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Nova Religio Announces Volume 25 Award-Winning Articles
Dec 09 2022
The Thomas Robbins Awards for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements was established in 2002 by the late Thomas Robbins to recognize outstanding articles published in Nova Religio.
UC Press Recent Award-Winning Authors
Dec 03 2021
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from October and November 2021. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Lina BrittoPremios Nacionales Alejandro Ángel Esco
Q&A with Maria E. Doerfler, award-winning author of Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son
Nov 20 2021
We’re proud to share that author Maria E. Doerfler has won the 2021 Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion for her book, Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity. In this interview with Doerfler, we take a deeper look at the
UC Press September Award-Winning Authors
Oct 05 2021
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from September 2021. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr.15th Annual Hehdey
Q&A with Tony Keddie: on Republican Jesus and How the Christian Right Weaponized the Bible
Dec 01 2020
For this year's American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature virtual meeting, scholar Tony Keddie joined us to discuss his new book, Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels. In this conversation, Tony explains why this book is important for understanding today's
John Renard: The Story Behind the Cover of Crossing Confessional Boundaries
Nov 27 2020
By John Renard, author of Crossing Confessional Boundaries: Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic TraditionsIn this short comment, author John Renard reflects on the cover of his book, Crossing Confessional Boundaries: Exemplary Lives in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions. Ran
Why are Yogic and Transformational Festivals—from Wanderlust to Burning Man—So White?
Nov 25 2020
By Amanda Lucia, author of White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational FestivalsAll-white powwows, reggae festivals, and blues festivals are relatively unthinkable in the US context. In contrast, yogic and transformational festivals draw predominantly white spiritual seekers into
#AARSBL2020: Meet with UC Press Editor Eric Schmidt—Virtually
Nov 23 2020
Have a book project to pitch? Editor Eric Schmidt is taking appointments Dec. 2-8.
Author Jordan D. Rosenblum Shares the Secret to Writing an Engaging Coursebook
Nov 23 2020
by Jordan D. Rosenblum, author of Rabbinic Drinking: What Beverages Teach Us About Rabbinic LiteratureA good textbook can be dry—so long as it’s dry like a nice red wine and not dry like a boring recitation of tax codes. With this caveat in mind, I endeavored to write the former, even when (admi
Environmental Apocalypticism
Nov 25 2019
This guest post is published as part of our blog series related to the annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion & Society for Biblical Literature November 23-26 in San Diego. #aarsbl19By Robin Globus Veldman, author of The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians O