Congratulations to our 2021 APSA Religion & Politics Award Winners!
Ted Jelen Best Journal Article Award
Winner: Ajay Verghese (Taking Other Religions Seriously: A Comparative Survey of Hindus in India. Politics and Religion 13(3), 604-638)
Honorable Mention: Andrew R. Lewis, William D. Blake, Stephen T. Mockabee, and Amanda Friesen (American Constitutional Faith and the Politics of Hermeneutics. Politics and Religion 13(1), 57-88)
Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation in Religion and Politics Award
Winner: Alexandra Blackman (“The Politicization of Faith: Settler Colonialism, Education, and Political Identity in Tunisia”)
Honorable Mention: Alon Burstein (“Terrorizing God’s Enemies: The Influence of Religion on Terror Group Activity”)
Hubert Morken Best Book in Religion and Politics Award
Winner: Alexander Thurston, Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel: Local Politics and Rebel Groups
Honorable Mentions:
John W. Compton, The End of Empathy: Why White Protestants Stopped Loving Their Neighbors
Amanda Hollis-Brusky and Joshua Wilson, Separate but Faithful: The Christian Right’s Radical Struggle to Transform Law and Legal Culture
Weber Best Conference Paper in Religion and Politics Award
Winner: Tugba Bozcaga & Fotini Christia
Honorable Mention: Kikue Hamayotsu
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar in Religion and Politics Award
Co-winners: Jonathan Fox and Paul Djupe