What is the ASSR?
A scholarly organization consisting of multidisciplinary academics and independent researchers seeking to understand, illuminate, and impart knowledge to others regarding religion as a spiritual, personal, social, cultural, and doctrinal phenomenon.
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Past 2019 ASSR/SWCRS Annual Meeting Program
2020 ASSR/SWCRS Annual Meeting Registration
ASSR Documents
PROCEEDINGS ARCHIVES (NEW 2019 Proceedings Live!)
ASSR Style Guide for Paper Submissions
The Frank P. Forwood Award for Excellence in Presented
Research (Description, Criteria, and Past Recipients)
The Harry Hale Prizes for Graduate and Undergraduate
Research (Description and Criteria)
Press Releases
2019 Forwood Award Recipient Recognized
The ASSR is pleased to announce that the 2019 recipient of the annual Frank P. Forwood Award for Excellence in Presented Research is Dr. Derek de la Pena of University of Houston/Downtown and Wharton County Junior College.
His paper, presented at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Annual Meeting (SWCRS) of which ASSR is a constituent society, was entitled, "Loving Thyself and Well-Being: What Does God Have To Do with It?"
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