Professor Donald Akenson received the for his book (Oxford University Press, 2023). This biennial prize is jointly sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA) and Canadian Historical Association (CHA) and awarded to the best book on the history of Canadian-American relations.
Dr. Akenson became a Distinguished University Professor at Queenās in 2019, the universityās highest research-related honour. He also held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984-85, won a Molson Prize Laureate for lifetime contribution to Canadian culture in 1996, was awarded the for Godās Peoples in 1993, and received honorary degrees from six universities in Canada, Northern Ireland, and New Zealand. Dr. Akenson has been the editor of the McGill-Queenās Studies in the History of Religion since 1977; the series includes more than 80 volumes. The Americanization of the Apocalypse is his latest and one of 24 single-authored monographs. Dr. Akenson is the worldās foremost scholar in the Irish Diaspora, and writes about Irish history, religion, nationalism, education, and Canadian and American social history.
The CHA recognized The Americanization of the Apocalypse as āa study of prodigious research and analysis, written with clarity and verveā¦More than a study in intellectual history or religious history, The Americanization of the Apocalypse treats people, as individuals or in groups, as vectors in the transport of ideasā¦The book is highly readable, even amusing in places, as reflected in such chapter titles as āBig Deal at Amen Cornerā. It promises to spark debates about the historical, geographical, and theological shaping of American fundamentalist Christianity.ā
Congratulations, Dr. Akenson!
