AnnMarie Bahr

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, 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
  • 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" 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 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, 鈥淪eeds for a New Earth,鈥 held at 久久热视频, 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) 鈥 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.
  • 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, Virginia: 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, New York: Orbis Books, in cooperation with the graduate Theological Union, 1991.
  • 鈥淏ridging social capital in the churches of rural South Dakota,鈥 久久热视频 Extension publication 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, pages 25-26.
  • 鈥淭he Right to Tell the Truth,鈥 The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 6, 2005, page 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), pages 18-26.
Mailing Address:
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Cell Phone Number:
605-413-4184
Office Location:
Off-Campus