Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (founded in 1949) was formed to advance research in the social scientific perspective on religious institutions and experiences. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by the society to provide a forum for empirical papers in the topic area.

Presidents

 * 1954–1955: Prentiss Pemberton
 * 1955–1956: Horace Kallen
 * Richard McCann
 * 1959: James Luther Adams
 * 1961: Horace Kallen
 * 1962–1963: Horace L. Friess
 * 1966–1967: Peter L. Berger
 * 1967–1968: Charles Y. Glock
 * 1970–1971: Joseph H. Fichter
 * c. 1971 – c. 1973: James E. Dittes
 * 1978–1979: William V. D'Antonio
 * 1980–1981: Guy Benton Johnson
 * 1983–1984: Jeffrey K. Hadden
 * 1985: Phillip E. Hammond
 * 1988–1989: Meredith B. McGuire
 * Donald Eric Capps
 * 1993: Eileen Barker
 * 1996–1997: Wade Clark Roof
 * 1998–1999: Nicholas Jay Demerath III
 * Michele Dillon
 * 2009: Mark Chaves
 * 2011: James A. Beckford
 * 2012: Rhys H. Williams
 * 2014: James T. Richardson
 * 2014–2015: Fenggang Yang
 * 2018: Korie Little Edwards
 * 2019: Elaine Howard Ecklund
 * 2020: Laura Olson
 * 2021: Prema Kurien
 * 2022: R. Khari Brown
 * 2023: Kraig Beyerlein
 * 2024: Gerardo Martí