of the American Anthropological Association

 

SAR SERIES, CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION

 
Since its creation, the Society for the Anthropology of Religion has not had had a journal through which colleagues can share and develop their ideas.  But the Society does have a book series, Contemporary Anthropology of Religion, which is published in collaboration with Palgrave-Macmillan Press.  Books in the series explore a variety of issues relating to current theoretical or comparative issues in the study of religion. These include the relation between religion and the body, social memory, gender, ethnoreligious violence, globalization, modernity, and multiculturalism, among others.

The series has just published its eighth book, and the Society and the series Editor are keen to publish additional works in the anthropology of religion.  Palgrave, which also distributes Zed Books, offers an excellent, world-wide network of distribution for its books.  It also enjoys a comparatively quick publication schedule, typically eight to ten months after the press's receipt of the finished manuscript.
 
The Society is particularly interested in publishing books that combine sophisticated theoretical reflection in the anthropology of religion with quality ethnographic research.  However the Society also welcomes single-authored, book-length essays that address central topics or theoretical issues in the anthropology of religion from a comparative or interdisciplinary perspective.
 
Authors interested in learning more about Palgrave and the SAR series are encouraged to contact the Series Editor, Laurel Kendall, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024 USA, lkendall@amnh.org
 

Last Update: November 9 2007

 BOOKS IN THE SERIES

A PEACEFUL JIHAD Negotiating Identity and Modernity in Muslim Java Ronald Lukens-Bull May, 2005 / 176 pages. 1-4039-6660-5 $26.95 Paperback

AFTER THE RESCUE Jewish Identity and Community in Contemporary Denmark Andrew Buckser May, 2003 / 288 pages. 1-4039-6270-7 $30.95 Paperback

BODY/MEANING/HEALING Thomas J. Csordas July, 2002 / 384 pages. 0-312-29392-5 $32.95 Paperback

EMPOWERING THE PAST, CONFRONTING THE FUTURE The Duna People of Papua New Guinea Pamela Stewart and Andrew Strathern June, 2004 / 208 pages. 1-4039-6491-2 $23.95 Paperback

ISLAM OBSCURED The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation Daniel Varisco February, 2005 / 240 pages. 1-4039-6773-3 $26.95 Paperback

ISLAM, MEMORY, AND MORALITY IN YEMEN Ruling Families in Transition Gabriele vom Bruck; Foreword by Fred Halliday November, 2005 / 368 pages. 1-4039-6665-6 $26.95 Paperback

THE ROAD TO CLARITY Seventh-Day Adventism in Madagascar Eva Keller November, 2005 / 288 pages. 1-4039-7076-9 $24.95 Paperback

THE WEIGHT OF THE PAST Living with History in Mahajanga, Madagascar Michael Lambek January, 2003 / 352 pages. 1-4039-6068-2 $30.95 Paperback