Professional Organizations and Associations

Religion and education is an incredibly interdisciplinary field. Scholars and educators find colleagues, communities, and opportunities to share their work as members of many professional organizations and associations. Special interest groups and units within these organizations that focus on religion and education are highlighted below.

American Academy
of Religion

Committee on the Public Understanding of Religion

Unit on Religion and Public Schools: Int’l Perspectives

American Educational
Research Association

Religion and Education SIG (special interest group)
Catholic Education SIG
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education SIG
Law and Education SIG
Moral Development and Education SIG
Spirituality and Education SIG

Religious Education Association

Society of Biblical Literature

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