Adventist Society for Religious Studies

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The Adventist Society for Religious Studies (ASRS) is a Seventh-day Adventist scholarly community whose purpose is "to provide intellectual and social fellowship among its members and encourage scholarly pursuits in all religious studies disciplines, particularly with reference to the Seventh-day Adventist tradition." Formally organized in New York City in 1979,^[1] ASRS is more progressive than the later-formed Adventist Theological Society.

ASRS is associated with the American Academy of Religion (AAR) as a Related Scholarly Organization^[2] and holds it annual meeting in conjunction with those of the AAR and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).

History[]

In 1972 Adventist religion scholars agreed to meet at the time of the annual meetings of the AAR and SBL, with the Adventist Biblical Research Institute (BRI) as sponsor and organizer.^[3]

After BRI ceased their sponsorship in 1978, Adventist scholars met informally at New Orleans. AAR/SBL informed the Adventist group that it could not provide meeting rooms nor announce the meetings in its printed program unless the group officially organized and adopted a distinctive name that did not have a denominational identifier. The group officially organized in 1979, selecting the name Andrews Society for Religious Studies,^[3] and elected officers; at the New York meeting. The name Andrews referred to J. N. Andrews, who is considered to have been the first Adventist religion scholar.

In 1993 the society unanimously voted to change its name to the Adventist Society for Religious Studies. This became possible when AAR/SBL lifted the restrictions on denominational names.

In 1996 the society had a membership of 135 scholars.^[4]

The 2021 meeting of the Society will convene in San Antonio, Texas on November 18–20, 2020. The theme for the meeting is "World Disrupted, World Revealed: Ecology and Theology in an Age of Pandemic."

List of presidents[]

The president of ASRS is elected three years in advance and future presidents serve as vice-president and president elect prior to serving as president.

• 1979 William G. Johnsson
• 1980 Fritz Guy
• 1981 Robert M. Johnston
• 1982 Walter Douglas
• 1983 George Reid
• 1984 Richard Coffen
• 1985 Doug Clark
• 1986 Sakae Kubo
• 1987 Alden Thompson
• 1988 James Londis
• 1989 Richard Rice
• 1990 Russell Staples
• 1991 Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid
• 1992 Gerald R. Winslow
• 1993 Warren C. Trenchard
• 1994 Madelynn Haldeman
• 1995 Roy Branson
• 1996 Jon Dybdahl
• 1997 John Brunt
• 1998 Larry Geraty
• 1999 Roy Adams
• 2000 Ernie Bursey
• 2001 Keith Burton
• 2002 Kendra Haloviak
• 2003
• 2004 Jon Paulien
• 2005 Jean Sheldon
• 2006 P. Richard Choi
• 2007 David Taylor
• 2008 John Webster
• 2009 Zdravko Plantak
• 2010 Bonnie Dwyer
• 2011 John Reeve
• 2012 Don Walter Leatherman
• 2013 Carl Cosaert
• 2014 Ranko Stefanovic
• 2015 Mark Carr
• 2016 Teresa Reeve
• 2017 Olive Hemmings
• 2018 Tarsee Li
• 2019 Denis Fortin
• 2020 Matilda Frey
• 2021 Erik C. Carter
• 2022 Anne Collier-Freed
• 2023 Sigve Tonstad

See also[]

• Adventist Theological Society
• Adventist Forums
• Seventh-day Adventist theology
• List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
• List of Seventh-day Adventist medical schools
• List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
• List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities

References[]

External links[]

• Adventist Society for Religious Studies official website
• "Too many theological societies?" by J. Robert Spangler in Ministry 62:6 (June 1990), p22–23