American Academy of Religion

The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is the world's largest association of scholars in the field of religious studies and related topics.

AAR members are university and college professors, independent scholars, secondary teachers, clergy, seminarians, students, and interested lay-people.

Stausberg suggested that "Probably because of its more encompassing and open policy and its strategy to position itself as the default home for Religious Studies in the United States, the AAR has been a success story.

"[4]: 791 Presidents of the AAR have included well-known scholars such as Judith Plaskow, Mark Juergensmeyer, Wendy Doniger, Emilie Townes, Peter J. Paris, Rebecca Chopp, Elizabeth A. Clark and Ann Taves.

AAR also publishes Reading Religion, an online publication featuring book reviews by scholars in religious studies and other related fields.