American Academy of Religion Virtual Exhibit

Welcome to the UNC Press Virtual Exhibit for the American Academy of Religion.

Scroll to see our newest releases!

We’re looking forward to meeting you at the conference. But if you are not traveling this year, we’re bringing our book exhibit to you.

From virtually anywhere, you can browse our list of new and recent titles, chat with our Acquisitions Editor Mark Simpson-Vos, learn about our new books in our Where Religion Lives and Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks Series, and more.


New Books in our Where Religion Lives Series


New Books in our Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks Series


Congratulations to our AAR Book Award Winners!

2024 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies, American Academy of Religion
2024 Best First Book in the History of Religions, American Academy of Religion, American Academy of Religion

Finalist, 2024 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Historical Studies, American Academy of Religion


UNC Press is proud to publish the journal CrossCurrents for the
Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL)

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents

Volume 74, Number 1, March 2024

S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents

Volume 73, Number 3, September 2023

S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents

Volume 73, Number 2, June 2023

S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate



All of our books (in fact, our entire site) are available now at our 40 percent AAR conference discount. Plus if your order totals $75, domestic U.S. shipping is FREE! Just use promo code 01DAH40 at checkout.

Click here for our full list of books in Religious Studies. (Be sure to use the promo code 01DAH40 at checkout to get the full AAR discount).

Follow the links at the left for information on submitting a book proposal, ordering desk or examination copies (even free digital exam copies), classroom permissions, disability resources, and more. We’ve even created a handy FAQ document, with answers to the most-asked questions we get at exhibit booths.

Click on any book below to learn more. And, using our View Inside feature, you can leaf through the pages for a preview of each new book, just as if you were standing at our booth. Check it out on each book page.


New Books for AAR

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

What Side Are You On?

What Side Are You On?

A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

Michael Steven Wilson, José Antonio Lucero

Redeemer, Second Edition

Redeemer, Second Edition

The Life of Jimmy Carter

Randall Balmer

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust

Robin Judd

Surgery and Salvation

Surgery and Salvation

The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940

Elizabeth O'Brien

Who Is Muhammad?

Who Is Muhammad?

Michael Muhammad Knight

Far from the Rooftop of the World

Far from the Rooftop of the World

Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents

Amy Yee

We Pursue Our Magic

We Pursue Our Magic

A Spiritual History of Black Feminism

Marina Magloire

I Cannot Write My Life

I Cannot Write My Life

Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said's America

Mbaye Lo, Carl W. Ernst

Public Confessions

Public Confessions

The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics

Rebecca L. Davis

Vodou en Vogue

Vodou en Vogue

Fashioning Black Divinities in Haiti and the United States

Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha

Convicting the Mormons

Convicting the Mormons

The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture

Janiece Johnson

Making Moral Citizens

Making Moral Citizens

How Faith-Based Organizers Use Vocation for Public Action

Jack Delehanty

Seeing Things

Seeing Things

Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism

Mason Kamana Allred

The Southern Way of Life

The Southern Way of Life

Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South

Charles Reagan Wilson

The End of Public Execution

The End of Public Execution

Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South

Michael Ayers Trotti

Global Faith, Worldly Power

Global Faith, Worldly Power

Evangelical Internationalism and U.S. Empire

John Corrigan, Melani McAlister, Axel R. Schäfer

Passion Plays

Passion Plays

How Religion Shaped Sports in North America

Randall Balmer

Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century

Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century

An Introduction

Wendy Cadge, Shelly Rambo

Bedlam in the New World

Bedlam in the New World

A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment

Christina Ramos

Father Luis Olivares, a Biography

Father Luis Olivares, a Biography

Faith Politics and the Origins of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles

