Society for the Anthropology of Religion


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


Missions and Conversions
Creating the Montagnard-Dega Refugee Community
Thomas Pearson
Jun., 2009 / 256 pages.
0-230-61536-8 $90.00 Hardcover

Christianity in the Local Context
Southern Baptists in the Philippines
Brian M. Howell
Jul, 2006 / 272 pages.
0-230-60661-X $79.95 Hardcover

Yoruba in Diaspora
An African Church in London
Hermione Harris
Sep, 2006 / 304 pages.
1-4039-7480-2 $74.95 Hardcover

A Peaceful Jihad
From the 16th to the 21st Century
Thomas Gibson
June, 2007 / 268 pages.
1-4039-7983-9 $74.95 Hardcover

A Peaceful Jihad
Gladys Ganiel
May, 2008 / 224 pages.
0-230-60539-7 $69.95 Hardcover

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
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