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We are delighted to announce American Religion's sixth annual dissertation prize!
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Please send submissions to amrel@iu.edu by August 30, 2026, and include:
1) an abstract of the dissertation
2) the complete dissertation as a pdf file
3) the author’s current CV
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For further information, see: american-religion.org/announ…
We look forward to your submissions!
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The prize recognizes outstanding dissertation writing in the field broadly understood as “religion in the Americas.” Our definitions of these operative terms are capacious, and we welcome submissions that deploy a broad array of methods and geographical orientations.
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Today’s post marks our conclusion to the series—for now—and you are in for a treat! Read Leigh Eric Schmidt on his first book, Holy Fairs (1989). american-religion.org/back-p…
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Schmidt reflects on the Geertzian moment that characterized his initial methodology, the evolution of his subsequent research, and the legacy of historical ethnography.
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Back Pages is back for a penultimate hurrah! Read Pamela E. Klassen' reflection on her second book, Blessed Events (2001), and how she merged theory with feminist critique at the height of the “ethnographic turn” in arguing for childbirth as a religious form.
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Check out Arab Americana, an awesome new journal founded by Dr. Edward E. Curtis IV! The journal is currently issuing a call for papers for their first issue.
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Today we are spotlighting two book reviews in our Fall 2025 issue!
Tracy Fessenden on _Thoreau’s Axe_ by Caleb Smith
Elaine Lai on _American Koan_ by Ben Van Overmeire
Read further here muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/issue/562…
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Today we are spotlighting four book reviews in our Fall 2025 issue!
Read all reviews here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/issue/562…
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Katie Heatherly on _Empire of Purity_ by Eva Payne
Rachel B. Gross on _Religion in Plain View_ by Sally M. Promey
Eli Rosenblatt on _The Jewish South_ by Shari Rabin
Shari Rabin on _Sovereignty and Religious Freedom_ by Simon Rabinovitch
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Today we are spotlighting four book reviews in our Fall 2025 issue!
Read them all here muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/issue/562…
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Ryan Tobler on _The Delight Makers_ by Catherine Albanese
Claire Rostov on _Waste Wars_ by Alexander Clapp
Nanea Renteria on _Land is Kin_ by Dana Lloyd
Evan Berry on _Golden States_ by Eileen Luhr
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Today we are spotlighting Morgan Barbre's and Kathryn Lofton's review essay of "The Hoosier Cabinet in Kitchen History" by IU alum Nancy Hiller.
To read further, go to muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/9…
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Today we are spotlighting James B. Nicola's poem, "States of Matter," in our Fall 2025 issue!
To read further, go to muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/9…
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Today we are spotlighting Frank Jamison's poem, "Three Orders of Prayer," in our Fall 2025 issue!
To read further, go to muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/9…
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Today we are spotlighting Dustin P. Brown's poem, "Sé Catedral," in our Fall 2025 issue!
To read further, go to muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/9…
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Today we are spotlighting Morgane Thonnart's article, "Preacher Moss Sets the Tone: A New Genealogy and Anatomy of American Muslim Comedy," in our Fall 2025 issue! muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/9…
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"This article addresses the roots and routes of American Muslim comedy by retracing the early motivations of Preacher Moss, and it considers how his career and narrative set the tone for the articulation of so-called American Muslim comedy into the twenty-first century."
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