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 |