Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 31, Issue 2 (2016)

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Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 31, Issue 2 (2016)

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Protestant and Catholic Distinctions in Secularization
Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme
Pages: 165-180
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain: A Quantitative Overview
Stephen Bullivant
Pages: 181-197
Published online: 06 May 2016
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What is the Meaning of Greening? Cultural Analysis of a Southern Baptist Environmental Text
Robin Globus Veldman
Pages: 199-222
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Reported Experiences of Anti-Christian Prejudice among Christian Adolescents in England
Daniel Moulin
Pages: 223-238
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Marginal Musical Spaces at St Aldates, Oxford
Mark Porter
Pages: 239-253
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religion in Contemporary Senegal
Paul Gifford
Pages: 255-267
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Practice Makes Perfect: Meditation and the Exchange of Spiritual Capital
Alp Arat
Pages: 269-280
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Inventing American religion: polls, surveys, and the tenuous quest for a nation’s faith
David Martin
Pages: 281-282
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religion and Community in the New Urban America
Deborah Kapp
Pages: 282-283
Published online: 06 May 2016
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New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism
Francesca Montemaggi
Pages: 283-285
Published online: 06 May 2016
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New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa
Joel Cabrita
Pages: 285-287
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Pentecostalism in Africa: Presence and Impact of Pneumatic Christianity in Postcolonial Societies
Bernice Martin
Pages: 287-290
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religion and AIDS Treatment in Africa: Saving Souls, Prolonging Lives
Bernice Martin
Pages: 290-292
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Commun(icat)ing Bodies: Body as a Medium in Religious Symbol Systems
David Morgan
Pages: 292-294
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religious Diversity in European Prisons: Challenges and Implications for Rehabilitation
Sophie Gilliat-Ray
Pages: 294-296
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present
Laurence Cox
Pages: 296-297
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religious Education in a Multicultural Europe: Children, Parents and Schools
Reinhold Boschki
Pages: 297-299
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religion, Politics and Nation-building in Post-Communist Countries
Teuvo Laitila
Pages: 299-301
Published online: 06 May 2016
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God & Mrs Thatcher: The Battle for Britain’s Soul
Graham Howes
Pages: 301-302
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality
Jim Beckford
Pages: 303-304
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religion and Public Opinion in Britain: Continuity and Change
Ted G. Jelen
Pages: 304-305
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Religion & Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach
Gregory P. Perreault
Pages: 305-306
Published online: 06 May 2016
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The bloomsbury companion to new religious movements
William Arfman
Pages: 306-307
Published online: 06 May 2016
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New religiosity in Contemporary Sweden: The Dalarna Study in National and International Context
Kieran Flanagan
Pages: 308-309
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Reflections of Amma: Devotees in a Global Embrace
Stephen Jacobs
Pages: 309-311
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Shamanism, Discourse, Modernity
Diana Riboli
Pages: 311-312
Published online: 06 May 2016
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The Anglican Imagination: Portraits and Sketches of Modern Anglican Theologians
Jenny Gaffin
Pages: 312-313
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Towards a theology of growth
Nigel Peyton
Pages: 313-314
Published online: 06 May 2016
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Book Notes

Book Notes
Elisabeth Arweck
Pages: 315-321
Published online: 06 May 2016
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