Mario T. García

Strangers and Friends at the Welcome Table

Strangers and Friends at the Welcome Table

Contemporary Christianities in the American South

James Hudnut-Beumler

Hajj to the Heart

Hajj to the Heart

Sufi Journeys across the Indian Ocean

Scott Kugle

A Nation of Descendants

A Nation of Descendants

Politics and the Practice of Genealogy in U.S. History

Francesca Morgan

Meatpacking America

Meatpacking America

How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland

Kristy Nabhan-Warren

The Souls of Womenfolk

The Souls of Womenfolk

The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South

Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh

Stretching the Heavens

Stretching the Heavens

The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism

Terryl L. Givens

A Saint of Our Own

A Saint of Our Own

How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American

Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Colors of Confinement

Colors of Confinement

Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II

Eric L. Muller, Bill Manbo

Nonviolence before King

Nonviolence before King

The Politics of Being and the Black Freedom Struggle

Anthony C. Siracusa

Religion and the American Revolution

Religion and the American Revolution

An Imperial History

Katherine Carté

Against Sex

Against Sex

Identities of Sexual Restraint in Early America

Kara M. French

Moral Majorities across the Americas

Moral Majorities across the Americas

Brazil, the United States, and the Creation of the Religious Right

Benjamin A. Cowan

Convulsed States

Convulsed States

Earthquakes, Prophecy, and the Remaking of Early America

Jonathan Todd Hancock

Sick and Tired

Sick and Tired

An Intimate History of Fatigue

Emily K. Abel

The Thing about Religion

The Thing about Religion

An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions

David Morgan

Spiritual Entrepreneurs

Spiritual Entrepreneurs

Florida's Faith-Based Prisons and the American Carceral State

Brad Stoddard

White Evangelical Racism

White Evangelical Racism

The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

A New Christian Identity

A New Christian Identity

Christian Science Origins and Experience in American Culture

Amy B. Voorhees

Christian Citizens

Christian Citizens

Reading the Bible in Black and White in the Postemancipation South

Elizabeth L. Jemison

China's Muslims and Japan's Empire

China's Muslims and Japan's Empire

Centering Islam in World War II

Kelly A. Hammond

Jumping the Broom

Jumping the Broom

The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual

Tyler D. Parry

Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis

Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis

How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community

Jodi Eichler-Levine

Realizing Islam

Realizing Islam

The Tijaniyya in North Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Muslim World

Zachary Valentine Wright

Muhammad's Body

Muhammad's Body

Baraka Networks and the Prophetic Assemblage

Michael Muhammad Knight

St. Francis of America

St. Francis of America

How a Thirteenth-Century Friar Became America's Most Popular Saint

Patricia Appelbaum

Religious Freedom

Religious Freedom

The Contested History of an American Ideal

Tisa Wenger

Tabernacles of Clay

Tabernacles of Clay

Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism

Taylor G. Petrey

Visions in a Seer Stone

Visions in a Seer Stone

Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon

William L. Davis

Saving History

Saving History

How White Evangelicals Tour the Nation's Capital and Redeem a Christian America

Lauren R. Kerby

Soul Liberty

Soul Liberty

The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia

Nicole Myers Turner

The Laywoman Project

The Laywoman Project

Remaking Catholic Womanhood in the Vatican II Era

Mary J. Henold

Veil and Vow

Veil and Vow

Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture

Aneeka Ayanna Henderson

Religious Intolerance in America, Second Edition

Religious Intolerance in America, Second Edition

A Documentary History

John Corrigan, Lynn S. Neal

The Transnational Mosque

The Transnational Mosque

Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East

Kishwar Rizvi

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

America's Prophet

D. H. Dilbeck

Those Who Know Don't Say

Those Who Know Don't Say

The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State

Garrett Felber

Railroading Religion

Railroading Religion

Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West

David Walker

Modernism on the Nile

Modernism on the Nile

Art in Egypt between the Islamic and the Contemporary

Alex Dika Seggerman

Who Is Allah?

Who Is Allah?

Bruce B. Lawrence

Bonds of Union

Bonds of Union

Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland

Bridget Ford

Religion, Art, and Money

Religion, Art, and Money

Episcopalians and American Culture from the Civil War to the Great Depression

Peter W. Williams

What Is a Madrasa?

What Is a Madrasa?

