Research Organizations
NOTE:
We would encourage you to visit the organizations listed below. All information found on these pages would not
necessarily be endorsed by RCTR.
Apologia
http://www.gospelcom.net/apologia/.
Apologia's mission is primarily educational, to equip the body of Christ for spiritual
discernment. It does this by providing timely, accurate religious research information within
the field of Christian "apologetics," the area of theology that deals specifically with the
defense of the Christian faith.
The Material History of American Religion
http://www.materialreligion.org/.
More than just ideas and institutions, religion in America is a rich mixture of objects,
behaviors and people. The Material History of American Religion Project studies the history of
American religion in all its complexity by focusing on material objects and economic themes.
Working with religious leaders, it helps contemporary religious communities with their economic
concerns by placing those concerns within an historical context. Finally, the Project encourages
further investigations into the religious lives of Americans by paying attention to material
and economic questions.
Religious Research Association
http://rra.hartsem.edu/.
The Goals of RRA are:
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. To aid in the professional development of religious
researchers.
Research Center for Scripture and Media
http://www.researchcenter.org/homeframe.htm.
The Center, a program of the American Bible Society, supports applied and theoretical
research into the theoretics of new media Bible translation and communication. This site
provides the Center with an on-line think tank where experts from many fields develop
new knowledge for translating and communicating faithfully the Bible into new media. It
also serves as a workshop for testing this new knowledge through experimentation and
prototyping, and for establishing new media translation processes, principles, and
guidelines.
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
http://fhss.byu.edu/soc/sssr/.
The purpose of SSSR is to stimulate and communicate significant scientific research on religious
institutions and religious experience. Scholars from all fields of study who are interested in
the scientific exploration of religion are invited to join the Society. Membership in the
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion gives scholars the opportunity to share their
research and ideas with other scholars.