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Events and Important Dates


2008 Chicago, American Academy of Religion annual meeting, special event honoring Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim of Yale University for their work in developing the field of religion and ecology


2006 publication of A Communion of Subjects celebrated at the American Academy of Religion annual meeting in Washington, D.C., during a special meeting hosted jointly by The Center for Respect of Life and Environment and RAI


2003 Religion and Animals Institute (RAI) founded by Paul Waldau as a U.S-based nonprofit corporation


1999 (May) Animals and Religion conference held at Harvard University. Organized by Paul Waldau and Kimberley Patton, this conference was sponsored by HSUS-affiliated group Center for Respect of Life and Environment led by the visionary Rick Clugston. Instrumental in securing funding for this conference were Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, who direct the Forum on Religion and Ecology based at Yale University. Most of the papers at this conference appear in A Communion of Subjects, which is described throughout this website.


1998 The Animals and Religion group convened for the first time by Marti Kheel and Anwar Ghazzala at annual meeting of American Academy of Religion in San Francisco