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The annual meetings of the AAR are attended by about half their membership "(some 4,500 in 2014), which make these meetings by far the most important social arena for academic interaction" [4]: 791 in comparison with meetings of other North American academic societies for the study of religion. The AAR annual meeting program is developed ...
The JAAR was established in 1966, and like the AAR itself, emphasizes a more inclusive religious studies approach to religion (that may encompass history, philosophy, and theology) rather than a narrower approach emphasizing only social science. [1]: 791 It is
Initially conceived as a branch of the New York City-based Academy for Jewish Religion, it soon became independent. [1] In its first years the school was housed in a small temple in West Los Angeles, [2] later moving to the Yitzchak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA. It ordained its first three rabbis in 2003, and provided a means for ...
Our Lady Queen of Angels, Los Angeles (Closed 1982) Pater Noster, Los Angeles (Closed 1991) Pius X.Downey (merged with St. Mathias 1995) Notre Dame (Girls), Sunland (Closed 1960s) Queen of Angels Compton (Closed in 2002) Regina Caeli (Girls), Compton (renamed Queen of Angels 1995) St. Agatha's, Los Angeles
Amir Hussain is a scholar of religion who specializes in the study of Islam. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In November 2022 he became President of the American Academy of Religion.
The B'nai B'rith Lodge on South Union Avenue in Westlake served as a hub for the Jewish community and later as the heart of the labor movement in L.A. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is the closest the city and county have had to an overarching authority. It was created as a joint city-county agency in 1993 to help the two ...
WikiProject 1000 Women in Religion is a major initiative of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL) Women's Caucus. The project aims to address the under-recognized work of cis and transgender women in the world's religious, spiritual and wisdom traditions by adding 1,000+ women in religion onto Wikipedia.