Ebrahim Moosa

Muslim Pilgrimage in the Modern World

Muslim Pilgrimage in the Modern World

Babak Rahimi, Peyman Eshaghi

Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools

Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools

Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion?

Candy Gunther Brown

In a Pure Muslim Land

In a Pure Muslim Land

Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East

Simon Wolfgang Fuchs

A Saint of Our Own

A Saint of Our Own

How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American

Kathleen Sprows Cummings

Finding God through Yoga

Finding God through Yoga

Paramahansa Yogananda and Modern American Religion in a Global Age

David J. Neumann

Prescribing the Dharma

Prescribing the Dharma

Psychotherapists, Buddhist Traditions, and Defining Religion

Ira Helderman

Prieto

Prieto

Yorùbá Kingship in Colonial Cuba during the Age of Revolutions

Henry B. Lovejoy

Darkness Falls on the Land of Light

Darkness Falls on the Land of Light

Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England

Douglas L. Winiarski

Troubled Memory, Second Edition

Troubled Memory, Second Edition

Anne Levy, the Holocaust, and David Duke's Louisiana

Lawrence N. Powell

God with Us

God with Us

Lived Theology and the Freedom Struggle in Americus, Georgia, 1942–1976

Ansley L. Quiros

Hashtag Islam

Hashtag Islam

How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority

Gary R. Bunt

Father Luis Olivares, a Biography

Father Luis Olivares, a Biography

Faith Politics and the Origins of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles

Mario T. García

A Luminous Brotherhood

A Luminous Brotherhood

Afro-Creole Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans

Emily Suzanne Clark

Sacred Interests

Sacred Interests

The United States and the Islamic World, 1821-1921

Karine V. Walther

Carolina Israelite

Carolina Israelite

How Harry Golden Made Us Care about Jews, the South, and Civil Rights

Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett

Islam without Europe

Islam without Europe

Traditions of Reform in Eighteenth-Century Islamic Thought

Ahmad S. Dallal

Liberia, South Carolina

Liberia, South Carolina

An African American Appalachian Community

John M. Coggeshall

City of Second Sight

City of Second Sight

Nineteenth-Century Boston and the Making of American Visual Culture

Justin T. Clark

Beyond Chrismukkah

Beyond Chrismukkah

The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States

Samira K. Mehta

Gay on God's Campus

Gay on God's Campus

Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities

Jonathan S. Coley

Devotions and Desires

Devotions and Desires

Histories of Sexuality and Religion in the Twentieth-Century United States

Gillian A. Frank, Bethany Moreton, Heather R. White

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

America's Prophet

D. H. Dilbeck

Common Threads

Common Threads

A Cultural History of Clothing in American Catholicism

Sally Dwyer-McNulty

Religion as Critique

Religion as Critique

Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace

Irfan Ahmad

Ambivalent Embrace

Ambivalent Embrace

Jewish Upward Mobility in Postwar America

Rachel Kranson

A Communion of Shadows

A Communion of Shadows

Religion and Photography in Nineteenth-Century America

Rachel McBride Lindsey

Hard, Hard Religion

Hard, Hard Religion

Interracial Faith in the Poor South

John Hayes

The Promise of Patriarchy

The Promise of Patriarchy

Women and the Nation of Islam

Ula Yvette Taylor

Jah Kingdom

Jah Kingdom

Rastafarians, Tanzania, and Pan-Africanism in the Age of Decolonization

Monique A. Bedasse

Religious Freedom

Religious Freedom

The Contested History of an American Ideal

Tisa Wenger

The Religion of Chiropractic

The Religion of Chiropractic

Populist Healing from the American Heartland

Holly Folk

William James

William James

Psychical Research and the Challenge of Modernity

Krister Dylan Knapp

Darkness Falls on the Land of Light

Darkness Falls on the Land of Light

Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England

Douglas L. Winiarski

What Is Veiling?

What Is Veiling?

Sahar Amer

Women in the Church of God in Christ

Women in the Church of God in Christ

Making a Sanctified World

Anthea Butler