Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)
@sssreligion.bsky.social
The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that promotes & communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949. sssreligion.org Flagship publication: JSSR @jssreligion.bsky.social
📖 The nomination period for the SSSR 2026 Distinguished Book Award is now open.
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
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The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
📖 The nomination period for the SSSR 2026 Distinguished Book Award is now open.
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
Congratulations to SSSR member Lori G. Beaman who was named the 2024-2025 Distinguished University Professor @uottawa.ca. Beaman holds the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity & Social Change, and directs the @nonreligioncf.bsky.social (NCF) Project.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Congratulations to SSSR member Lori G. Beaman who was named the 2024-2025 Distinguished University Professor @uottawa.ca. Beaman holds the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity & Social Change, and directs the @nonreligioncf.bsky.social (NCF) Project.
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Congratulations to Margot Dazey @cnrs.fr winner of the 2025 Distinguished Book Award - Honorable Mention for 'Respectable Muslims: Morals and Manners of Minority Citizens in France,' published by @universitypress.cambridge.org #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Congratulations to Margot Dazey @cnrs.fr winner of the 2025 Distinguished Book Award - Honorable Mention for 'Respectable Muslims: Morals and Manners of Minority Citizens in France,' published by @universitypress.cambridge.org #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
Congratulations to Professor David T. Buckley winner of the Distinguished Book Award ➡️ Honorable Mention for 'Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration,' published by @columbiaup.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Congratulations to Professor David T. Buckley winner of the Distinguished Book Award ➡️ Honorable Mention for 'Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration,' published by @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Professor Samuel L. Perry, winner of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Book Award for 'Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion,' published by Oxford University Press.
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Congratulations to Professor Samuel L. Perry, winner of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Book Award for 'Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion,' published by Oxford University Press.
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
Job alert 📣 Department of Religious Studies - tenure track appointment, rank of Assistant Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Application period opens November 12 and will continue until the position is filled. recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Job alert 📣 Department of Religious Studies - tenure track appointment, rank of Assistant Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Application period opens November 12 and will continue until the position is filled. recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...
Join us for Sunday RRA Coffee in the Atrium as we dive into the final day of the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting. Session topics range from 'Theological Education: Past/Present/Future' and 'Sustaining Political Power,' to 'Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy,' and many more.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join us for Sunday RRA Coffee in the Atrium as we dive into the final day of the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting. Session topics range from 'Theological Education: Past/Present/Future' and 'Sustaining Political Power,' to 'Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy,' and many more.
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Good morning Minneapolis! The #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting begins today with a full weekend of plenary sessions, receptions, networking events and papers exploring this year’s theme “Religion Matters.”
Full program. ⬇️ #Research #SocialScience #Religion
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Full program. ⬇️ #Research #SocialScience #Religion
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October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Good morning Minneapolis! The #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting begins today with a full weekend of plenary sessions, receptions, networking events and papers exploring this year’s theme “Religion Matters.”
Full program. ⬇️ #Research #SocialScience #Religion
sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
Full program. ⬇️ #Research #SocialScience #Religion
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Religion Matters. ➡️ Are you attending the Annual Meeting October 31 - November 2, 2025 in Minneapolis? Follow us and join the conversation on social media. Use #SSSR_RRA2025 & tag our accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, Bluesky and X.
Find links at the bottom of our landing page ⬇️⬇️ sssreligion.org
Find links at the bottom of our landing page ⬇️⬇️ sssreligion.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Religion Matters. ➡️ Are you attending the Annual Meeting October 31 - November 2, 2025 in Minneapolis? Follow us and join the conversation on social media. Use #SSSR_RRA2025 & tag our accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, Bluesky and X.
Find links at the bottom of our landing page ⬇️⬇️ sssreligion.org
Find links at the bottom of our landing page ⬇️⬇️ sssreligion.org
This year's Presidential Address 'Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics' will be delivered by Ruth Braunstein during the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting. The Plenary Session & SSSR Awards Ceremony will be held Nov. 1, from 5:45 PM to 7 PM. #Religion
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October 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This year's Presidential Address 'Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics' will be delivered by Ruth Braunstein during the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting. The Plenary Session & SSSR Awards Ceremony will be held Nov. 1, from 5:45 PM to 7 PM. #Religion
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Congratulations to Dr. David Eagle, who was appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion @jssreligion.bsky.social, our flagship publication. Dr. Eagle will assume the role in Jan 2026, succeeding Dr. Korie Little. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Congratulations to Dr. David Eagle, who was appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion @jssreligion.bsky.social, our flagship publication. Dr. Eagle will assume the role in Jan 2026, succeeding Dr. Korie Little. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Job alert ➡️ Assistant Professor of Religion,Medicine, & Healing @utoronto.ca (tenure stream).Research/teaching of religion, medicine, & healing in cultural/political contexts using historical, ethnographic, and/or textual/media studies methods, Apply by Nov 6, 2025. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
October 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Job alert ➡️ Assistant Professor of Religion,Medicine, & Healing @utoronto.ca (tenure stream).Research/teaching of religion, medicine, & healing in cultural/political contexts using historical, ethnographic, and/or textual/media studies methods, Apply by Nov 6, 2025. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
SSSR Members ➡️ Time to complete your registration for the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting and reserve your hotel room. We look forward to welcoming all to Minneapolis October 31 - November 2, 2025.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
SSSR Members ➡️ Time to complete your registration for the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting and reserve your hotel room. We look forward to welcoming all to Minneapolis October 31 - November 2, 2025.
