RELIGION AND THE SOCIAL ORDER

A Book Series from Brill Academic Publishers and the Association for the Sociology of Religion

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, Kingston University London, UK
Juan Marco Vaggione, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
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

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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