The H. Paul Douglass Lecture is presented every other year at the annual meeting. These lectures are subsequently published in the Review of Religious Research to provide an original contribution to the literature of religious research.
Lecturers have included:
| Lecturer |
|---|
| Nancy Ammerman |
| Earl D.C. Brewer |
| Tricia C. Bruce |
| Edmund deS. Brunner Part I – Part II |
| Jackson W. Carroll Part I – Part II |
| Mark Chaves |
| Randall Collins |
| Grace Davie |
| James Dittes |
| Mary Douglas |
| Carl Dudley |
| Elaine Howard Ecklund |
| Christopher G. Ellison |
| Joseph H. Fichter |
| Robert W. Friedrichs |
| Charles Y. Glock |
| Andrew M. Greeley |
| Jeffrey K. Hadden |
| Philip E. Hammond |
| Barbara June Watts Hargrove: Part I – Part II |
| Will Herberg |
| Dean Hoge |
| Francois H. Houtart |
| Dean M. Kelley |
| Samuel C. Kincheloe Part I – Part II |
| Samuel Z. Klausner |
| Otto Maduro |
| H. Newton Malony |
| David Martin |
| Martin E. Marty |
| William McKinney |
| David O. Moberg |
| Marie Augusta Neal Part I – Part II |
| Talcott Parsons |
| Nichole R. Phillips |
| Milton Rokeach. Part I – Part II |
| David Roozen |
| Lyle E. Schaller |
| Joseph A. Scimecca |
| Guy E. Swanson |
| Ruth Wallace |
| R. Stephen Warner |
| George W. Webber |
| Barbara Wheeler |
| Lauris B. Whitman |
| Charles V. Willie: Part I – Part II |
| Robert Wuthnow |
| J. Milton Yinger |
| Mayer N. Zald |