The American Academy of Religion (AAR) has announced the winners of its 2007 Awards for Excellence in the Study of Religion and the award for Best First Book in the History of Religions.

Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History (Princeton University Press, 2006) by David Frankfurter of the University of New Hampshire, was the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies.

Co-winners for the Awards for Excellence in Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies were The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event (Indiana University Press, 2006) by John D. Caputo of Syracuse University and Religions, Reasons, and Gods: Essays in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions, 2006) compiled by Anne Blackburn and Thomas Carroll.

Poetics of Conduct: Oral Narrative and Moral Being in a South Indian Town (Columbia Univ. Press, 2006) by Leela Prasad of Duke University was the recipient of the Best First Book in the History of Religions.

According to AAR, a 10,000-plus member learned society and professional association of scholars who teach religion at some 1,500 colleges, universities and seminaries in North America and abroad, the awards "recognize new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion."

The awards will be formally presented at AAR's annual meeting in San Diego, Nov. 17-20. For the complete list of AAR book award-winners, visit www.aarweb.org/Public_Affairs/Press_Releases/2007/20070816.asp.

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