This article results from the research and training processes developed by the Research Program on the Social Facts of Religion and Subjectivity at La Salle University. The article proposes to address how the social studies of religion have been consolidating, especially in Latin America, to propose later how to study and project them in the academic field. At the same time, this article is part of the foundation of the postgraduate programs of Master and Doctorate in Social Studies of Religion at the Universidad de La Salle (Bogotá - Colombia).