Research Committees

RC22 Sociology of Religion

Established in 1959

Objectives

RC22 was established with the intention of opening up a broader range of opportunities for participation in the activities of the ISA in the field of the Sociology of Religion. To this end the RC22 undertakes measures: to secure and develop personal and institutional contacts amongst sociologists of religion throughout the world; to encourage the international dissemination and exchange of information on significant developments in the sociology of religion and to promote the development of scientific activities in the sociology world wide; to facilitate and promote international meetings and research in the field of the sociology of religion; to help the non-represented countries to use the RC22 resources and its facilities.

Board 2023 - 2027

President	Mar GRIERA, Universitad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain, mariadelmar.griera@uab.cat
Vice-President	Titus HJELM, University of Helsinki, Finland
Secretary/Treasurer	Olga Lidia OLIVAS HERNANDEZ, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico, olivas@colef.mx
Online Communication Manager	Daniel VALDEZ MARQUEZ, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico, communications@isa-rc22.org
Board Members	Africa: Gabriel FAIMAU, University of Botswana, Botswana Josiah TARU, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe *Asia Pacific:* Susan CARLAND, Monash University, Australia Ari ENGELBERG, Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem, Israel *Europe:* Milda ALISAUSKIENE, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Jorg STOLZ, University of Lausanne, Switzerland *Latin America:* Hugo H. RABBIA, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Argentina *North America:* Ruth Vida AMWE, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA Jacqui FROST, Purdue University, USA Early Career: Sumedha DUTTA, Central University of Punjab, India