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The Religious Research Association (RRA) is an association of researchers and religious professionals.
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Federal Council of Churches The Federal Council of Churches, officially the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, was an ecumenical association of Christian denominations in the United States in the early twentieth century. It represented the Anglican, Baptist, Ea ...
. 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): 66-8

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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (was founded at Harvard University in 1949) was formed to advance research in the social scientific perspective on religious institutions and experiences. The ''Journal for the Scientific Study of ...
. 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: 
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* 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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American Academy of Religion The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is the world's largest association of scholarly method, scholars in the List of academic disciplines, field of religious studies and related topics. It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a profess ...
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Association for the Sociology of Religion 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 As ...


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* 1951 establishments in the United States Learned societies of the United States Organizations established in 1951 Religious studies {{Reli-studies-stub