Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 31, Issue 1 (2016)

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Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 31, Issue 1 (2016)

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Religion in the Treaty of Lisbon: Aspects and Evaluation
Sergei A. Mudrov
Pages: 1-16
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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What do Secular-believer Women in Israel Believe in?
Hagar Lahav
Pages: 17-34
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Locating Religion in the Context of Charitable Food Assistance: An Ethnographic Study of Food Banks in a Finnish City
Anna Sofia Salonen
Pages: 35-50
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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A Lateral Reading of Religion: Christianity in Sister Relationships
Sonya Sharma
Pages: 51-65
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Shoppers in the Spiritual Supermarket: A Quantitative Study of Visitors to Scandinavia’s Largest Alternative Fair
Margrethe Løøv
Pages: 67-84
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Who are these Buddhists and How Many of Them are There? Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in Counting Immigrant Buddhists: A Danish Case Study
Jørn Borup
Pages: 85-100
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Harry Potter and Contemporary Magic: Fantasy Literature, Popular Culture, and the Representation of Religion
Laura Feldt
Pages: 101-114
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Research Note

Changing Constructions of the Pagan in the Irish National Print Media 1900–2013
John G. Cullen
Pages: 115-125
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The Secular State under Siege: Religion and Politics in Europe and America
David Martin
Pages: 127-128
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Multiple Secularities beyond the West: Religion and Modernity in the Global Age
Jeremy F. Walton
Pages: 128-130
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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The Many Altars of Modernity: Toward a Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age
Riyaz Timol
Pages: 130-131
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Transnational Faiths: Latin-American Immigrants and their Religions in Japan
Linda van De Kamp
Pages: 132-133
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe
Roberta Ricucci
Pages: 133-135
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Recovering the Female Voice in Islamic Scripture: Women and Silence
Allyson Jule
Pages: 135-136
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Globalized Religion and Sexual Identity: Contexts, Contestations, Voices
Melissa M. Wilcox
Pages: 137-138
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Queering Religion, Religious Queers
Donald L. Boisvert
Pages: 138-139
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Discourses on Religious Diversity: Explorations in an Urban Ecology
Chris Baker
Pages: 139-140
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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New Generations of Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity
Stefania Palmisano
Pages: 141-142
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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New Short History of the Catholic Church
Andrew Stewart-Brown
Pages: 142-144
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Families and Faith: How Religion is Passed down across Generations
Sonya Sharma
Pages: 144-145
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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A Philosophy of Christian Materialism: Entangled Fidelities and the Public Good
Anna Strhan
Pages: 146-147
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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A History of Religion in 5 ½ Objects: Bringing the Spiritual to its Senses
Gaye Williams Ortiz
Pages: 147-149
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Transnational Cinema and Ideology: Representing Religion, Identity and Cultural Myths
Sara Anson Vaux
Pages: 149-151
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Buddhism, the Internet, and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus
Heinz Scheifinger
Pages: 151-153
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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From Yoga to Kabbalah: Religious Exoticism and the Logics of Bricolage
Jody Myers
Pages: 153-154
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Such a Dark Thing: Theology of the Vampire Narrative in Popular Culture
Emyr Williams
Pages: 154-156
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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Book Notes

The Global Ethic and Law: Intersections and Interactions
Elisabeth Arweck
Pages: 157-163
Published online: 20 Dec 2015
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