Charles McCrary, assistant professor of religious studies at Eckerd College and winner of the 2023 Book Award in Analytical-Descriptive Studies from the American Academy of Religion, discusses his book Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers.
Megan Brankley Abbas talks about her award-winning book Whose Islam?: The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia which discusses the question of authority in Islamic studies, both religious and academic.
Gloria Maité Hernández, associate professor of languages at West Chester University and co-winner of the 2022 AAR Book Award in Textual Studies discusses her book Savoring God: Comparative Theopoetics.