Events

2020 Annual Meeting

Your AAR staff continues to work toward holding the Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 21-24, 2020. We are aware of the uncertainty and contradictory projections related to the COVID-19 pandemic and with health and safety as a priority, we will continue monitoring the guidance of governments and health experts as we plan and make decisions. Should any changes need to be made related to the 2020 Annual Meeting, we will promptly notify you.

2020 Regional Meetings

Open Registration:

All remaining regional meetings for 2020 have been canceled

Editors of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion

2018–2020 Andrea Jain
2016–2018 Cynthia Eller (General Editor 2016–2018)
Andrea Jain (Editor 2017–2018)
2011–2015 Amir Hussain
2006–2010 Charles T. Mathewes
1995–2005 Glenn Yocum
1985–1994 William Scott Green
1980–1984 Robert P. Scharlemann
1970–1979 Ray L. Hart
1961–1969 A. Roy Eckardt
1938–1960 Carl E. Purinton
1933–1937 Ismar J. Peritz

From 1933 to 1936, the flagship journal of the AAR was published twice a year and called the Journal of the National Association of Biblical Instructors. From 1937 to 1966, the journal was published quarterly and the name changed to the Journal of Bible and Religion. In 1967, the name was changed to the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR).