We seek to facilitate the research and teaching of the anthropology of religion. We support anthropological approaches to the study of religion from all the subdisciplines: cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and others.
Dear SAR Community, Welcome to the July 2026 edition of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) Newsletter. I hope you all are having a restful summer!If you have announcements or updates you would Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) is pleased to announce its competition for the Talal Asad Graduate Student Paper Prize, which is aimed towards encouraging emerging scholars to write compelling ethnographies on religion. Read more
Dear SAR Community, Welcome to the June 2026 edition of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) Newsletter. I hope you all are having a restful summer! If you have announcements or updates you Read more
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