Religious Studies Matters: Fall Fundraising Campaign
We are already halfway to our goal — help us get there!
In order to sustain our collective endeavors, we are running a Fall Fundraising Campaign. Some individual “AAR matchmakers” and members of the AAR Board of Directors have agreed to match up to $35,000 in the hopes of raising a total of $70,000. No contribution is too small!
News & Publications
RSN Articles
RSN Article
November 11, 2025
Mentoring Graduate Students, Reimagined
From a series by AAR’s Graduate Student Committee on the struggles and obstacles facing graduate students today
RSN Articles
RSN Article
November 11, 2025
Recognizing and Supporting Diversity in Graduate Programs
From a series by AAR’s Graduate Student Committee on the struggles and obstacles facing graduate students today
Benefits of Membership
When you become an AAR member, you join the largest society dedicated to the academic study of religion. You also gain a wide range of benefits that will enable you to elevate your career and grow your community.
Present at Our Annual Meetings
Present at Our Annual Meetings
Develop Your Skills and Career
Develop Your Skills and Career
Grow Your Network and Community
Grow Your Network and Community
Access Professional Resources, Discounts, and More
Access Professional Resources, Discounts, and More
WebinAAR Recordings
AAR produces and sponsors webinAARs every month on topics related to the academic study and teaching of religion. Recordings typically require an AAR membership to view.
WebinAAR
November 4, 2025
The Role of Religion in Today’s Democratic Crises: Advancing Public Understanding
“Jesus saves” banners at the January 6th insurrection. Evangelical elevation of President Trump as God’s elect. Claims of religious freedom used to justify discrimination. Scriptural “prooftexts” wielded to strip individuals of civil rights. Growing affection in religious communities for authoritarian models of government. Religion is playing significant roles in contemporary crises of democracy. How is it perceived in the public imagination and how can we as scholars advance public understanding of the stakes?
WebinAAR
October 31, 2025
The World of the Bahá’í Faith
As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this webinar, co-sponsored by the Bahá’í Studies Unit of the AAR and the Corinne True Center for Bahá’í History, provides an overview of the recent publication The World of the Bahá’í Faith (Routledge, 2022), where 32 authors produced 51 chapters on Bahá’í scripture, leading figures, history, and teachings about a variety of mystic, personal, and social subjects.
WebinAAR
October 31, 2025
Theology, Religion, and the Modern University
As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this webinar examines the complex relationship between modern universities and academic theology in the nineteenth century, and its implications for the study of religion in twenty-first-century universities.
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Religious Studies Matters
Religion influences most aspects of our world and the study of religion has never been more important. AAR is committed to advocating for the academic study of religion. We support religion scholars working in many fields, and we provide resources and engagement opportunities to improve the public understanding of religion.
