AAR Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion

Given by American Academy of Religion (AAR)

109 Works 7,251 Books 49 Reviews ½ 4.0
Awarded by the American Academy of Religion
In order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the American Academy of Religion vis mere offers Awards for Excellence. These awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity and importance; books that affect decisively how religion is examined, understood, and interpreted.

Awards for Excellence are given in four categories:
* Constructive-Reflective study of religion: works of contemporary ethics, philosophy, interpretation, theology or analogous forms of critical reflection

* Historical study of religion: works that focus on the history of a particular religion or religions in a specific historical period or geographical area

* Analytical-Descriptive study of religion: works of analysis or theory that focus on religion as an object of enquiry or on its typical components, such as myth, ritual, or tradition

* Textual study of religion: works that focus on the analysis, interpretation, or
translation of a particular text or group of texts in the study of religion

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For love of the Prophet : an ethnography of Sudan's Islamic state af Noah Salomon
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2017
A ministry of presence : chaplaincy, spiritual care, and the law af Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2015
Tastes of the divine : Hindu and Christian theologies of emotion af Michelle Voss Roberts
Constructive-Reflective Studies2015
The Power of Huacas: Change and Resistance in the Andean World of Colonial Peru af Claudia Brosseder
Historical Studies2015
Razi : master of Quranic interpretation and theological reasoning af Tariq Jaffer
Textual Studies2015
Religious Bodies Politic: Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism af Anya Bernstein
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2014
The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity af Willis Jenkins
Constructive-Reflective Studies2014
From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity af Kyle Harper
Historical Studies2014
The Yogin and the Madman: Reading the Biographical Corpus of Tibet's Great Saint Milarepa (South Asia Across the Disciplines) af Andrew Quintman
Textual Studies2014
Looking for Mary Magdalene: Alternative Pilgrimage and Ritual Creativity at Catholic Shrines in France (Oxford Ritual Studies) af Anna Fedele
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2013
Arts of Wonder: Enchanting Secularity - Walter De Maria, Diller Scofidio, James Turrell, Andy Goldsworthy (Religion and Postmodernism) af Jeffrey L. Kosky
Constructive-Reflective Studies2013
Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism: History, Semiology, and Transgression in the Indian Traditions (South Asia Across the Disciplines) af Christian K. Wedemeyer
Historical Studies2013
Disorienting Dharma: Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata (Religions in Translation) af Emily T. Hudson
Textual Studies2013
Spirits of Protestantism : medicine, healing, and liberal Christianity af Pamela E. Klassen
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2012
A Dream Interpreted within a Dream: Oneiropoiesis and the Prism of Imagination af Elliot R. Wolfson
Constructive-Reflective Studies2012
America's church : the National Shrine and Catholic presence in the nation's capital af Thomas A. Tweed
Historical Studies2012
Foreigners and Their Food: Constructing Otherness in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Law af David M. Freidenreich
Textual Studies2012
Dreams That Matter: Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination af Amira Mittermaier
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2011
The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race af Willie James Jennings
Constructive-Reflective Studies2011
Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road (Encounters with Asia) af Johan Elverskog
Historical Studies2011
Unreliable Witnesses: Religion, Gender, and History in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean af Ross S. Kraemer
Textual Studies2011
Religion of the Gods: Ritual, Paradox, and Reflexivity af Kimberley Christine Patton
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2010
Saving God: Religion after Idolatry af Mark Johnston
Constructive-Reflective Studies2010
Making Transcendents: Ascetics and Social Memory in Early Medieval China af Robert Ford Campany
Historical Studies2010
The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel af Benjamin D. Sommer
Textual Studies2010
Friends of God : Islamic images of piety, commitment, and servanthood af John Renard
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2009
Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus af Andrew F. March
Constructive-Reflective Studies2009
All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World af Stuart B. Schwartz
Historical Studies2009
From Metaphysics to Midrash: Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala af Shaul Magid
Textual Studies2009
Muhammad's Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society af Leor Halevi
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2008
After God af Mark C. Taylor
Constructive-Reflective Studies2008
Divided by Faith: Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe af Benjamin J. Kaplan
Historical Studies2008
The Mystique of Transmission: On an Early Chan History and Its Contexts af Wendi Adamek
Textual Studies2008
Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History af David Frankfurter
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2007
The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event af John D. Caputo
Constructive-Reflective Studies2007
Religions, Reasons and Gods: Essays in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Religion (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions) af John Clayton
Constructive-Reflective Studies2007
A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion af Catherine L. Albanese
Historical Studies2007
Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond af Caroline Walker Bynum
Historical Studies2007
The Taoist canon : a historical companion to the Daozang = [Dao zang tong kao] af Kristofer Schipper
Textual Studies2007
Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion af Jonathan Z. Smith
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2006
Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief: Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religion af Dan Arnold
Constructive-Reflective Studies2006
Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity af Daniel Boyarin
Historical Studies2006
Diaspora of the Gods: Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World af Joanne Punzo Waghorne
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2005
Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them af Robert A. Orsi
Constructive-Reflective Studies2005
Santeria Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion af David H. Brown
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2004
