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Sociology of Religion, the official journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, is published quarterly for the purpose of advancing scholarship in the sociological study of religion. The journal publishes original (not previously published) work of exceptional quality and interest without regard to substantive focus, theoretical orientation, or methodological approach. Although theoretically-ambitious, empirically-grounded articles are the core of what we publish, we also welcome agenda setting essays, comments on previously published works, critical reflections on the research act, and interventions into substantive areas or theoretical debates intended to push the field ahead.
Sociology of Religion has published work by renowned scholars from Nancy Ammerman to Robert Wuthnow. Robert Bellah, Niklas Luhmann, Talcott Parsons, and Pitirim Sorokin all published in the pages of this journal. More recently, articles published in Sociology of Religion have won the ASA Religion Section’s Distinguished Article Award (Rhys Williams in 2000) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s Distinguished Article Award (Matthew Lawson in 2000 and Fred Kniss in 1998). Building on this legacy, Sociology of Religion aspires to be the premier English-language publication for sociological scholarship on religion and an essential source for agenda-setting work in the field.
WHAT'S NEW. . .
*The Association for the Sociology of Religion is seeking applications for the position of Editor of Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review. The new editor will begin receiving new submissions in 2010, and will be responsible for the issues published in the three years from 2011-2013. More information is here.
*Sociology of Religion is now being published by Oxford Journals. Submissions must be made through Manuscript Central, our online submission system, located at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/socrel. New "Instructions for Authors" are also availble HERE.
*Visit our new website at Oxford Journals: http://socrel.oxfordjournals.org
*PDF download of Mark Chaves and Shawna L. Anderson's "Continuity and Change in American Congregations: Introducing the Second Wave of the National Congregations Study" from the Winter 2008 issue. Supplemental appendices are also available on the "Previous Contents" page.
*The full 2007-2008 editor's report is now available. You can also view a one-page tabular summary of our editorial activity. From July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, our acceptance rate was 15-17 percent and average editorial lag time was 12-14 weeks.
*Two new associate editors have been appointed to our editorial board.
*Meet our staff
Beginning in 2009, Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review will be published by Oxford Journals.
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