eric Capps was born in Omaha, Nebraska. After studyin ...

* 1993:

Eileen Barker Eileen Vartan Barker (born 21 April 1938, in Edinburgh, UK) is a professor in sociology, an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a consultant to that institution's Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is the chairpe ...

* 1996–1997: Wade Clark Roof * 1998–1999: Nicholas Jay Demerath III * Michele Dillon * 2014–2015:

Fenggang Yang Fenggang Yang (; born 1962) is professor of sociology and founding director of thCenter on Religion and Chinese Societyat Purdue University. He was elected and served as the president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in 2014–15 ...

* 2018: Korie L. Edwards * 2019:

Elaine Howard Ecklund Elaine Howard Ecklund is the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology in the Rice University Department of Sociology, director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice, and a Rice scholar at the James ...

* 2019–present: Laura Olson

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