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The Religion and Politics Section provides a forum for AAR scholars and professionals interested in the relationships between religion, the state, and political life, both in the United States and around the world. The Section's members focus on the interaction between religious and political values, movements, and commitments, and the role of religious individuals and communities in bodies politic. This focus includes attention to the ways in which religion and religious actors participate in public discourse, contribute to debates over public values and social policy, and affect (and are affected by) activity in the political sphere. We welcome members doing both normative and descriptive work from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including religious studies, political science, philosophy, social ethics, law (including church-state studies), history (as it relates to contemporary understandings) and theology; and seek to advance scholarly inquiry on religion and politics, as well as to speak to broad and diverse publics about areas falling under the section's purview.