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News AAR Members Win NEH GrantsCongratulations to Sara Ritchey, Ariela Marcus-Sells, Aaron Hughes, Eric Schluessel, Leigh Schmidt, and Wendy Cadge! Read more. The AAR Thanks Outgoing LeadershipWe are very grateful to the members of AAR leadership groups for their dedicated service. View the list of members whose terms end in 2018. AAR Position OpeningThe American Academy of Religion seeks qualified candidates for the Director for Finance and Administration position at the AAR executive office in Atlanta, Georgia. View the search announcement and job description. 2019 AAR Presidential Theme2019 AAR President Laurie Patton announced the theme for next year's Annual Meeting: Scholarly Workers in Public Spaces: A Necessary Long Term Focus in the Study of Religions. Read more. Statement in Response to Graduate StudentsAt the #MeToo session, graduate students were represented on the panel by an empty chair. Read the statement from the Graduate Student Committee articulating why and the response from the AAR Board. Denouncing Antisemitism: Statement from the AAR BoardThe Board of Directors of the American Academy of Religion has issued a statement denouncing antisemitism and the desecration of places of worship. Read the full statement. 2018 Board of Directors Election ResultsThe AAR has four newly elected board members! Thank you to all AAR members who voted in these elections. Read the full announcement. A Protest Against the US Travel Ban: Statement of the AAR BoardRead the recently published statement from the AAR Board of Directors concerning the damaging effect the US Travel Ban continues to have on scholars of religion who wish to participate in AAR events.  New Member Benefit!AAR members now have access to more than 80 journals in JSTOR's religion collection.  Jacob Olupona Wins Award for the Public Understanding of ReligionJacob Olupona Wins Marty Award for Public Understanding of Religion  The AAR's New Long-Range PlanJack Fitzmier, retiring AAR Executive Director, introduces the new long-range plan, which provides a framework for growth and change in the coming years. Spotlight on TeachingNew issue on "Teaching Tales: Harnessing the Power of Storytelling," with an introduction by Raj Balkaran and articles by Steven E. Lindquist, Hillary Rodrigues, Jeffrey M. Brackett, Elizabeth M. Rohlman, Shana Sippy, and Caleb Simmons.  |
Member NotesBooks and Major Publications:
Robert M Geraci,
Manhattan College
Temples of Modernity: Nationalism, Hinduism, and Transhumanism in South Indian Science
Dr. Jacqueline Bussie,
Concordia College-Moorhead
Love Without Limits: Jesus' Radical Vision for Love with No Exceptions
Christopher Driscoll,
Lehigh University
Method as Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion
Rubén Rosario Rodríguez,
Saint Louis University
Dogmatics after Babel: Beyond the Theologies of Word and Culture
J. T. Turner,
Anderson University (SC)
On the Resurrection of the Dead: A New Metaphysics of Afterlife for Christian Thought AAR Member Memorial Notice AAR Publications
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