The Society for the Anthropology of Religion was proud to award the following prize at the 116th AAA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.:
The Clifford Geertz Prize Award
IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
The Geertz Prize seeks to encourage excellence in the anthropology of religion by recognizing an outstanding recent book in the field. The prize is named in honor of the late Professor Clifford Geertz, in recognition of his many distinguished contributions to the anthropological study of religion. In awarding the Prize, the Society hopes to foster innovative scholarship, the integration of theory with ethnography, and the connection of the anthropology of religion to the larger world. For more information about the award and a list of previous winners and honorable mentions, please visit https://sar.americananthro.org/index.php/activities/geertz/
First Prize
Elizabeth Pérez
Religion in the Kitchen: Cooking, Talking, and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions
(NYU Press 2016)
Honorable Mentions
Annalisa Butticci
African Pentecostals in Catholic Europe: The Politics of Presence in the Twenty-first Century
(Harvard University Press 2016)
Attiya Ahmad
Everyday Conversions: Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait
(Duke University Press 2017)
CONGRATULATIONS to these scholars for
continuing to improve the anthropology of religion!