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2005 Book Award Winners

October 1, 2005

Alpha Sigma Nu, the national honor society of Jesuit colleges and universities, announces the winners of the 26th annual Jesuit Book Awards in the category of "The Humanities". The winners were chosen from among 118 entries representing 27 Jesuit institutions. The awards are administered by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

In the Discipline of History:
Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era (Louisiana State University Press, 2003) by Michael Ross (Professor of History, Loyola University New Orleans)

In the Discipline of Literature/Fine Arts:
Poetry, Enclosure, and the Vernacular Landscape, 1700-1830 (Cambridge University Press, 2002) by Rachel Crawford (Professor of English, University of San Francisco)

In the Discipline of Philosophy/Ethics:
Eros, Wisdom, and Silence: Plato's Erotic Dialogues (University of Missouri Press, 2003) by James M. Rhodes (Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Marquette University)

In the Discipline of Theology:
Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary (Oxford University Press, 2004) by Rev. Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Professor of Comparative Theology, Boston College)