Religious Research Association Abbreviation RRA Formation June 21, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-06-21 ) Membership (2016)
312[ 1] President
Patricia Wittberg Executive officer
Kevin Dougherty Website rraweb .org Formerly called
Religious Research Fellowship
The Religious Research Association (RRA ) is an association of researchers and religious professionals.[ 2] [ 3]
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 .[ 2] Since 1958, it has held an annual lecture series in the name of H. Paul Douglass .[ 4] Since the 1970s, it has met annually with the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion .[ 3]
It publishes the Review of Religious Research four times a year (September, December, March, and June).[ 3] [ 5] It contains articles, book reviews and reports on research projects.[ 5]
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
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