Democracy and Tradition (New Forum Books) af Jeffrey Stout
Constructive-Reflective Studies2004
The Friend af Alan Bray
Historical Studies2004
Secrets, Gossip, and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé af Paul Christopher Johnson
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2003
Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy af Susan Neiman
Constructive-Reflective Studies2003
The Victorian Translation of China: James Legge's Oriental Pilgrimage af Norman J. Girardot
Historical Studies2003
Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul af Ariel Glucklich
Constructive-Reflective Studies2002
Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture af Grant Wacker
Historical Studies2002
The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics. af Susan Friend Harding
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2001
The Tao of the West: Western Tranformations of Taoist Thought af J. J. Clarke
Constructive-Reflective Studies2001
Dante's Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination af Peter S. Hawkins
Constructive-Reflective Studies2001
Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment af Leigh Eric Schmidt
Historical Studies2001
Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism af Jacqueline I. Stone
Historical Studies2001
Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship af Bruce Lincoln
Analytical-Descriptive Studies2000
Covenantal Rights: A Study in Jewish Political Theory af David Novak
Constructive-Reflective Studies2000
Painting Religion in Public: John Singer Sargent's Triumph of Religion at the Boston Public Library. af Sally M. Promey
Historical Studies2000
Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West af Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1999
Friends of God and Prophets: A Feminist Theological Reading of the Communion of Saints af Elizabeth A. Johnson
Constructive-Reflective Studies1999
Religion in Roman Egypt af David Frankfurter
Historical Studies1999
The Brazilian popular church and the crisis of modernity af Manuel A. Vasquez
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1998
Our Lady of the Exile: Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami (Religion in America) af Thomas A. Tweed
Historical Studies1998
Savage systems : colonialism and comparative religion in southern Africa af David Chidester
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1997
Divine Empathy: A Theology of God af Edward Farley
Constructive-Reflective Studies1997
Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society) af Bernadette J. Brooten
Historical Studies1997
The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia af Michael A. Sells
Historical Studies1997
Accounting for Fundamentalisms: The Dynamic Character of Movements (The Fundamentalism Project) af Martin E. Marty
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1996
Fundamentalisms and Society: Reclaiming the Sciences, the Family, and Education (The Fundamentalism Project) af Martin E. Marty
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1996
Fundamentalisms and the State: Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance (The Fundamentalism Project) af Martin E. Marty
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1996
Fundamentalisms Comprehended (The Fundamentalism Project) af Martin E. Marty
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1996
Fundamentalisms Observed af Martin E. Marty
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1996
Feuerbach and the Interpretation of Religion af Van A. Harvey
Constructive-Reflective Studies1996
Between Muslim and Jew af Steven M. Wasserstrom
Historical Studies1996
Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister: Religions Dominated by Women af Susan Starr Sered
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1995
The Religious Critic in American Culture af William Dean
Constructive-Reflective Studies1995
In Face of Mystery: A Constructive Theology af Gordon D. Kaufman
Constructive-Reflective Studies1995
Through a Speculum That Shines af Elliot R. Wolfson
Historical Studies1995
Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations of Black America (Religion in America) af Theophus H. Smith
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1994
Nots af Mark C. Taylor
Constructive-Reflective Studies1994
Journey through the Twelve Forests: An Encounter with Krishna af David L. Haberman
Historical Studies1994
The Asrama System: The History and Hermeneutics Of A Religious Institution af Patrick Olivelle
Historical Studies1994
Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion, and Paternity af Nancy Jay
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1993
Ethics in an Age of Technology: Gifford Lectures, Volume Two (The Gifford Lectures 1989-1991, Vol 2) af Ian G. Barbour
Constructive-Reflective Studies1993
Religion in an Age of Science (Gifford Lectures 1989-1991, Vol 1) af Ian G. Barbour
Constructive-Reflective Studies1993
The other sides of paradise : explorations into the religious meanings of domestic space in Islam af Juan Eduardo Campo
Historical Studies1993
Righteous Discontent af Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Historical Studies1993
Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion af Caroline Walker Bynum
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1992
Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning af Nancey Murphy
Constructive-Reflective Studies1992
Buddha in the Crown: Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka af John Clifford Holt
Historical Studies1992
The Savage in Judaism: An Anthropology of Israelite Religion and Ancient Judaism (A Midland Book) af Howard Eilberg-Schwartz
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1991
Murder and Difference: Gender, Genre, and Scholarship on Sisera's Death af Mieke Bal
Constructive-Reflective Studies1991
Protestantism and Primogeniture in Early Modern Germany af Ms. Paula Sutter Fichtner
Historical Studies1991
Breaking the Fall: Religious Readings of Contemporary Fiction af Robert Detweiler
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1990
Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown af David Chidester
Constructive-Reflective Studies1990
Defenders of God: The fundamentalist revolt against the modern age af Bruce B. Lawrence
Historical Studies1990
Four Theories of Myth in Twentieth-Century History: Cassirer, Eliade, Levi Strauss and Malinowski af Ivan Strenski
Analytical-Descriptive Studies1989
Modeller af Gud af Sallie McFague
Historical Studies1989
Altarity af Mark C. Taylor
Reflective Studies1989
Zen and Western Thought af Masao Abe
1988
Rediscovering Paul: Philemon and the Sociology of Paul's Narrative World af Norman R. Petersen
1988
Saint Jerome in the Renaissance af Eugene F. Rice
1988
Protestant Thought in the Nineteenth Century: Volume 2, 1870-1914 af Claude Welch
1988
The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul af Wayne A. Meeks
1987
Religious Experience af Wayne Proudfoot
1987
In Search of History af John Van Seters
1987
God, Guilt, and Death: An Existential Phenomenology of Religion af Merold Westphal
1987

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