Call For Proposals

We are now seeking book proposals for Religion and the Social Order book series. The series was initiated by the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR), which is an international scholarly association that seeks to advance theory and research in the sociology of religion. The aim of Religion and the Social Order is to publish edited volumes or single topic monographs that center around a particular set of current interests within the sociology of religion. It specifically aims to advance theory and research within this field of study. The series seeks to publish at least one volume per year. Under the auspices of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Religion and the Social Order has been published by Brill since 2004. Please view the full Call for Proposals. Find out more about the Manuscript Proposal Guidelines.

ASR Membership Requirement: Please remember that contributors to the series should be or are expected to become an ASR member.

General Editor

Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London

Editorial Committee

Lori Beaman, University of Ottawa, Canada
Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire, USA
David Herbert, University of Bergen, Norway
Lois Lee, University of Kent, UK
Adam Possamai, Western Sydney University
Roberta Ricucci, University of Turin, Italy
Federico Settler, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Rhys Williams, Loyola University, Chicago, USA
Melissa M. Wilcox, University of California at Riverside, USA

To order volumes at the special discounted price for ASR Members, please contact the Executive Officer of ASR.

A Brief History of the Series

The series Religion and the Social Order was initiated by the Association for the Sociology of Religion in 1991, under the General Editorship of David G. Bromley, who also edited the first volume. The initial publication contract was with JAI, which published volumes 1 to 7. After JAI shut down in the later 1990s, Volumes 8, 9, and 10 were printed by presses which JAI had found to fulfill its contractual obligations to ASR. In 2004, ASR entered into a new contract with Brill to continue publishing the series, under the General Editorship of William H. Swatos, Jr. He was succeeded by Inger Furseth in 2015 and by Abby Day in 2023.

Volumes in the Series

(Click titles to take you to the Brill website.)

• Vol 29: Dec 2024: Portrayals of Pope Francis in the Media Age
  by Damain Guzek
  Vol 28: July 2021: Shades of Gray in the Changing Religious Markets of China
  ed. by Fenggang Yang, Jonathan Pettit, and Chris White
• Vol 27: Oct 2020: Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Sociological Perspectives
  ed. by Sarah-Jane Page and Andrew K.T. Yip
• Vol 26: June 2015: Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe: Gods, Gays and Governments.
  ed. by Srdjan Sremac and R. Ruard Ganzevoort
• Vol 25: July 2015: Sociologies of Religion: National Traditions
  ed. by Anthony Blasi and Giuseppe Giordan
• Vol 24: July 2014: Religion in Times of Crisis
  ed. by Gladys Ganiel, Heidemarie Winkel, and Christophe Monnot
• Vol 23: June 2013: Testing Pluralism: Globalizing Belief, Localizing Gods
  ed. by Giuseppe Giordan and William H. Swatos
• Vol 22: Jul 2012: Mapping Religion and Spirituality in a Postsecular World
  ed. by Giuseppe Giordan and Enzo Pace
• Vol 21: Sept 2011: How Prophecy Lives
  ed. by Diana Tumminia and William H. Swatos
• Vol 20: July 2011: History, Time, Meaning, and Memory: Ideas for the Sociology of Religion
  ed. by Barbara Jones Denison
• Vol 19: July 2011: Toward a Sociological Theory of Religion and Health
  ed. by Anthony Blasi
• Vol 18: Aug 2010: Religion Crossing Boundaries: Transnational Religious and Social Dynamics in Africa and the New African Diaspora
  ed. by Afe Adogame and James Spickard
• Vol 17: Sept 2009: Conversion in the Age of Pluralism
  ed. by Giuseppe Giordan
• Vol 16: July 2008: Religion and Diversity in Canada
  ed. by Lori Beaman and Peter Beyer
• Vol 15: June 2008: North American Buddhists in Social Context
  ed. by Paul David Numrich
• Vol 14: July 2007: Vocation and Social Context
  ed. by Giuseppe Giordan
• Vol 13: July 2007: American Sociology of Religion: Histories
  ed. by Anthony Blasi
• Vol 12: July 2006: On the Road to Being There: Studies in Pilgrimage and Tourism in Late Modernity
  ed. by William H. Swatos
• Vol 11: July 2005: State, Market, and Religions in Chinese Societies
  ed. by Fenggang Yang and Joseph Tamney

Visit the Series on the Brill Website

The series’ first 10 volumes are not listed on the Brill website because they were published by (the now defunct) JAI Press. 

• Vol. 10: 2003: Defining Religion: Investigating the Boundaries Between the Sacred and Secular
  ed. by Arthur L. Greil and David G. Bromley
• Vol. 9: 2001: Toward Reflexive Ethnography: Participating, Observing, Narrating
  ed. by David G. Bromley and Lewis F. Carter
• Vol. 8: 2000: Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises
  ed. by Jeffery K. Hadden and Douglas E. Cowan
• Vol. 7: 1997: Leaving Religious Life: Patterns and Dynamics
  ed. by Mordechai Bar-Lev and William Shaffir
• Vol. 6:1996: The Issue of Authenticity
  ed. by Lewis F. Carter
• Vol. 5: 1995: Sex, Lies, and Sanctity: Religion and Deviance in Contemporary North America
  ed. by Mary Jo Neitz and Marion S. Goldman
• Vol. 4: 1994: Between Sacred and Secular: Research and Theory on Quasi-Religion
  ed. by Arthur L. Greil and Thomas Robbins
• Vol. 3: 1993: The Handbook on Cults and Sects in America
  ed. by David G. Bromley and Jeffrey K. Hadden
• Vol. 2: 1991: Vatican II and U.S. Catholicism
  ed. by Helen Rose Ebaugh
• Vol. 1: 1991: New Developments in Theory and Research
  ed. by David G. Bromley