Ann Marie Bahr
Professor Emerita of Religion
Education
- B.A. in geology | Lawrence University
- M.A. in religious studies | Stanford University
- Ph.D. in religion | Temple 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, 1998-present
- Society of Biblical Literature, 1998-present
- North American Association for the Study of Religion, 2010-present
- International Association for the History of Religions, 2010-present
- American Association of University Professors
Research and Scholarly Work
Grants
- “Churches and Bridging Capital on South Dakota Reservations and in Rural South Dakota,” (co-PI w/Mike McCurry) funded by South Dakota Humanities Council, 2017.
- “Ground Zero ... Common Ground" panel and community discussion on the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero in New York City. Principal investigator, funded by South Dakota Humanities Council, 2011.
- Mini-grant for travel to AACU national meeting for Wingspread panel, Jan. 27, 2006.
- Governor’s 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 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. Adams' address: "The 1890's Institutions: The Other Land Grant Universities." 1992.
- South Dakota Committee on the Humanities Grant for the conference, “Seeds for a New Earth,” held at South Dakota State University, 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.
- “Preaching without a pulpit” in South Dakota Women: Influence, Action and Voice, with Priyanka Chatterjee. South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum Press, 2012.
- “Nestorians under the Abassids,” page 142 in Christianity: The Illustrated Guide to the Story of Christianity. Sydney, Australia: Millennium House, 2009.
- “Religion and Reason: Higher Education’s Opportunities and Challenges” in Miriam Rosalyn Diamond, editor, Encountering Faith in the Classroom: Turning Difficult Discussions into Constructive Engagement. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing LLC, 2008.
- “God’s Family and Flocks: Remarks on Ownership in the Fourth Gospel,” pp. 91-104 in Covenant for a New Creation: Ethics, Religion and Public Policy, Carol S. Robb and Carl J. Casebolt, eds. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, in cooperation with the graduate Theological Union, 1991.
- “Bridging social capital in the churches of rural South Dakota,” South Dakota State University Extension publication “Interreligious dialogue, community cohesion and global citizenship: The role of a religion program in a rural, land-grant university,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 46:2, (spring 2011), pages 242-250.
- Letters to the Editor: “The ‘Daimon’ Is in the Details of the Gospel of Judas,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27, 2008, pages 25-26.
- “The Right to Tell the Truth,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 6, 2005, page B5.
- “Unless a Grain of Wheat: An Application of Max Scheler’s Philosophy of Sacrifice to Some New Testament Themes,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth European Studies Conference, Karl Odwarka, ed. (Cedar Falls, Iowa: European Studies Journal, 1990), pages 18-26.
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