This award honors an outstanding contribution through publication and professional activity to the dissemination of findings on religious and allied issues or who has made a notable contribution to the integration of these findings with those of other disciplines, notably philosophy, sociology and anthropology.
Eligibility: All individuals are eligible for consideration.
2025 Joseph Bubulia
2024 Ryan McKay
2023 Frank Fincham
2022 Dimitris Xygalatas
2021 Liz Hall
2020 Ann Taves
2019 Christopher Ellison
2018 Doug Oman
2017 Miguel Farias
2016 Richard Sosis
2015 Neal Krause
2014 Tanya Luhrman
2013 Susan McFadden
2012 Ev Worthington
2011 Annette Mahoney
2010 Justin Barrett
2009 Fraser Watts
2008 Ray Paloutzian
2007 None
2006 Leslie J. Francis
2005 Owe Wilkstrom
2004 Naomi R. Goldenberg
2003 Nils G. Holm
2002 Siang-Yang Tan
2001 William C. Meissner
2000 Carole A. Rayburn
1999 P. Scott Richards
1998 Peter C. Hill
1997 Edward P. Shafranske
1996 Ana Maria Rizzuto
1995 John McDargh
1994 Don Capps
1993 James W. Jones
1992 Barry Ekstadt
1991 David Wulff
1990 Hendrika Vande Kemp
1989 Reuven Bulka
1988 David Bakan
1987 H. Newton Malony
1986 Paul Pruyser
1985 Paul Clement
1984 James E. Royce
1983 Gary Collins
1982 Adrian Van Kaam
1981 No award presented
1980 William C. Bier (awarded posthumously)
Nominations for this award should include a brief statement explaining why the nominee deserves the award as well as a copy of the nominee's CV. Self-nominations are welcome.
Please send a single document containing all materials (as either a PDF or MS Word document) to Awards Committee Chair Crystal Park. Deadline for the current cycle of awards is February 28, to be given the subsequent year.
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