Religious Research Association

Religious Research Association
AbbreviationRRA
FormationJune 21, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-06-21)
Membership (2016)
312[1]
President
Patricia Wittberg
Executive officer
Kevin Dougherty
Websiterraweb.org Edit this at Wikidata
Formerly called
Religious Research Fellowship

The Religious Research Association (RRA) is an association of researchers and religious professionals.[2][3]

It was created in 1951 as the Religious Research Fellowship, although it existed informally as far back as the 1920s as a partnership between the Institute of Social and Religious Research and the Federal Council of Churches.[2] Since 1958, it has held an annual lecture series in the name of H. Paul Douglass.[4] Since the 1970s, it has met annually with the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.[3]

It publishes the Review of Religious Research four times a year (September, December, March, and June).[3][5] It contains articles, book reviews and reports on research projects.[5]

  1. ^ "RRA Strategic Plan | Religious Research Association".
  2. ^ a b Official website
  3. ^ a b c Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
  4. ^ Jeffrey K. Hadden, 'H. Paul Douglass: His Perspective and Work', in Review of Religious Research, Vol. 22, No. 1 (September): 66-88 [1]
  5. ^ a b "Journal". Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2012.