Dear Members,
Please find attached with this email the SAR newsletter for July 2024. We value your involvement and contributions to the Society, and we’re excited to continue fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing within our community.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or contributions for future newsletters, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your continued support, and I look forward to connecting with you in our upcoming events and activities.
Best,
Shahana Munazir
PhD Candidate in Anthropology, UW-Madison
Society for the Anthropology of Religion
Section of the American Anthropological Association
16th July 2024
News and Announcements
The Society for Anthropology of Religion (SAR) is pleased to announce the 2024 student paper prize competition, aimed at recognizing outstanding writing on religion by emerging scholars. Graduate students in anthropology or related fields from universities worldwide are invited to submit their previously unpublished, original work by August 1, 2024. The winning paper will receive a $250 cash award and may be recommended for publication in Religion and Society, while the runner-up will receive a $100 cash prize. Additionally, finalists will have the opportunity to participate in SAR’s mentorship program, pairing select graduate students with faculty mentors before the 2024 AAA meetings for feedback on revising their papers for publication. Winners and finalists will be publicly announced at a special reception and recognized at the SAR business meeting. For submission guidelines and further information, please contact Britt Halvorson (bhalvors@colby.edu), Candace Lukasik (cl2126@msstate.edu), and Michael Edwards (michael.edwards@sydney.edu.au). Submissions should be written in English, no more than 30 double-spaced pages, and emailed with the subject line “SAR Paper Prize Submission.” Limit one submission per person.
New Books and Articles
Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir
June 2024
Omer Aijazi
University of Pennsylvania Press
“Problems of Citation,” Special Issue
June 2024
N. Fadeke Castor, Britt Halvorson, Ingie Hovland, Sarah Imhoff, Pamela E. Klassen and Elizabeth Pérez
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses
The impossibility of Muslim Boyhood
June 2024
Shenila Khoja-Moolji
University of Minnesota Press
Shâmaran: The Neolithic Eternal Mother, Love and the Kurds
May 2024
Dilsa Deniz
Rowman and Littlefield
The Protestantism of Neoliberalism
Daromir Rudnyckyj
April 2024
Culture, Theory, and Critique
“Religious Suasion,” Special Issue
Sam Victor & Danny Cardoza
April 2024
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Power Circuits: Asymmetries of Global Christianity
April 2024
Candace Lukasik and Jason Bruner
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Engaged Buddhism in Mountain Monasteries: Templestay as Wellness Tourism in South Korea
Kyoim Yun
2023
Asian Ethnology
Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan
Annika Schmeding
November 2023
Stanford University Press
Holy Wells of Ireland: Sacred Realms and Popular Domains
Celeste Ray and Finbar McCormick (ed)
October 2023
Indiana University Press
Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka
Neena Mahadev
October 2023
Columbia University Press
The Ethnography of Tantra
Carole Erika Lorea and Rohit Singh
October 2023
Spirit Wives and Church Mothers: Marriage, Survival, and Healing in Central Mozambique
Christy K. Schuetze
August 2023
University of Wisconsin Press
Call for Proposals and Opportunities for Publication
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) column in Anthropology News invites submissions that convey short stories about religion inspired by fieldwork, popular media, or current events. Accepted submissions will be published in 2024 and 2025.
The Lion and the Unicorn Special Issue: Twenty-First-Century Religion and Culture in Youth Literature (Deadline: July 15, 2024)
Religions, “Religion and Politics: Historical Developments and Contemporary Transformations” (Deadline: August 1, 2024)
University of Notre Dame: Conference on the History of Women Religious: Lives and Archives (Deadline: August 15, 2024)
Equinox Publishing, UK and CrossCurrents (University of North Carolina Press), “Religion and the Work of Art” (Deadline for CrossCurrents: August 31, 2024 | Deadline for Equinox Volume: December 31)