Religious Research Association

Religious Research AssociationAbbreviation| RRA

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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]

## Presidents

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* 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

## See also

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* Religion portal

* American Academy of Religion
* Association for the Sociology of Religion

## References

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1. ^ "RRA Strategic Plan | Religious Research Association".
2. ^ a b Official website
3. ^ a b c Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
4. ^ Jeffrey K. Hadden, 'H. Paul Douglass: His Perspective and Work', in Review of Religious Research, Vol. 22, No. 1 (September): 66-88 [1]
5. ^ a b "Journal". Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2012.

## External links

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* Official website

Authority control databases

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* ISNI
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* United States
* Czech Republic
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* Israel

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* IdRef

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