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American Academy of Religion

The American Academy of Religion's mission is to promote reflection through excellence in scholarship and teaching in the field of religion.

As a learned society and professional association of teachers and research scholars, the American Academy of Religion has over 10,000 members who teach in some 1,500 colleges, universities, seminaries, and schools in North America and abroad. The Academy is dedicated to furthering knowledge of religion and religious institutions in all their forms and manifestations. This is accomplished through Academy-wide and regional conferences and meetings, publications, programs, and membership services.

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Panel on Religion and the Cities

In November of 2007, Dr. Lowell Livezey Inaguarated the first panel on Religion and the Cities, a discussion spanning from the Ecologies of Learning Project revolving around:

  • Construction of religious identity in urban contexts;
  • Urban sacred space -- how it is created, how it is lost; and
  • Urban poverty and economic justice under the impact of globalization.

The panelists for this year were (click on their names for proposals/papers):