Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 32, Issue 2 (2017)

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Editorial Board

Online Editorial Board page
Page: 189
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Cyber-apostasy: its repercussions on Islam and interfaith relations*
Theodore Pulcini
Pages: 189-203
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Design and the digital Bible: persuasive technology and religious reading
Tim Hutchings
Pages: 205-219
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Religious exploration and conversion in forced displacement: a case study of Syrian Muslim refugees in Lebanon receiving assistance from Evangelical Christians
Kathryn Kraft
Pages: 221-235
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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God changes people: modes of authentication in Evangelical conversion narratives
Miranda Klaver, Johan Roeland, Peter Versteeg, Hijme Stoffels & Remco van Mulligen
Pages: 237-251
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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The authenticity of Christian Evangelicals: between individuality and obedience
Francesca E. S. Montemaggi
Pages: 253-268
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Religious practices and networks of belonging in an immigrant congregation: the German-speaking Lutheran congregation in Dublin
Christian S. Ritter & Vladimir Kmec
Pages: 269-281
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Pilgrimage expansion through tourism in contemporary India: the development and promotion of a Hindu pilgrimage circuit
Knut Aukland
Pages: 283-298
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Religion, ethnicity, and citizenship: the role of Jain institutions in the social incorporation of young Jains in Britain and the United States
Bindi V. Shah
Pages: 299-314
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Research Note Examining non-religious groups in Britain: theistic belief and social correlates
Ben Clements
Pages: 315-324
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence The Scandal of Evangelicals and Homosexuality: English Evangelical Texts, 1960–2010
Melissa M. Wilcox
Pages: 325-330
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Working with A Secular Age: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Charles Taylor’s Master Narrative
Bernice Martin
Pages: 331-333
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Islam and Secularity: The Future of Europe’s Public Sphere
Richard McCallum
Pages: 334-335
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Brand Islam: The Marketing and Commodification of Piety
Michael B. Munnik
Pages: 335-336
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Book Review
Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures
Carolyn Goffman
Pages: 336-337
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Book Review
The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen’s London
James Hodkinson
Pages: 338-339
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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London Youth, Religion, and Politics: Engagement and Activism from Brixton to Brick Lane
Stephen H. Jones
Pages: 339-341
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Shii Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal
Fatima Siwaju
Pages: 341-343
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Muslims and Christians in the Bulgarian Rhodope: Studies in Religious (Anti) Syncretism
David Martin
Pages: 343-344
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Book Review
The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland
Marta Trzebiatowska
Pages: 344-345
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Book Review
Chamanisme, rituel et cognition: Chez les Touvas de Sibérie du Sud; Tragic Spirits: Shamanism, Memory, and Gender in Contemporary Mongolia
Bernard Charlier
Pages: 346-348
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Entering the Stream to Enlightenment: Experiences of the Stages of the Buddhist Path in Contemporary Sri Lanka
Daniel Capper
Pages: 348-349
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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West Indian Pentecostals: Living Their Faith in New York and London
Bernice Martin
Pages: 349-350
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Salvation with a Smile: Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church & American Christianity
Helje Kringlebotn Sødal
Pages: 351-352
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Hymn, Song, Society
David Martin
Pages: 352-353
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Interreligious Comparisons in Religious Studies and Theology: Comparison Revisited
Nigel Peyton
Pages: 353-354
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Witches and Demons: A Comparative Perspective on Witchcraft and Satanism
Michael Hill
Pages: 355-356
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Book Review
Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe
Franz Winter
Pages: 357-358
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Losing Our Religion: How Unaffiliated Parents are Raising their Children
Christine L. Cusack
Pages: 358-359
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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Book Review
Book Notes
Elisabeth Arweck
Pages: 361-368
Published online: 11 Apr 2017
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