Awards

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• Awards for Excellence in the Study of Religion

-- Sponsor: American Academy of Religion

-- SYNOPSIS: In order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the sponsor offers Awards for Excellence. The Awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity and importance, books that affect decisively how religion is examined, understood, and interpreted.

-- Deadline: 03/20/2009

-- Contact: Glen Stassen, gstassen@fuller.edu

-- Program URL: http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/Awards/Book_Awards/rules-excellence.asp

-- OBJECTIVES: 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.

-- ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all books of distinction in the academic study of religion. An author's membership in the AAR is not a necessary condition. Nominations may be submitted by any person or institution with the exception of the competition Coordinator and Jurors.

-- FUNDING: The current value of the award is $1,000.