Fessenden reflects on the intellectual roots of her project, the book’s intervention in the field of religion and literature, and its enduring reception.
This is the last of Back Pages for this semester! Stay tuned for future projects in the works . . .

Sullivan reflects on an alternative title to the book, why “cemetery anarchy” might have more precisely captured the dynamics of the trial, and the endurance of the book’s theorization of law and religion.

Hulsether reflects on the religious and political situation while writing his dissertation, reception to the argument, and its endurance into the present moment.

Valeri reflects on the book’s historiographical invention, new directions in the history of the American Revolution and religion since publication, and lingering methodological and substantive questions.

Congratulations to Dr. Burnside, to Dr. Martini, and thank you to everyone who submitted their work. The field is as strong as it has ever been, and we are humbled by the opportunity to engage with it in this way and heartened to see so much smart, creative, and insightful scholarship being created.

Dr. Burnside is a Lecturer in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Morgan State University and received her PhD in religion from Florida State University.

Faced with an uncommonly strong field, the judges awarded an Honorable Mention for the first time in the history of the prize. The committee was deeply impressed by the theoretical sophistication of its treatment of family farming and the US Department of Agriculture.