Here I argue that we need to diversify the social scientific study of religion and chart a plan for how we are already and will continue to do so. At the time of the 70th anniversary of our association, I reflect on where—as an association—we have come from and where we are going. Our origin story points to an expansive vision for what would become the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), but unfortunately our past has also been marked by an overrepresentation of white male leadership. It was only in 1982 that the society elected its first woman president, Mary Augusta Neal, and only in 2015 that it elected its first person of color, Fenggang Yang. Here, I discuss our hope for a more diverse future: attending to diversity in studies of religion, diversity in the groups of people who are encouraged to study religion, and efforts to translate religion research well to diverse groups of listeners. I share with you pieces of the new SSSR strategic plan, spearheaded in 2018 by Korie Edwards, the first black and woman of color President of the SSSR: particularly the pieces that are most attentive to diversity. I also highlight insights from my own scholarly story about diversity that I have learned through my work with the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University.

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多元化的宗教社会科学研究：未来70年

在这里，我认为我们需要对宗教的社会科学研究进行多元化，并为我们已经并将继续这样做的情况制定一个计划。在协会成立70周年之际，我反思作为协会的我们来自何处以及往何处去。我们的起源故事指出了对成为宗教科学研究学会（SSSR）的广阔视野，但不幸的是，我们的过去也以白人男性领导层的代表过多为特征。直到1982年，该协会才选举出第一任女总统玛丽·奥古斯塔·尼尔（Mary Augusta Neal），直到2015年，才选举出第一位有色人种杨凤岗。在这里，我讨论了我们对更多样化未来的希望：关注宗教研究的多样性，鼓励学习宗教的人群的多样性，并努力将宗教研究很好地翻译给不同的听众群体。我与大家分享新的SSSR战略计划的一些内容，该计划由SSSR的第一位黑人和黑人女性Korie Edwards于2018年率先提出：特别是对多样性最关注的部分。我还通过自己在莱斯大学的宗教与公共生活计划的工作中学到的关于多元性的学术故事来强调自己的见解。