Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 35, Issue 1 (2020)

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Ethics of Giving in Asia

Introductions

Introduction
The ethics of religious giving in Asia: introduction
R. Michael Feener & Keping Wu
Pages: 1-12
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Religion and development ethics in global perspective: a case study of a foreign Christian NGO in China
Francis Khek Gee Lim
Pages: 13-30
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Gift narration: dynamic themes of reciprocity, debt, and social relations in Theravāda Buddhist Myanmar
Charles Carstens
Pages: 31-51
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Original Articles

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Bad gifts, community standards, and the disciplining of Theravāda monks
Thomas Borchert
Pages: 53-70
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Ridwan’s conversion: kandoeri giving, moral personhood, and the re-imagining of communal difference in Indonesia
Daniel Andrew Birchok
Pages: 71-91
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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The gifts of allurement: anti-conversion legislation, gift-giving, and political allegiance in South Asia
Michael Hertzberg
Pages: 93-114
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Religious Imaginations: How Narratives of Faith are Shaping Today’s World
edited by James Walters, London: Gingko Library, 2018, vii + 274 pp., £35.00 (hb), ISBN 978–1–909942–20–2 (hb), ISBN 978–1–909942–23–3 (eb)
Mark Bratton
Pages: 115-145
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction
edited by Markus Altena Davidsen, London & New York: Routledge, 2018, xi + 126 pp., £120.00, US$145.00 (hb), ISBN 978–1–138–55966–0, ISBN 978–0–203–71234–4 (eb)
Jens Schlieter
Pages: 117-119
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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When God Was a Bird: Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World
by Mark I. Wallace, New York: Fordham University Press, 2019, Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology, x + 211, US$105.00 (hb), US$29.95 (pb). ISBN 978–0–8232–8132–9 (hb), ISBN 978–0–8232–8131–2 (pb), ISBN 978–0–8232–8133–6 (eb)
Tony Watling
Pages: 119-121
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Eco-Alchemy: Anthroposophy and the History and Future of Environmentalism
by Dan McKanan, Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2018, 289 pp., US$70.00 (hb), US$29.95 (pb), ISBN 978–0–520–29005–1 (hb), ISBN 978–0–520–29006–8 (pb), ISBN 978–0–520–96438–9 (eb)
Sarah M. Pike
Pages: 122-123
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Original Articles

Book Review
Science without God? Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism
edited by Peter Harrison and Jon H. Roberts, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, Ian Ramsey Centre Studies in Science and Religions, 263 pp., £65.00 (hb), ISBN 978–0–19–883458–8
Neil Spurway
Pages: 123-125
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Secular Bodies, Affects and Emotions: European Configurations
edited by Monique Scheer, Nadia Fadil, and Birgitte Schepelern Johansen, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019, 256 pp., £85.00 (hb), ISBN 978–1–3500–6522–2 (hb), ISBN 978–1–3500–6524–6 (eb), ISBN 978–1–3500–6523–9 (ePDF)
Jelle Oscar Wiering
Pages: 125-127
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Our Non-Christian Nation: How Wiccans, Satanists, Atheists, and Other Non-Christians are Demanding Their Rightful Place in American Public Life
by Jay Wexler, Stanford, CA: Redwood Press/Stanford University Press, 2019, 203 pp., US$25.00, £19.99, ISBN 9780804798990 (hb), ISBN 9781503609068 (eb)
Douglas Ezzy
Pages: 128-130
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools. Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion?
by Candy Gunther Brown, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2019, 441 pp., US$92.50 (hb), US$34.95 (pb), ISBN 978–1–4696–4847–7 (hb), ISBN 978–1–4696–4848–4 (pb), ISBN 978–1–4696–4849–1 (eb)
Joyce Miller
Pages: 130-131
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Prayer, Pop and Politics: Researching Religious Youth in Migration Society
edited by Katharina Limacher, Astrid Mattes, and Christoph Novak, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress, Vienna University Press, 2019, Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society 15, 278 pp., €37.99 (hb), ISBN 978-3-8471-0979-2 (hb), ISBN 978-3-8470-0979-5 (eb)
Martin Baumann
Pages: 132-133
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Rock of Ages: Subcultural Religious Identity and Public Opinion among Young Evangelicals
by Jeremiah J. Castle, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press 2019, 224 pp., US$104.50 (hb), US$ 34.95 (pb), ISBN 978–1–4399–1721–3 (hb), ISBN 978–1–4399–1722–0 (pb)
Greg Smith
Pages: 133-135
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Singing the Congregation: How Contemporary Worship Music Forms Evangelical Community
by Monique M. Ingalls, New York: Oxford University Press, 2018, 253 pp., US$99.00 (hb), US$35.00 (pb), ISBN 978-0-19-049963-1 (hb), ISBN 978-0-19-049964-8 (pb), ISBN 978-0-19-049967-9 (oxford scholarly online)
Sandra Brower
Pages: 135-136
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II
by Stephen Bullivant, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, 309 pp., £25.00 (hb), ISBN 978–0–19–883794–7
Robin Gill
Pages: 136-138
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Le Temps des Moines: Clôture et Hospitalité
by Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2017, 709 pp. €27.00, ISBN 978–2–13–078652–8
David Lehmann
Pages: 138-141
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Religious Freedom in Modern Russia
edited by Randall A. Poole and Paul W. Werth, Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh University Press, 2018, Russian and East European Studies, 314 pp., US$50.00 (hb), ISBN 978-0-8229-4549-9
Kristina Stoeckl
Pages: 141-143
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Review
Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan
by M. A. Muqtedar Khan, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 278 pp., US$84.99 (hb), US$29.99 (pb), ISBN 978–1–137–55718–6 (hb), ISBN 978–1–349–71814–6 (pb), ISBN 978–1–137–54832–0 (eb)
Katherine Bullock
Pages: 143-145
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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Book Notes

Book Notes
Elisabeth Arweck
Pages: 147-155
Published online: 17 Jan 2020
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