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:
Department of Anthropology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th. St.
New York, NY 10024
lkendall@amnh.org
(212)769-5892
