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Martin E. Marty Public Understanding of Religion Award
Winners
| 2012 | Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School professor of divinity, pioneer of feminist biblical interpretation and theology, co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion |
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| 2011 | Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University professor of American Jewish History, chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History, and leading public commentator on American Jewish religion and life |
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| 2010 | Elaine Pagels, Princeton University historian of religion who has made the academic study of Gnosticism and early Christian history accessible to millions through her best-selling works and public commentaries |
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| 2009 | James H. Cone, Union Theological Seminary professor of systematic theology, creator of black liberation theology in the U.S., and frequent public commentator on black theology and the African American experience |
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| 2008 | Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago Divinity School professor of the history of religions and scholar of Hinduism and mythology: an author, editor, translator, lecturer and commentator |
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| 2007 | Robert N. Bellah, University of California at Berkeley (emeritus) sociologist of religion and educator whose influential essays and books have for decades helped shape the academic and public discourse on religion and morality in American society |
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| 2006 | Andrew M. Greeley, University of Arizona professor of sociology and frequent public commentator on Catholicism and religion in America. |
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| 2005 | John L. Esposito, Georgetown University professor of Islamic studies and founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, whose publications and public commentary have enhanced the understanding of Islam |
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| 2004 | Huston Smith, Syracuse University professor of religion whose published work has introduced millions to the study of world religions |
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| 2003 | Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Religion: his many publications have stimulated public discussion about religion, most recently on the public role of American Protestantism |
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| 2002 | Diana Eck, Harvard University professor of comparative religion and Indian studies and director of The Pluralism Project, which documents the growing presence of the Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Zoroastrian communities in the U.S. |
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| 2001 | David Knipe, University of Wisconsin at Madison professor of languages and cultures of Asia and public television producer and public radio commentator on religion |
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| 2000 | Eileen V. Barker, London School of Economics sociologist of religion and founder of INFORM, an organization using scholarly research as a basis for informing news media, government officials, and the public about new religious movements |
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| 1999 | Cornel West, Harvard University philosopher of religion, writing on issues that particularly confront African Americans |
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| 1998 | Harvey Cox, Harvard University sociologist of religion who writes on social and political issues that confront Christianity |
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| 1997 | Walter Capps (deceased) psychologist of religion and member of Congress |
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| 1996 | Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago (emeritus) historian and frequent public commentator on American religion |
