LibGuides: Religion: Religious Professional Organizations

Overviews of Religious Organizations

Religious organizations promote and regulate relations between human beings and divinities, supernatural orders, or supreme metaphysical principles.
Religious organizations typically aim to promote worship, prayer, meditation, teaching, healing, and spiritual well-being in accordance with authoritative texts, codes, and laws.

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Religious Organizations

Religious Studeis Associations/Organizations
Honor Society of Religion

African Association for the Study of Religions
This association focuses on the study of religion from an African perspective, focusing on the historical relevance of religions in Africa's history
African Studies Association
The African Studies Association encourages the production and dissemination of historical and contemporary knowledge about Africa.
American Academy of Religion
The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is the world's largest association of scholars in the field of religious studies and related topics. For those working as educators, the American Academy of Religion (AAR) is one professional association whose membership is interested in the ongoing study of religion.
American Studies Association
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Association for the Study of Religion
he Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) is an international scholarly association that seeks to advance theory and research in the sociology of religion.
North American Association for the Study of Religion
Dedicated to historical, critical, and social scientific approaches to the study of religion, as well as a relentlessly reflexive critique of the theories, methods, and categories used in such study.
Religious Education Association
The Religious Education Association (REA) is an association of researchers, professors and practitioners within the fields of religious studies and religious education. This association connects professionals with continuing education, networking opportunities and membership opportunities.
Religious Research Association
To increase understanding of the function of religion in persons and society through application of social scientific and other scholarly methods
To promote the circulation, interpretation and use of the findings of religious research among religious bodies and other interested groups
To cooperate with other professional societies, groups and individuals interested in the study of religion, and
To aid in the professional development of religious researchers.
Society of Biblical Literature
The Society of Biblical Literature is the largest international association of scholars who teach and research the variety of fields that make up biblical studies

General Religious Organizations

Theta Alpha Kappa
It is the only national honor society dedicated to recognizing academic excellence in students and in scholars in the fields of Religious Studies and Theology.
Theta Alpha Kappa is a related scholarly organization of the American Academy of Religion, an affiliated program of the Society of Biblical Literature and is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies.