Paul Hanley Furfey Lecture
First given at Catholic University of America in 1974 to honor a former president, the Furfey lecture was entrusted to ASR in 1981 “to continue Furfey’s tradition of excellence.” It is a high point of the meeting and is published in Sociology of Religion. Recent lecturers include Rodney Stark, Robert Wuthnow, Peter Berger, and Immanuel Wallerstein.