✍️Registration sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
🏨Hotel Info: sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
✍️Registration sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
🏨Hotel Info: sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
Congratulations to SSSR member Jocelyne Cesari, named as one of the winners of the Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award given by the American Political Science Association, Religion and Politics Section. @apsareligion.bsky.social #Religion #Research connect.apsanet.org/s11/2025-rel...
September 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations to SSSR member Jocelyne Cesari, named as one of the winners of the Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award given by the American Political Science Association, Religion and Politics Section. @apsareligion.bsky.social #Religion #Research connect.apsanet.org/s11/2025-rel...
Join us for 'Leaving Orthodoxy,' Sept. 18, 12-1:30 PM ET. Co-hosted with the ASSJ, webinar speakers include Moshe Krakowski (Yeshiva University), Bethany Gull (Utah Tech University) & Cory Anderson (Penn State University).
➡️Register by Sept 17 via email to: office@sssreligion.org to receive link
➡️Register by Sept 17 via email to: office@sssreligion.org to receive link
September 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join us for 'Leaving Orthodoxy,' Sept. 18, 12-1:30 PM ET. Co-hosted with the ASSJ, webinar speakers include Moshe Krakowski (Yeshiva University), Bethany Gull (Utah Tech University) & Cory Anderson (Penn State University).
➡️Register by Sept 17 via email to: office@sssreligion.org to receive link
➡️Register by Sept 17 via email to: office@sssreligion.org to receive link
The Nonreligion in a Complex Future project is hosting a fall webinar series, starting on Sept 17 with the new book event 'Occasional Religious Practice: Valuing a Very Ordinary Religious Experience' (OUP, 2025), with author Sarah Kathleen Johnson.
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August 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The Nonreligion in a Complex Future project is hosting a fall webinar series, starting on Sept 17 with the new book event 'Occasional Religious Practice: Valuing a Very Ordinary Religious Experience' (OUP, 2025), with author Sarah Kathleen Johnson.
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nonreligionproject.ca/upcoming-eve...
The preliminary program for the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting happening October 31-November 2, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is now available. Explore the wide spectrum of topics around this year's theme: Religion Matters.
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ #Religion #SocialScience
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⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ #Religion #SocialScience
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August 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The preliminary program for the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting happening October 31-November 2, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is now available. Explore the wide spectrum of topics around this year's theme: Religion Matters.
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ #Religion #SocialScience
www.sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ #Religion #SocialScience
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Many #SociologyOfReligion conversations and more happening around the theme 'Religion and Resilience' this weekend at the ASR Annual Conference in Chicago. Check out the program ⬇️
@ntammerman.bsky.social @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @gerardomarti.bsky.social
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@ntammerman.bsky.social @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @gerardomarti.bsky.social
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August 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Many #SociologyOfReligion conversations and more happening around the theme 'Religion and Resilience' this weekend at the ASR Annual Conference in Chicago. Check out the program ⬇️
@ntammerman.bsky.social @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @gerardomarti.bsky.social
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@ntammerman.bsky.social @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @gerardomarti.bsky.social
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Our flagship publication the @jssreligion.bsky.social is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes articles, research notes, & book reviews on the social scientific study of #Religion.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our flagship publication the @jssreligion.bsky.social is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes articles, research notes, & book reviews on the social scientific study of #Religion.
📧 Sign up to receive email alerts when new issues are published.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468...
📧 Sign up to receive email alerts when new issues are published.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468...
Job opportunity ➡️ The Department of Religious Studies at @depauluniversity.bsky.social invites applicants for a (tenure-track) position, Assistant Professor rank. Specialization: Contemporary Islam in the Americas. Apply by October 1, 2025. apply.interfolio.com/169330
August 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Job opportunity ➡️ The Department of Religious Studies at @depauluniversity.bsky.social invites applicants for a (tenure-track) position, Assistant Professor rank. Specialization: Contemporary Islam in the Americas. Apply by October 1, 2025. apply.interfolio.com/169330
The Louisville Institute is accepting applications for their 2025-2026 grant and fellowship programs ➡️ in support of religious and theological studies conducted by pastors, scholars, and researchers. Explore the details/deadlines under the programs tab. louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
July 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Louisville Institute is accepting applications for their 2025-2026 grant and fellowship programs ➡️ in support of religious and theological studies conducted by pastors, scholars, and researchers. Explore the details/deadlines under the programs tab. louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
Webinar: Understanding Charismatic Politics Today: Spiritual Authority and Political Power hosted by @prri.org
Register today for this event happening August 5th, 2025 1:00 PM (ET).
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Register today for this event happening August 5th, 2025 1:00 PM (ET).
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July 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Webinar: Understanding Charismatic Politics Today: Spiritual Authority and Political Power hosted by @prri.org
Register today for this event happening August 5th, 2025 1:00 PM (ET).
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Register today for this event happening August 5th, 2025 1:00 PM (ET).
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Take advantage of advance registration rates until July 15 for our #SSSR_RRA2025 annual meeting in Minneapolis, October 31- November 2.
Attending for the first time? A discount is available for you. Contact the executive office before registering.
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Attending for the first time? A discount is available for you. Contact the executive office before registering.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Take advantage of advance registration rates until July 15 for our #SSSR_RRA2025 annual meeting in Minneapolis, October 31- November 2.
Attending for the first time? A discount is available for you. Contact the executive office before registering.
sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
Attending for the first time? A discount is available for you. Contact the executive office before registering.
sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...
📚Prema A. Kurien's new book 'Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans' explores how Indian Americans are emerging as a "rising political force" despite not adhering to the conventional path to political influence. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
June 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📚Prema A. Kurien's new book 'Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans' explores how Indian Americans are emerging as a "rising political force" despite not adhering to the conventional path to political influence. global.oup.com/academic/pro...