Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 27, Issue 2 (2012)

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Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 27, Issue 2 (2012)

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Religion, Public Policy, and the Academy: Brokering Public Faith in a Context of Ambivalence?
Adam Dinham & Stephen H. Jones
Pages: 185-201
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Metaphors in and for the Sociology of Religion: Towards a Theory after Nietzsche
Andrew M. McKinnon
Pages: 203-216
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Religious Symbols in Italian Advertising: Symbolic Appropriation and the Management of Consent
Carlo Nardella
Pages: 217-240
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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“Can we dance in this place?”: Body Practices and Forms of Embodiment in Four Decades of Dutch Evangelical Youth Events
Johan Roeland, Miranda Klaver, Marten Van Der Meulen, Remco Van Mulligen, Hijme Stoffels & Peter Versteeg
Pages: 241-256
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Mediating the Gospel: Pentecostal Christianity and Media Technology in Botswana and Zimbabwe
Lovemore Togarasei
Pages: 257-274
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Young People and Performance Christianity in Scotland
Giselle Vincett, Elizabeth Olson, Peter Hopkins & Rachel Pain
Pages: 275-290
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Marian Visionaries in Roman Catholicism as Popular Theologians: ‘The Lady of All Nations’ of Amsterdam
Chris Maunder
Pages: 291-304
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Neo-Paganism, Animism, and Kinship with Nature
Kathryn Rountree
Pages: 305-320
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Religion, Politics and Globalization: Anthropological Approaches
Mathew Mathews
Pages: 321-322
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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The Death of Sacred Texts: Ritual Disposal and Renovation of Texts in World Religions
Peter Collins
Pages: 322-323
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Religion and Commodification: ‘Merchandizing’ Diasporic Hinduism
Gwilym Beckerlegge
Pages: 324-325
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Material Religion and Popular Culture
Vineeta Sinha
Pages: 325-327
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Religion and Modern Society: Citizenship, Secularisation and the State
James V. Spickard
Pages: 327-328
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Patterns of Secularization: Church, State and Nation in Greece and the Republic of Ireland
Lina Molokotos-Liederman
Pages: 329-331
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Multiculturalism: Some Inconvenient Truths
Paul Cliteur
Pages: 331-333
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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American Religion: Contemporary Trends
Sean Mccloud
Pages: 333-334
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization
William Keenan
Pages: 335-337
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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The Rise of Charismatic Catholicism in Latin America
Cecília L. Mariz
Pages: 337-338
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe: Volume 2. Gendered, Religious and Social Change
Timothy A. Byrnes
Pages: 339-340
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Rite out of Time: A Study of the Churching of Women and its Survival in the Twentieth Century
Christie Davies
Pages: 340-341
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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The Faith of Girls: Children's Spirituality and Transition to Adulthood
Ingie Hovland
Pages: 342-343
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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A Faith of Their Own: Stability and Change in the Religiosity of America's Adolescents
John Bartkowski
Pages: 343-344
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Digital Jesus: The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet
Tim Hutchings
Pages: 345-346
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Ritual, Media, and Conflict
Chris Arthur
Pages: 346-348
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity
Alastair H. B. Logan
Pages: 348-349
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Buddhist and Christian? An Exploration of Dual Belonging
Wendy Dossett
Pages: 350-351
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Muslims in Britain: An Introduction
Stephen J. Mckinney
Pages: 351-353
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Visualising Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism
Peter G. Riddell
Pages: 353-354
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
Tony Watling
Pages: 355-357
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Jokes and Targets
David Martin
Pages: 357-358
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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Book Notes

Book Notes
Pages: 359-364
Published online: 23 Apr 2012
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