Ann Marie Bahr
Professor Emerita of Religion
Education
- Ph.D. in religion | Temple University
- M.A. in religious studies | Stanford University
- B.A. in geology | Lawrence University
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
- Geography of religion
- World religions
- Biblical studies
- Indigenous religions
- Religion in America
Academic Responsibilities
- Geography of religion: Europe and USA
- Geography of religion: Latin America and Africa
- Geography of religion: India and China
- Geography of religion: Middle East
- Native American religions
- World religions
- Honors world religions
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Phi Beta Kappa (1972-present)
- Phi Kappa Phi (2007-present)
- American Academy of Religion (AAR) 1998-present
- Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) 1998-present
- North American Association for the Study of Religion (NAASR) 2010-present
- International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) 2010-present
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Research and Scholar Work
Grants
- 鈥淐hurches and Bridging Capital on South Dakota Reservations and in Rural South Dakota,鈥 (co-PI w/Mike McCurry) funded by South Dakota Humanities Council, 2017.
- 鈥淕round Zero ... Common Ground鈥 panel and community discussion on the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero in New York City. (PI), funded by South Dakota Humanities Council, 2011.
- Mini-grant for travel to AACU national meeting for Wingspread panel, Jan. 27, 2006.
- Governor鈥檚 Grant in Technology, 2000.
- Summer Research Funds, 1998.
- Curriculum Revision Grant for Introduction to Religion, 1995.
- Authored Bush Faculty Development Grant, 1992.
- Grant to bring Dr. Leola Adams, Department Chair of Home Economics at South Carolina State College, to SDSU to work with faculty on understanding African-American culture and meeting the needs of Black students. Dr. Adams' address: "The 1890's Institutions: The Other Land Grant Universities." 1992.
- South Dakota Committee on the Humanities Grant for the conference, 鈥淪eeds for a New Earth,鈥 held at 葫芦影业, Feb. 27-28, 1990.
Publications
- Editor of Religions of the World series (13 volumes) for Chelsea House Publishers (2004-2005).
- Chief Consultant (academic editor) of a global history of Christianity for Millennium House Publishers (2009)--currently available in five languages.
- 鈥淧reaching without a pulpit鈥 in South Dakota Women: Influence, Action, and Voice, with Priyanka Chatterjee. South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum Press, 2012 (in progress).
- 鈥淣estorians under the Abassids,鈥 page 142 in Christianity: The Illustrated Guide to the Story of Christianity. Sydney, Australia: Millennium House, 2009.
- 鈥淩eligion and Reason: Higher Education鈥檚 Opportunities and Challenges鈥 in Miriam Rosalyn Diamond, editor, Encountering Faith in the Classroom: Turning Difficult Discussions into Constructive Engagement. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2008.
- 鈥淕od鈥檚 Family and Flocks: Remarks on Ownership in the Fourth Gospel,鈥 pp.91-104 in Covenant for a New Creation: Ethics, Religion and Public Policy, Carol S. Robb and Carl J. Casebolt, eds. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, in cooperation with the graduate Theological Union, 1991.
- 鈥淏ridging social capital in the churches of rural South Dakota,鈥 葫芦影业 extension publication (in progress) 鈥淚nterreligious dialogue, community cohesion, and global citizenship: The role of a religion program in a rural, land-grant university鈥 Journal of Ecumenical Studies 46:2, (Spring 2011), pages 242-250.
- Letters to the Editor: 鈥淭he 鈥楧aimon鈥 Is in the Details of the Gospel of Judas,鈥 The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27, 2008, pp. 25-26.
- 鈥淭he Right to Tell the Truth,鈥 The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 6, 2005, p.B5
- 鈥淯nless a Grain of Wheat: An Application of Max Scheler鈥檚 Philosophy of Sacrifice to Some New Testament Themes,鈥 Proceedings of the Fourteenth European Studies Conference, Karl Odwarka, ed. (Cedar Falls, Iowa: European Studies Journal, 1990), pp.18-26.
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