American Academy of Religion

AAR Member Note: Congratulations to Brian Collins on launching the podcast A Very Square Peg: A Podcast Series about Polymath Robert Eisler: http://ow.ly/3NFX50BaLDO

What is most exciting is the analytical challenge that Caple offers to any binary understanding of People’s Republic of China/monastic relationships." Caroline Sharkey on Jane E. Caple's "Morality and Monastic Revival in Post-Mao Tibet" at Reading Religion: http://ow.ly/2M0q50BQvWJ

AAR Member Note: Congratulations to Cheryl Townsend Gilkes on the publication of Kneeling to Venerate Hate: The Meaning of a Police Killing in Minnesota: http://ow.ly/yl6I50BaLwT

Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 AAR Religion and the Arts Book Award, Sugata Ray, for "Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 15501850" (University of Washington Press)! The jury called Ray's work "an original investigation and a novel methodology," and said "though ostensibly about a bygone period, Ray's study has much to tell us about the here and now." http://ow.ly/sh2q50C5gkm

Have a cup of coffee with a mentor during the virtual annual meeting! Registration for mentees is now open. Choose a mentor by November 23. Mentoring spots will be filled first-come, first-serve. http://ow.ly/sP3I50CblJs

AAR Member Note: Congratulations to Denise Nadeau on the publication of Unsettling Spirit: A Journey into Decolonization: http://ow.ly/aBqW50BaLq8

Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 AAR Best First Book in the History of Religions, Justine Buck Quijada, for "Buddhists, Shamans, and Soviets: Rituals of History in Post-Soviet Buryatia" (Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)). The jury praised Quijada's "lucidly and lyrically wrought prose," and affirmed that the book is "a beautifully realized contribution to the anthropology of history." http://ow.ly/UEwv50C5fQD

AAR Member Note: Congratulations to Larry Donell Covin Jr. on the publication of Thirteen Turns: A Theology Resurrected From the Gallows of Jim Crow Christianity: http://ow.ly/UTy250BaLkN

Attending our Virtual Annual Meeting? Use the online planner to customize your schedule! You can browse sessions and participating publishers, conduct searches, and build out your personal calendar. Learn more: http://ow.ly/fYsh50C9nV7

"Well written, generously produced, and reasonably priced, it deserves an audience outside the academy. - Peter Webster on Stephanie L. Derrick's "The Fame of C. S. Lewis" at Reading Religion : http://ow.ly/mgRG50BQvwG

AAR Member Note: Congratulations to Leonard McKinnis for winning the 2021 Louisville Institute Sabbatical Grant for Researchers: http://ow.ly/HSSS50BaL7w

Congratulations to AAR's 2020 Book Award winners! Authors Sugata Ray, Justine Buck Quijada, Daniel Dubuisson, Jolyon Baraka Thomas, Kathryn Tanner, Isabel Laack, and Matthew King have each written exemplary books that contribute to the study of religion. http://ow.ly/lava50C5f7I

The AAR Academic Relations Committee has updated guides for external program reviews in religion and theology, including on how to choose and be a reviewer. Thanks to the committee, especially Joanne Maguire, Martha Newman, & Jennifer Rycenga! View guides: http://ow.ly/u9ll50C3fl8

AAR Member Note: Congratulations to Ineda Pearl Adesanya on the publication of Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction: http://ow.ly/VS2w50BaKSz