ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

Preparations for this summer’s 82^nd Annual Meeting are in full swing.  The meeting will be held August 7-9, 2020 at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco, located in Union Square and around the corner from the ASA hotel.  We will begin with a Welcoming Reception on the evening of Friday, August 7^th.  Similar to last year, we are planning a joint Closing Reception with the ASA Religion Section for the evening of Sunday, August 9.  The Presidential Address will be given by James C. Cavendish, and the Furfey Lecture will be delivered by Kelsey Burke.  The ASA Sociology of Religion Section day is Monday, August 10^th.

The hotel reservation link, meeting registration page, and information about […]

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

The theme for this year’s annual meeting is “Communicating Religion’s Relevance.” The meeting will be held August 7-9, 2020 at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco, located in Union Square and around the corner from the ASA hotel.  Our President, James C. Cavendish, and Program Chair, Brian Starks, have promised to make this year’s meeting unique in terms of both its intellectual content and social gatherings.  We can look forward to unique Presidential sessions, our Presidential and Furfey (Kelsey Burke) lectures, and receptions.  As usual, we will begin our meeting with an Opening Night Reception on Friday, August 7, and we are working with the ASA Religion Section on another joint reception for Sunday, August […]

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

Thank you to everyone who attended our 81^th annual meeting in New York City and helped make it a great success.  I hope you all found intellectually engaging conversations, met some new people, and enjoyed NYC sites.  Highlights of this year’s meeting included Paula Nesbitt’s Presidential Address, Peter Beyer’s Furfey Lecture, “Religion in Interesting Times: Contesting Form, Function, and Future,” two joint ASR-ASA Sessions, five book salons and discussions, and a joint ASR-ASA Religion Section Reception.  The annual meeting also featured two professionalization workshops focusing on teaching sociology of religion and Louisville Institute research funding opportunities for social scientific studies of religion.  Along with our McNamara and Distinguished Article Awards, we also presented our […]

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

The theme for this year’s annual meeting is “Engaging Religion in a Contested Age.” The meeting will be held August 11-13, 2019 at the Park Central Hotel, located steps away from the ASA hotel and a few blocks from Times Square.  Our President, Paula D. Nesbitt, and Program Chair, Holly Folk, have promised to make this year’s meeting unique in terms of both its intellectual content and social gatherings.  We can look forward to two joint ASR-ASA sessions, and our Presidential and Furfey lectures and receptions.  As usual, we will begin our meeting with an Opening Night Reception on Sunday, August 11, which will include an awards ceremony recognizing the winners of the McNamara […]

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

The theme for this year’s annual meeting is “Engaging Religion in a Contested Age.” The meeting will be held August 11-13, 2019 at the Park Central Hotel, located steps away from the ASA hotel and a few blocks from Times Square.  Our President, Paula D. Nesbitt, and Program Chair, Holly Folk, have promised to make this year’s meeting unique in terms of both its intellectual content and social gatherings.  We can look forward to two joint ASR-ASA sessions, and our Presidential and Furfey lectures and receptions.  As usual, we will begin our meeting with an Opening Night Reception on Sunday, August 11, which will include an awards ceremony recognizing the winners of the McNamara […]

ASR NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rachel Kraus

In many ways, the Association for the Sociology of Religion has enjoyed much success over the past year and is in excellent shape as we enter 2019.  The planning for our 2019 meeting in New York – “Engaging Religion in a Contested Age”- is well underway, and we continue moving forward with Oxford University Press as the publisher of our journal and Gerardo Marti as its editor.

ANNUAL MEETING

The 2018 is being organized by our Program Committee, ASR 2019 President, Paula D. Nesbitt, our Program Chair, and me as your Executive Officer.  Our hotel will be the Park Central Hotel New York, located at 870 Seventh Ave., just steps away from the ASA hotel.  The area is […]

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

Thank you to everyone who attended our 80^th annual meeting in Philadelphia and helped make it a great success.  I hope you all found intellectually engaging conversations, met some new people, and enjoyed Philadelphia sites.  Highlights of this year’s meeting included Daniel V.A. Olson’s Presidential Address, Jennifer Glass’s Furfey Lecture on religion and politics, seven Author Meets Critics sessions, and four Presidential Sessions.  The annual meeting also featured two professionalization workshops focusing on teaching sociology of religion, and Louisville Institute research funding opportunities for social scientific studies of religion.  Along with our McNamara and Distinguished Article Awards, we also presented our second Lifetime Achievement Award.  Congratulations to our award winners:  Helana Darwin (McNamara Award), […]

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

Preparations for this summer’s 80^th Annual Meeting are in full swing.  The meeting will be held August 11-13, 2018 at the Sofitel Hotel in the heart of Philadelphia.  We will begin with a Welcoming Reception on the evening of Saturday, August 11^th, during which we will announce the winners of our awards and introduce our newly elected officers.  The Presidential Address will be given by Daniel V.A. Olson, and the Furfey Lecture will be delivered by Jennifer Glass.  The ASA Sociology of Religion Section day is Saturday, August 11^th.

The hotel reservation link, meeting registration page, and information about Philadelphia are available on Annual Meeting page of the ASR website, www.sociologyofreligion.com.  If you have […]

Call for Papers

Sociology of Religion Unit, 

American Academy of Religion

Denver, Colorado, November 17-20, 2018

https://papers.aarweb.org/content/sociology-religion-unit

Statement of Purpose:

The Sociology of Religion Program Unit of the American Academy of Religion serves as a bridge between religious studies and the subdiscipline of sociology of religion. The group operates as a two-way conduit to bring sociological research into the field of religious studies and to make findings in the broader study of religion available to sociologists. Through cross-fertilization transgressing disciplinary boundaries there can be breakthroughs in research in both fields. The group has a wide conception of sociology of religion. It is open to a multiplicity of approaches utilized in the discipline of sociology. We work to cultivate theoretical contributions founded upon empirical […]

ASR News & Announcements

Rachel Kraus, Executive Officer

The theme for this year’s annual meeting is “Strengthening Weak Ties to other Sociological Subdisciplines.” The meeting will be held August 11-13, 2018 at the Sofitel Philadelphia Hotel, located in the heart of downtown.  Our President, Daniel V. A. Olson, and Program Chair, Jerry Park, have promised to make this year’s meeting unique in terms of both its intellectual content and social gatherings.  We can look forward to series of Presidential Sessions focused on strengthening the intersection of the sociology of religion with other sociological disciplines.  As usual, we will begin our meeting with an Opening Night Reception on Saturday, August 11, which will include an awards ceremony recognizing the winners of the McNamara […]