American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Conference 2021
To capture some of the spirit of gathering together in the AAR & SBL exhibit hall, we offer this virtual space, showcasing our new authors, award-winning books, and highlights from the last year of religion publishing at SUP.
New Books and New SUP Authors
Announcing new books, published in the last year. We’re offering 30% off and free North American shipping on these and other recent SUP titles with discount code S21XAAR-FM through our virtual exhibit ».
Michael Marder discussed his book Green Mass: The Ecological Theology of St. Hildegard of Bingen » with Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback and Peter Schuback. Green Mass is a meditation on—and with—twelfth-century Christian mystic and polymath Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Attending to Hildegard's vegetal vision, which greens theological tradition and imbues plant life with spirit, philosopher Michael Marder uncovers a verdant mode of thinking. The book stages a fresh encounter between present-day and premodern concerns, ecology and theology, philosophy and mysticism, the material and the spiritual, in word and sound.
Award Winners
NATALIE CARNES
- Finalist in the 2021 PROSE Award, sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers.
- Gold medal in the 2021 Illumination Book Awards, Parenting/Family category, sponsored by the Jenkins Group.
Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran »
NILOOFAR HAERI
- Winner of the 2021 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies, sponsored by the American Academy of Religion (AAR).
- Winner of the 2021 Fatema Mernissi Book Award, sponsored by the Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
Initmate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO »
DAVID J. HALPERIN
- Finalist in the 2021 RNA Nonfiction Book Award for Religion Reporting Excellence, sponsored by the Religious News Association.
Jesus Loves Japan: Return Migration and Global Pentecostalism in a Brazilian Diaspora »
SUMA IKEUCHI
- Winner of the 2020 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, sponsored by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) – Society for East Asian Anthropology.
Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army»
KATE IMY
- Winner of the 2020 Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA) Pacific Coast Branch.
- Honorable Mention in the 2020 Best International Security Book by a Non-Tenured Faculty Member Award, sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) – International Security Section (ISS).
- Winner of the 2020 Stansky Book Prize, sponsored by the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS).
The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast »
ARKOTONG LONGKUMER
- Longlisted in the 2021 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize, sponsored by the New India Foundation.
Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis of Saqqara »
ELAINE A. SULLIVAN
- Winner of the 2020 Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital History, sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA).
JAY WEXLER
- Gold Medal in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) – Religion (Eastern/Western) category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Invisible Companions: Encounters with Imaginary Friends, Gods, Ancestors, and Angels »
BRADLEY WIGGER
- Gold medal in the 2020 Illumination Book Awards, Spirituality category, sponsored by the Jenkins Group.
- Winner of the 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.
AAR & SBL Resources
AAR & SBL 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting »
