Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 31, Issue 3 (2016)

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Ritual, Risk and Efficacy: Ethnographic Studies in Christian Ritual

Articles

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Ritual Risk and Emergent Efficacy: Ethnographic Studies in Christian Ritual
Hillary Kaell & Jessica Hardin
Pages: 323-334
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Risking a Miracle: Transcendentally Oriented Improvisation and Catholic Charismatics’ Involvement in a Transylvanian Canonization
Marc Roscoe Loustau
Pages: 335-350
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Risk, Mistake, and Generational Contest in Bodily Rituals of Swazi Jerikho Zionism
Casey Golomski
Pages: 351-364
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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A Ritual Interrupted: A Case of Contested Ritual Practices in a Q’eqchi’-Maya Catholic Parish
Eric Hoenes del Pinal
Pages: 365-378
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Challenging Authority, Averting Risk, Creating Futures: Intersectionality in Interpreting Christian Ritual in Samoa
Jessica Hardin
Pages: 379-391
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Can Pilgrimage Fail? Intent, Efficacy, and Evangelical Trips to the Holy Land
Hillary Kaell
Pages: 393-408
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Ethnographic Studies in Christian Ritual: A Critical Response
Ronald L. Grimes
Pages: 409-417
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The Origins of American Religious Nationalism
Atalia Omer
Pages: 419-420
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Religion and Political Tolerance in America: Advances in the State of the Art
Stephen Jones
Pages: 420-422
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Changing Faith: The Dynamics and Consequences of Americans’ Shifting Religious Identities
Ariela Keysar
Pages: 422-423
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Muslims in US Prisons: People, Policy, Practice
James A. Beckford
Pages: 424-425
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Islam and the Americas
Fatima Siwaju
Pages: 425-426
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Religion, Nation, and Secularization in Ukraine
David Martin
Pages: 426-428
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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The Revival of Islam in the Balkans: From Identity to Religiosity
Teuvo Laitila
Pages: 428-430
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity: Deconstruction, Materialism and Religious Practices
Randall Reed
Pages: 430-432
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Pentecostals, Proselytization, and Anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India
Bernice Martin
Pages: 432-433
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Is God Back? Reconsidering the New Visibility of Religion
Pål Repstad
Pages: 433-435
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Belief, Law and Politics: What Future for a Secular Europe?
David Martin
Pages: 435-436
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Alternative Salvations: Engaging the Sacred and the Secular
Bernice Martin
Pages: 436-437
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Making European Muslims: Religious Socialization among Young Muslims in Scandinavia and Western Europe
Clara Helene Rübner Jørgensen
Pages: 437-438
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Textbook Gods: Genre, Text and Teaching Religious Studies
Oddrun M. H. Bråten
Pages: 439-440
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Mapping the Legal Boundaries of Belonging: Religion and Multiculturalism from Israel to Canada
Mark Bratton
Pages: 441-442
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Truth and Relevance: Catholic Theology in French Quebec since the Quiet Revolution
Peter-Ben Smit
Pages: 442-444
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Fifty Years of Religious Studies in Canada: A Personal Retrospective
Doris Jakobsh
Pages: 444-445
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice
Steve Nolan
Pages: 445-447
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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A Handbook of Chaplaincy Studies: Understanding Spiritual Care in Public Places
Kate Pearson
Pages: 447-448
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Mors Britannica: Lifestyle & Death-Style in Britain Today
Kieran Flanagan
Pages: 448-450
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Religion as Metaphor: Beyond Literal Belief
Andrew McKinnon
Pages: 450-451
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture
Vaughan S. Roberts
Pages: 452-453
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Book Review
Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film
Scott A. Mitchell
Pages: 453-454
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Book Notes

Book Notes
Elisabeth Arweck
Pages: 455-461
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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List of Referees

List of Referees
Pages: 463-465
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Peter B. Clarke Essay Competition: Call for Submissions

Announcement
PETER B. CLARKE Memorial Essay Prize 2017
Page: 467
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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