Awards

 

Year

Award

Organization

2014

Honorary Doctorate

Lund University, Sweden

2011 – 2012

ISM Fellowship

Yale University

2001

Outstanding Contribution to Ritual Studies

American Academy of Religion, Eastern International Region

1997 – 1998

University Research Professor

Wilfrid Laurier University

1993

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

School for Advanced Research

1996

Award for writing excellence: Marrying & Burying

Body, Mind, and Spirit

1984

Honorary degree: Doctor of Humane Letters

Kentucky Wesleyan College

1983

Scholar in Residence

Harvard University, Center for World Religions

1973 – 1974

Fellow of the Faculty

University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought

1964 – 1967

The Cobb Scholarship

Emory University

1963

The Brown Memorial Award in Religion

Kentucky Wesleyan College

1962

German Proficiency Award

Kentucky Wesleyan College