ASSR-SW Annual Proceedings

The Association for the Scientific Study of Religion invites paper proposals on any topic concerning the scientific study of religion, particularly those dealing with the sociological, philosophical, economic, historical, psychological, and political considerations of religion in society. The ASSR also welcomes papers from other affiliates of the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies. Selected papers submitted to the ASSR are published in the Proceedings of the Association for the Scientific Study of Religion.

The ASSR-SW produces a published version of the Annual Proceedings of the ASSR-SW each year. The publication generally includes every (or almost every) paper presented at the annual meetings. The current cost of the Proceedings is $20.  It may be preordered, purchased at the annual meeting or afterward (if copies are available). You may also acquire back copies (if available) of the Proceedings (send $20.00 plus $5.95 for shipping to the Proceedings Editor [or the ASSR Treasurer] after confirming if the issue needed is available).  The ASSR also offers current and back copies of the Proceedings on CD for $12.00 (with cuttable/pasteable versions of papers) which is another format option for owning out-of-print copies.  Send $12.00 plus 3.00 postage to the Editor after checking availability.  Contact the editor of the ASSR-SW Proceedings by e-mail j-dloessin@sbcglobal.net or telephone Home (979)732-6404 or Office (979) 532-6461.

PAPER SUBMISSION FORMAT

For inclusion in the ASSR Proceedings, the editor requests that papers be submitted to him by e-mail attachment (in Microsoft Word format only) by February 18 at the latest.  The paper should conform to the following format upon attachment to the editor:

--Microsoft Word format only [.doc files preferred] (if this is a problem, contact the editor and work out a text submission that can be converted)
--Page Setup to 1.25" margin on the left side, 1" all other sides
--Single Spaced
--11 pt. Arial Font except for the title which should be in12 pt. Arial Bold
--No numbering or header information on file copy
--If footnotes were used, please put them in Arial 10, single-spaced
--Bibliography or References should be in Arial ten and single-spaced as
well.

--NO HIDDEN MARKUPS (correction scripts). These interfere terribly with final editing and the eventual conversion to web files.

Everyone should also include at the end of their paper a
short (two sentences or less) biography about the author or authors of the
paper including their role at the institution, research interests, etc..

Editor's e-mail is:  j-dloessin@sbcglobal.net or jonl@wcjc.edu. The first address is preferred for submission of finished papers.