Published semiannually, American Religion offers an open-access forum for intellectual and creative engagement with religion in the Americas.https://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mvt7qwkrok2uFeaturing our very own Sarah Imhoff! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdQ-neKhtqC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D18 Sep 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt7qwkrok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mu3lfzfgjs2aA friendly reminder that submissions to American Religion's annual dissertation prize are due in THREE days by Sunday August 30!! For further information see: www.american-religion.org/announcements https://www.american-religion.org/announcements27 Aug 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3lfzfgjs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mtyvryqkas2vCheck out an exciting new roundtable discussion on the movies Wicked and Wicked: For Good! Featuring Samah Choudhury, Mihee Kim-Kort, and Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones, the conversation explores themes of prejudice, identity, and belonging. https://www.american-religion.org/reel-world-race-religion-film/wicked-defying-accountability26 Aug 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyvryqkas2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mtlvwyo6os2uWe are thrilled to welcome Dana Logan to American Religion’s editorial board! Logan is an Associate Professor of History at UNC Greensboro. She is a scholar of evangelicalism, civil society in the nineteenth-century United States, discipline, and the everyday experience of ritual.21 Aug 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlvwyo6os2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mth6yy3z7c2zA friendly reminder that submissions to American Religion's annual dissertation prize are due by Sunday August 30!! For further information see: www.american-religion.org/announcements19 Aug 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth6yy3z7c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mq5nprluls2sCheck out these reviews of four new books in religious studies in our Spring 2026 issue! - Melissa Borja on _Without a Prayer_ by Leslie Beth Ribovich https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/993177 - Janine Giordano Drake on _Orthodoxy on the Line_ by Aram Sarkisian muse.jhu.edu/article/99317808 Jul 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5nprluls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mprixsj66c2aCheck out these reviews of four new books in religious studies in our Spring 2026 issue! - Samira Mehta on _Conceiving Christian America_ muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/ 993173 - Vincent Lloyd on _Underworld Work_ muse.jhu.edu/article/99317403 Jul 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprixsj66c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mpmkslx2v22lCheck out these reviews of four new books in religious studies in our Spring 2026 issue! muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/993169 muse.jhu.edu/article/993170 muse.jhu.edu/article/993171 muse.jhu.edu/article/99317201 Jul 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmkslx2v22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mpjztn3q222oToday we are featuring Andrew Walker-Cornetta's essay, "Obfuscating Itineraries," in our Spring 2026 issue! Read further here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/99316830 Jun 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjztn3q222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mphikn7dvc2eWe are thrilled to announce on the American Religion website a new series on The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)! Edited by Dana Logan (UNC Greensboro), the roundtable features responses from three graduate students on various aspects of the film.29 Jun 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphikn7dvc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mpcjz376w22yToday we are featuring Emily Cohen's comic, "Conflicted," in our Spring 2026 issue! Check it out here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/99316727 Jun 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcjz376w22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mp7p45gpoc2pToday we are featuring Hannah Thorpe's and Sophie Bjork-James's article, "Toppling the Jenga Tower," in our Spring 2026 issue! https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/99316626 Jun 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7p45gpoc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mp35k22g422qToday we are featuring Connor Martini's article, "Lessons from a Reticent Guest: ‘Oumuamua and the Indeterminacy of Enchantment" in our Spring 2026 issue! https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/99316525 Jun 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp35k22g422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mow5ivuces2iToday we are featuring Savannah Flanagan's article, "Pastoral Maternity Care: The Moravians’ Utopian Vision of Reproductive Healthcare and its Limitations," in our Spring 2026 issue! Read further here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/99316423 Jun 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mow5ivuces2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mostxn3b3c2yWe are delighted to announce the publication of our Spring 2026 issue! Today, we are featuring Edward E. Curtis's important article on the intersection religion and Arab American studies. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/99316321 Jun 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mostxn3b3c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mmuryt5iwk22We are delighted to announce American Religion's sixth annual dissertation prize! www.american-religion.org/announcements https://www.american-religion.org/announcements28 May 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuryt5iwk22https://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mjmbvllfmk2cToday’s post marks our conclusion to the series—for now—and you are in for a treat! Leigh Eric Schmidt reflects on the Geertzian moment at the time of writing, the evolution of his subsequent research and methodology, and the legacy of historical ethnography https://www.american-religion.org/back-pages/on-the-convergence-of-history-and-cultural-anthropology16 Apr 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmbvllfmk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mjhay27ez22oBack Pages is back for a penultimate hurrah! Read Pamela E. Klassen on her second book, Blessed Events (2001), and her reflection on merging theory with feminist critique at the height of the “ethnographic turn” in arguing for childbirth as a religious form.14 Apr 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhay27ez22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mihacao4jc2hCheck out Arab Americana, an awesome new journal founded by Dr. Edward E. Curtis IV! The journal is currently issuing a call for papers for their first issue. https://www.psupress.org/journals/jnls_ArabAmericana.html01 Apr 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihacao4jc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mdjnp2w5mk26Today we are spotlighting two book reviews in our Fall 2025 issue! Tracy Fessenden on _Thoreau’s Axe_ by Caleb Smith Elaine Lai on _American Koan_ by Ben Van Overmeire Read further here https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/issue/5621929 Jan 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjnp2w5mk26https://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mdhammtqtk2lToday we are spotlighting four book reviews in our Fall 2025 issue! Read all reviews here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/issue/5621928 Jan 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhammtqtk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mdbvd5glf22sToday we are spotlighting four book reviews in our Fall 2025 issue! Read them all here https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/issue/5621925 Jan 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbvd5glf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3md2jqt6pm22oToday we are spotlighting Morgan Barbre's and Kathryn Lofton's review essay of "The Hoosier Cabinet in Kitchen History" by IU alum Nancy Hiller. To read further, go to https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97965023 Jan 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3md2jqt6pm22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mcvnpc4d7c25Today we are spotlighting James B. Nicola's poem, "States of Matter," in our Fall 2025 issue! To read further, go to https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97964921 Jan 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvnpc4d7c25https://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mct4crknw226Today we are spotlighting Frank Jamison's poem, "Three Orders of Prayer," in our Fall 2025 issue! To read further, go to https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97964820 Jan 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mct4crknw226https://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mcqdzbv4is2fToday we are spotlighting Dustin P. Brown's poem, "Sé Catedral," in our Fall 2025 issue! To read further, go to https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97964719 Jan 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcqdzbv4is2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mclm73srg22pToday we are spotlighting Morgane Thonnart's article, "Preacher Moss Sets the Tone: A New Genealogy and Anatomy of American Muslim Comedy," in our Fall 2025 issue! https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97964617 Jan 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mclm73srg22phttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mcim32z7uk24Today we are spotlighting Megan Leverage's article, "S. W. Hopkins’s 'Gospel of Intelligent Industry': The Industrial Religion of the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School," in our Fall 2025 issue! https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97964515 Jan 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcim32z7uk24https://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mcfzco3pf22bToday we are spotlighting Winnifred Fallers Sullivan's essay, "Notes on an American Pope," in our Fall 2025 issue! To read the entire essay, go to https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97964414 Jan 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfzco3pf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/amrel.bsky.social/post/3mcd3p2s6ic2kToday we are spotlighting Chandra Plowden's essay, "A Case for Half-Lives: Ten Years after a Charleston Shooting" in our Fall 2025 issue! https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/97964313 Jan 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:jjhjdsmdrfijurn7adxumghy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcd3p2s6ic2k