Nominations (including self-nominations) for the Outstanding Applied Research Award are due April 30! Do you know of a fantastic piece of research that has benefitted religious communities? Consider nominating it today! rraweb.org/outstanding-ap… Society for the Scientific Study of Religion-SSSR Boniuk Institute

The Boniuk Institute is seeking nominations for its Senior Scholar Award. Check out our website for more info: rraweb.org/nominate-for-t…

This week for The Occasional, Gina Zurlo, Ph.D. writes a fascinating piece on the present dimensions and challenges of assessing and counting missionaries globally. omsc.ptsem.edu/the-task-of-co…

What is 'transcendent accountability'? Sung Joon Jang, Brandon M. Brown, Charlotte V. O. Witvliet, Joseph Leman, Byron R. Johnson & Matt Bradshaw explain the concept and its links to political participation in this #OpenAccess JSSRjournal article. ⬇️⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/js…

A visual breakdown from our "Continuing Impact of Technology on Congregations" report. Click here to view the full analysis: covidreligionresearch.org/research/natio…

Well, it finally happened. The mainline dropped below 10% of the sample in 2022. In the 1950s, historians have said that mainliners were more than 50% of the population. They were 31% of America in 1976. 19% in 1988. 14% in 2004. 10% in 2016. And now, 9%.

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Really interesting work from Samuel Perry Josh Grubbs and Cyrus Schleifer in our Review of Religious Research: "In Our Own Image: How Americans Rate Jesus on the Ideological Spectrum" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

JOB ALERT: Want to be a postdoc associate working on a 3-campus NSF-funded project inspired by Du Bois data visualizations?? Apply to work at Princeton with frederick wherry ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 and me and an amazing team! Apply ASAP puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…

Here are the winners of the 2024 RRA election! 🎉 Board of Directors: Suzie Macaluso and Hannah Evans Nominating Committee Chair: Steve Offutt Nominating Committee Members: Joshua Tom and Thu Do We're looking forward to working with these new board members in January.

Congratulations to Erica Dollhopf, Director of the Center for Analytics, Research & Development, and Data at the United Church of Christ for receiving our 2024 Outstanding Applied Research Award! Find out more about the award here: rraweb.org/outstanding-ap… Congratulations, Erica!

Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the RRA's Jacquet research award! Jill Thornton (University of South Carolina) Lucas Sharma (UC San Diego) Dr. Nicole Fox (California State University-Sacramento) Find out more about the award here: rraweb.org/constant-h-jac…

Advance registration for our annual meeting with Society for the Scientific Study of Religion-SSSR ends July 15! Register by this date to stay on the program. rraweb.org/annual-meeting/

🚨Job alert! 🚨 Associate Research Scholar – Lake Institute on Faith & Giving rraweb.org/associate-rese…

The application deadline for the Religious Leaders Track at our annual meeting is this Friday! $535 available for religious leaders to attend the annual meeting with Society for the Scientific Study of Religion-SSSR. Apply today! ASA Sociology of Religion Section Boniuk Institute Louisville Institute TENx10 rraweb.org/religious-lead…

🚨Job Alert!🚨 Fuller Endowed Chair for Social Justice Baylor University rraweb.org/fuller-endowed…

New resources available for RRA members! Check out our website for 2024 webinar recordings with David Johnson, John Schmalzbauer, Andrew Whitehead, Nichole Phillips, and researchers from Hartford International University Hartford Institute for Religion Research! rraweb.org/member-area/rr…

Religious Leaders Track registration at our annual meeting closes this Friday! - mailchi.mp/99d5198fc4be/m…

Religious Leaders Track Friday Deadline - mailchi.mp/99d5198fc4be/m…

Fellowship opportunity! The Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Robert M. Kingdon Fellowships and Solmsen Fellowships for scholars from outside the University of Wisconsin–Madison rraweb.org/robert-m-kingd…