Association for the Sociology of Religion

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| abbreviation = ASR

| formation = {{start date and age|1938}}

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| founding_location = Chicago, Illinois, US

| type = Learned society

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| status = 501(c)(6) organization

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| location_country = United States

| field = Sociology of religion

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| membership_year = 2019

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Tricia Bruce

| leader_title2 = Executive officer

| leader_name2 = Rachel Kraus

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The Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) is an academic association with more than 700 members worldwide. It publishes a journal, Sociology of Religion, and holds meetings at the same venues and times as the American Sociological Association.{{cite book|last=Swatos|first=William H.|author2=Kivisto, Peter|title=Encyclopedia of religion and society|publisher=Rowman Altamira|year=1998|isbn=978-0-7619-8956-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6TMFoMFe-D8C&dq=%22association+for+the+sociology+of+religion%22&pg=PA221|accessdate=19 December 2009}}

History

The ASR was founded by Catholic sociologists in Chicago in 1938 as the American Catholic Sociological Society. The organization adopted its present name in 1970, reflecting changes in the Vatican's policy that led to greater openness towards other faiths. It has long since become a base for sociological research on religion without regard to belief, creed, or religious orientation.

Activities

The association publishes a journal, Sociology of Religion, as well as a quarterly newsletter. It is the co-publisher of an annual series entitled Religion and the Social Order. The association provides research grants.

The ASR, which has over 700 members worldwide, continues its historical practice of holding its meetings at the same venues and times as the American Sociological Association, allowing mutual cross-fertilization between the two associations. Past presidents of the ASR include David G. Bromley,{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=James R.|author-link=James R. Lewis (scholar)|title=The Oxford handbook of new religious movements|publisher=Oxford University Press US|year=2004|pages=xi|isbn=978-0-19-514986-9}} James T. Richardson,{{cite book|last=Bromley|first=David G.|author-link=David G. Bromley|title=Teaching new religious movements|publisher=Oxford University Press US|year=2007|pages=x|isbn=978-0-19-517729-9}} Eileen Barker{{cite book|last=Beckford |first=James A.|author-link=James A. Beckford|author2=Richardson, James T. |authorlink2=James Richardson (sociologist) |title=Challenging Religion: Essays in Honour of Eileen Barker|url=https://archive.org/details/challengingrelig00beck |url-access=limited |publisher=Routledge|year=2003|pages=[https://archive.org/details/challengingrelig00beck/page/n18 5]|isbn=978-0-415-30948-6}} Benton Johnson,{{cite book|last=Swatos |first=William H. |author2=Peter Kivisto |title=Encyclopedia of Religion and Society |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |place=Latham, Maryland |year=1998 |pages=251–252 |isbn=978-0-7619-8956-1 }} and Christopher G. Ellison.{{Cite web |title=Ellison, Christopher |url=https://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/biomedical-sciences/faculty/profile/64891/Ellison%252C-Christopher |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=UT Health San Antonio |language=en-US}}

Presidents

1938: Ralph A. Gallagher
1939: Raymond W. Murray
1940: Paul J. Mundie
1941: Francis J. Friedel
1942: Walter L. Willigan
1943: Eva J. Ross
1944: Paul Hanly Furfey
1945: Gerald J. Schnepp
1946: Alphonse H. Clemens
1947: Leo J. Robinson
1948: Franz Mueller
1949: Robert B. Navin
1950: Clement S. Mihanovich
1951: Thomas P. Harte
1952: John J. Kane
1953: Joseph P. Fitzpatrick
1954: C. J. Neuse
1955: M. Jeanine Gruesser
1956: D. Augustine McCaffrey
1957: Allen Spitzer
1958: John D. Donovan
1959: Mary Edward Healy
1960: John L. Thomas
1961: Jack H. Curtis
1962: Frances Jerome Woods
1963: John E. Hughes
1964: Paul Facey
1965: Paul Mundy
1966: Andrew Greeley
1967: Donald N. Barrett
1968: Gordon Zahn
1969: Robert J. McNamara
1970: Paul Reiss
1971: Ralph Lane Jr.
1972: Marie Augusta Neal
1973: Thomas P. Imse
1974: William H. Jarrett
1975: Ruth A. Wallace
1976: John L. Thomas
1977: David O. Moberg
1978: Thomas M. Gannon
1979: Jeffrey K. Hadden
1980: Carroll J. Bourg
1981: Hart M. Nelsen
1982: Meredith B. McGuire
1983: Rodney Stark
1984: Patrick H. McNamara
1985: William R. Garrett
1986: James T. Richardson
1987: Benton Johnson
1988: Roland Robertson
1989: James A. Beckford
1990: Helen Rose Ebaugh
1991: Theodore E. Long
1992: Edward C. Lehman
1993: William V. D'Antonio
1994: David G. Bromley
1995: John H. Simpson
1996: Nancy Ammerman
1997: R. Stephen Warner
1998: James R. Kelly
1999: Nancy Nason-Clark
2000: José Casanova
2001: Anthony J. Blasi
2002: Eileen Barker
2003: Grace Davie
2004: Joseph B. Tamney
2005: N. J. Demerath III
2006: Kevin J. Christiano
2007: James D. Davidson
2008: Mary Jo Neitz
2009: Michele Dillon
2010: Rhys H. Williams
2011: Peter Beyer
2012: Roger Finke
2013: Fred Kniss
2014: Christopher G. Ellison
2015: Melissa J. Wilde
2016: Lori G. Beaman
2017: Michael O. Emerson
2018: Daniel V.A. Olson
2019: Paula Nesbitt
2020–2021: James C. Cavendish
2022: James Spickard
2023: Gerardo Martí
2024: Grace Yukich
2025: Tricia Bruce

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Organizations established in 1938

Category:Sociological organizations