2020 AAR Presidential Address: The Study of Buddhism and the AAR
WHO would have thought a year before the 2020 annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) that the Presidential Address would be delivered via Zoom? Indeed, how many of us even knew what Zoom was back then. Yet, here we are, in a world racked by a pandemic that has taken millions of liv...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 89, Issue: 3, Pages: 793-818 |
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Summary: | WHO would have thought a year before the 2020 annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) that the Presidential Address would be delivered via Zoom? Indeed, how many of us even knew what Zoom was back then. Yet, here we are, in a world racked by a pandemic that has taken millions of lives worldwide, over-proportionately from the most vulnerable sectors of society. It would not be right to begin this presidential address without acknowledging our present historical moment and the human suffering—the loss of life, health, livelihoods, and the trauma—that so many people have experienced as a result of the COVID pandemic. This is the context of this address. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfab079 |