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thumb The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is the world's largest association of scholars in the field of religious studies and related topics. It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars involved in the academic study of religion. It has some 10,000 members world-wide, with the largest concentration being in the United States and Canada. AAR members are university and college professors, independent scholars, secondary teachers, clergy, seminarians, students, and interested lay-people. == History == It was founded in 1909 as the Association of Biblical Instructors in American Colleges and Secondary Schools. The name was changed to National Association of Biblical Instructors (NABI) in 1933. The American Academy of Religion was adopted as the organization name in 1963 to reflect its broader, inclusive mission to foster the academic study of all religions.〔 〕 The changes that have occurred across its meant years of existence have included responding to the demands of women and feminist scholars to incorporate attention to women in religion, increased attention to religions beyond Christianity, differentiation between theology and/or religious reflection from the academic study of religion as a cultural/historical/political phenomenon, and engagement with the wider public in response, for example. to events like the Waco debacle in which scholars of religion remain un-consulted. Presidents of the AAR have included well known scholar with as Judith Plaskow, Mark Juergensmeyer, Wendy Denier, Emilie Townes, Peter J. Paris, and Rebecca Chopp. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Academy of Religion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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