Religion and Politics

Membership

Section List

The purpose of this section is to encourage the study of religions and politics by political scientists including issues of church and state, law, morality, political behavior, social justice, and the contributions of faith to political understanding.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~religionandpolitics/

2009 - 2010 Officers

Chair:
Kimberly H. Conger
Iowa State University
Political Science
515 Ross Hall
Ames IA 50011-1204
conger@iastate.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
John R. Pottenger
University of Alabama, Huntsville
Political Science
Morton Hall 250
1401 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville AL 35899
pottenj@uah.edu

2010 Program Chair:
Andrew R. Murphy
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Political Science
508 Hickman Hall
89 George Street
New Brunswick NJ 08901-1411
armurphy@polisci.rutgers.edu

Webmaster
Ricardo M. Barrera, resident@politicalphilosophy.net

Executive Committee
Ahmet Kuru, Columbia University
Katherine Knutson, Gustauvs Adolphus College
Mark Rozell, George Mason University
Rachel McCleary, Harvard University

Journal
Politics and Religion

Editors:
Ted G. Jelen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Political Science
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 455029
Las Vegas NV 89154-5029
jelent@unlv.nevada.edu

Sabrina Petra Ramet
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sociology & Political Science
Institutt for sociologi and statsvitenskap
Trondheim 7491 Norway
sabrina.ramet@svt.ntnu.no

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation on religion and politics successfully defended in 2008 and 2009. Please direct a copy of each nominated dissertation to each committee member by February 15, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Ted Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Award Committee Members:
Gamze Cavdar, Colorado State University
Mark Jendrysik, University of North Dakota
Ani Sarkissian, Michigan State University

The Paul J. Weber Award is given for the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the 2009 APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations are made by panel chairs and discussants and must be submitted to the Committee Chair by February 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Elizabeth Oldmixon, University of North Texas

Award Committee Members:
Rodney Grunes, Centenary College
Sandy Livington, University of Aberdeen
Tarek Masoud, Harvard University

The Hubert Morken Award is given for the best publication dealing with religion and politics published during 2008 and 2009. This is a biennial award to be awarded at the 2011 APSA meeting.
Please direct one copy of each nominated publication to each committee member
by September 30, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
David Campbell, University of Notre Dame

Award Committee Members:
Michael Gibbons, University of South Florida
Iza Hussin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois, Chicago