Published by the American Academy of Religion March 2003 Vol. 18, No. 2 www.aarweb.org Inside this issue Ford Awards Grant to AAR to Support 2002 Annual Meeting A Success 6 8,617 attendees in Toronto International Initiatives ............................................3 Letters to the Editor . .6-7 International scholars to participate in 2003 Annual Meeting Two takes on Toronto Trends in the Field . .8 AAR Launches Religionsource..................................3 Degrees and employment Religionsource.org includes 5000 scholars 2002 Annual Business Meeting Minutes: . .8 Workshop for the Entrepreneurial Chair ..............3 Reports and Results 1 Georgetown University hosts 2 /2 day summer workshop News Media . .8 40 journalists interview members Regional News ..........................................................4 Chairs Workshops . .8 30 Chairs attend faculty recruitment Regions hold their spring meetings workshop EIS Center Report . .9 Western Culture and the Birth of Dissonance ....5 458 participants in Toronto Caught in the crossfire of the culture wars Report from the Religion and Disabilities Task Force ..............................................5 Access for all members FEATURES Oral History Project ................................................10 Passages . .12 Stories of our field and our Academy Life in Retirement In the Classroom . .12 Joining the Adjunct Ranks ....................................10 Teaching Religion Through Stimulation Inpermanence and vulnerability In the Public Interest . .13 The Cardinal and The Boston Student Liason Group Reaches Out......................11 Globe. Director’s report to the Board From the Student Desk . .13 Knowledge and Passion Fulbright Scholars ....................................................11 Mutual international understanding achieved Religious Studies News, AAR Edition 2003 2003 Member Calendar AAR Staff Directory Dates are subject to change. Check www.aarweb.org for the latest information. Kyle Cole, Ph.D. May 1. Nominations (including self-nomina- October 1-31. AAR officer election Associate Director of Religionsource March tions) for committee appointments requested. period. Candidate profiles will be E-MAIL: [email protected] Religious Studies News—AAR Edition March issue TEL: 404-727-4725 For more information, see published in RSN. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, www.aarweb.org/membership/volunteering.asp. October 15. January 2004 RSN submission Shelly Combs March 2003 issue. For more information on Projects Assistant May 2. New England-Maritimes regional deadline. 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(For more Annual Meeting information, see Ina Ferrell March 1. Religion in the Schools Task Force www.aarweb.org/annualmeet/2003/default.asp) November 21. Fall Board of Directors meet- Accountant meeting, Atlanta, GA. ing, Atlanta, GA. E-MAIL: [email protected] March 13-14. Mid-Atlantic regional November 21. Chairs Workshop at the TEL: 404-727-2331 June meeting, New Brunswick, NJ. Annual Meeting, Atlanta. Free for depart- Carey J. Gifford, Ph.D. Journal of the American Academy of Religion ments enrolled in the Academic Relations Director of Academic Relations March 14-16. Southeast regional meeting, June 2003 issue. Program. For more information, see E-MAIL: [email protected] Chattanooga, TN. www.aarweb.org/department/acadrel.asp. TEL: 404-727-2270 June 15. Membership renewal deadline for March 15. Submissions for the May 2003 issue 2003 Annual Meeting participants. November 22-25. Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Myesha D. Hamm of Religious Studies News due. 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