Events 2017 Annual Meeting, Nov 18-21Plan to join your colleagues in beautiful Boston for the 2017 AAR & SBL Annual Meetings. Early Bird rates end June 29. Register today! Registration and Housing AAR Workshop: Confronting IslamophobiaRegister by July 30 for a workshop to equip scholars of religion to challenge anti-Muslim bigotry. Advertisement |
News Registration & HousingRegistration and housing are open!  Public Scholars Project WebinarsRegister for the free Religious Studies in K-12 Public Education webinar on Thursday, July 13, 2017, from 12:00–12:45 p.m. EDT.  2017–2018 AAR Research GrantsApply for a 2017–2018 individual or collaborative research grant of up to $5,000. The online submission system is open. Deadline: August 1, 2017.  Religious Studies Affirmed for K-12 Social StudiesAAR and the Newseum Institute’s Religious Freedom Center have collaborated on a recently published supplement to National Council for the Social Studies guidelines (pp. 92–97). AAR Honors Journalists for Best In-Depth Newswriting on ReligionCongratulations to Ariel Sabar, first place; Rachel Zoll, second place; and Ruth Graham, third place for winning the AAR's 2017 best reporting on religion award! Call for Spotlight on Theological Education EditorSeeking nominations for a Spotlight on Theological Education editor. Spotlight is a major initiative of the AAR's Theological Education Committee. Deadline: August 1, 2017. Proposed Changes to AAR Bylaws: New Contingent Faculty Board PositionImportant notice to all members: Please read this memo about proposed changes to the AAR Bylaws.  Call for Spotlight on Teaching EditorNominations sought for a Spotlight on Teaching editor. Spotlight is a teaching and learning publication from the AAR's Committee on Teaching and Learning. Deadline: August 1, 2017.  Journal of the American Academy of ReligionJune issue: Read the latest scholarship from Mason Allred, Anya Foxen, Aisha Geissinger, Jonathan Herman, Erez Joskovich, Kristian Klippenstein, Mark Porter, Edward Slingerland, Brenton Sullivan, and Darryl Wilkinson.  Meaning in Our Bodies: Sensory Experience as Constructive Theological ImaginationJust published! New AAR/OUP Academy Series title from Heike Peckruhn. AAR members receive a 30% discount. Collaborative International Research GrantsThe 2017–2018 AAR CIRG online submission system is open! Awards range from $500 to $5,000. Deadline to apply is October 1, 2017.  |
DeadlinesMember NotesBooks and Major Publications:
Sophia Arjana,
Western Kentucky University
Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices
Carolyn M. Schneider,
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
The Text of a Coptic Monastic Discourse, On Love and Self-Control
Tisa Wenger,
Yale Divinity School
Religious Freedom: The Contested History of an American Ideal
Christopher Moreman,
California State University, East Bay
The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying AAR Publications
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