One of the main symbols to identify Saint James’ pilgrims is in fact the Shell of St. James which appears in many representations of the material history of pilgrimage.
The logo of the 30th ISSR Conference abstractly joins two shells. The first one points to the different participants of the Conference, which come from all over the world. The Conference is the knot that joins the first to the second one, as a moment of reflection. It is precisely at that very moment that comes up the second shell with a dispersion and plurality movement to assume the current challenges the Conference works on.

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International Society for the Sociology of ReligionThe ISSR was founded in Leuven, Belgium in 1948 as the "Conférence Internationale de Sociologie Religieuse" (International Conference for Religious Sociology).  The ISSR is dedicated to fostering intellectual exchange between scholars in the social sciences of religion from around the world.

The Society counts more than 500 members from over 50 countries.  It has held many conferences over the years, most recently in Budapest (1993), Quebec (1995), Toulouse (1997), Leuven (1999), Ixtapan de la Sal, México (2001), Turin (2003), Zagreb (2005) and Leipzig (2007).

The 30th International Conference will take place in Santiago de Compostella (Spain) July 27-31, 2009.

Council

Council members are elected for four-year terms from each of several countries or regions active in the ISSR. Elections are staggered in order to provide institutional continuity.

  • President: Jean-Paul Willaime
  • Vice President: Peter Beyer
  • General Secretary: Karel Dobbelaere
  • Treasurer: Jean-Pierre Hiernaux
  • Past-president: Enzo Pace

Council

  • Seated: Pintos, Hiernaux, Willaime, Dobbelaere, Beyer
  • Standing: Sengers, Cipriani, Mariz, Pace, Arweck, Garma, Tajima, Niemela, altglas, costa, Côté, Bauma, Stolz, Sevai and Spickard
  • Véronique Altglas (France)
  • Elisabeth Arweck (United Kingdom)
  • Gary Bouma (Australasia)
  • Irena Borowik (Central and Eastern Europe)
  • Roberto Cipriani (Italy)
  • Xavier Costa (Spain)
  • Pauline Côté (Canada)
  • Carlos Garma (Mexico)
  • Cecilia Mariz 2009 (South America)
  • Kati Niemela (Nordic Countries) [last mandate]
  • Erik Sengers 2007 (the Netherlands)
  • Olivier Servais (Belgium)
  • Jim Spickard (USA /EU)
  • Jorg Stolz 2009 (Switzerland)
  • Tadaatsu Tajima 2007 (Japan)
  • Monika Wohlrab-Sahr 2009 (Germany)

Ex officio members:

  • Roberto Blancarte, RC22 ISA (Mexico)
  • Juan-Luis Pintos, Chair of the Local Committee

 

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