About the journal

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 related to the sociological study of religion from all parts of the world 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 publish agenda setting essays, critical reflections on the research act, and interventions into substantive areas or theoretical debates intended to push the field forward.

Articles published in Sociology of Religion regularly win professional awards. Recent award-winning articles include:

2022 – Society for the Scientific Study of Religion – Distinguished Article Award - Gary J. Adler, Jr., Selena E. Ortiz, Eric Plutzer, Damon Mayrl, Jonathan S. Coley, and Rebecca Sager - Religion at the Frontline: How Religion Influenced the Response of Local Government Officials to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 – Society for the Scientific Study of religion – Distinguished Article Award, honorable mention – Ruth Braunstein - A Theory of Political Backlash: Assessing the Religious Right’s Effects on the Religious Field

2021 – Society for the Scientific Study of Religion – Student Paper Award - Claire Chipman Gilliland and Laura Krull – Getting Permission to Break The Rules: Clergy Respond to LGBTQ Exclusion in the United Methodist Church

2022 – American Sociological Association – Student Paper Award – Valentina Cantori - Inclusive and Included? Practices of Civic Inclusivity of American Muslims in Los Angeles

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.

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