2014 Honorary Doctorate, Lund University, Sweden

2001 Outstanding Contribution to Ritual Studies, American Academy of Religion, Eastern International Region

1997-1998 University Research Professor, Laurier University

1993 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, School for Advanced Research

1996 Body, Mind and Spirit Magazine award for writing excellence: Marrying & Burying: Rites of Passage in a Man’s Life

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 Cobb Scholarship, Emory University

1963 Brown Memorial Award in Religion, Kentucky Wesleyan College

1962 German Proficiency Award, Kentucky Wesleyan College