The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion: The Development of an Academic Society
In the nearly quarter century since its founding, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) has become a leading forum of interdisciplinary and international scope for scholars interested in the study of religion. This essay, based primarily upon materials in the Society's archive...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
1974
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Review of religious research
Year: 1974, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 137-151 |
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| Summary: | In the nearly quarter century since its founding, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) has become a leading forum of interdisciplinary and international scope for scholars interested in the study of religion. This essay, based primarily upon materials in the Society's archives, attempts to provide a history of the Society's development. Yet beyond the task of recording such a history are important questions about the meanings and purposes of this kind of organization. In recent years there has been much discussion of the relationships between the various academic societies involved in the study of religion, the similarities and differences in the goals of these organizations, and especially questions pertaining to the different constituencies served by them. A second purpose of this essay, then, is to examine the role these kinds of issues have played in the life of the Society. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3510108 |