Religion, Volume 48, Issue 1 (2018)

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Editorial

Editorial
Peer review, reviewers, and review policy 2015–2016
Michael Stausberg & Steven Engler
Pages: 1-7
Published online: 31 Dec 2017
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Red catechisms: socialist educational literature and the demarcation of religion and politics in the early 19th century
Anja Kirsch
Pages: 8-36
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Becoming Eastern Orthodox in diaspora: materializing Orthodox Russia and Holy Rus’
Elena Kravchenko
Pages: 37-63
Published online: 17 May 2017
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Exploring identities between the religious and the secular through the attendees of an ostensibly ‘Atheist Church’
Tim Mortimer & Melanie Prideaux
Pages: 64-82
Published online: 13 Oct 2017
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Collective memory in the making of religious change: the case of ‘emerging Jews’ followers of Jesus
Manoela Carpenedo
Pages: 83-104
Published online: 17 Oct 2017
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Negotiating the spaces: exploring issues of human rights in an Indian text
Lynn Thomas
Pages: 105-127
Published online: 17 Oct 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Jacob Neusner on Religion: The Example of Judaism, by Aaron W. Hughes, New York, Routledge, 2016, vii+121 pp., US$96.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 1 1389 4938 6
Cristiana Facchini
Pages: 128-132
Published online: 17 Jan 2017
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Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith, by Robert Wuthnow, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, 247 pp., US$29.95 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1902 5890 0
Dusty Hoesly
Pages: 132-135
Published online: 09 Jan 2017
First Page PreviewforInventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith, by Robert Wuthnow, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, 247 pp., US$29.95 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1902 5890 0 | Full Text | References | PDF (360.3 KB)
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Judaism, Sufism, and the Pietists of Medieval Egypt: A Study of Abraham Maimonides and His Times, by Elisha Russ-Fishbane, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, xii + 273 pp., US$125.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978 0 1987 2876 4
Nathan Hofer
Pages: 136-139
Published online: 11 Jan 2017
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Saving Faith: Making Religious Pluralism an American Value at the Dawn of the Secular Age, by David Mislin, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2015, 224 pp., US$45.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 8014 5394 6
Brian C. Wilson
Pages: 139-142
Published online: 13 Jan 2017
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Redeeming the Kāmasūtra, by Wendy Doniger, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, 182 pp., $24.95 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1904 9928 0
John Nemec
Pages: 142-144
Published online: 09 Jan 2017
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Religions of the Constantinian Empire, by Mark Edwards, New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, xii + 365 pp., £30.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1996 8772 5
Nickolas P. Roubekas
Pages: 144-147
Published online: 09 Jan 2017
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The Making of Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity, by Guy G. Stroumsa, Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, xii + 225 pp., US$110.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1987 3886 2
Nickolas P. Roubekas
Pages: 147-151
Published online: 09 Jan 2017
First Page PreviewforThe Making of Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity, by Guy G. Stroumsa, Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, xii + 225 pp., US$110.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1987 3886 2 | Full Text | References | PDF (424.9 KB)
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Gesture and Power: Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo, by Yolanda Covington-Ward, Durham, Duke University Press, 2016, xi+287 pp., US$25.95 (paperback), ISBN 978 0 8223 6036 0
Terry Rey
Pages: 151-154
Published online: 11 Jan 2017
First Page PreviewforGesture and Power: Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo, by Yolanda Covington-Ward, Durham, Duke University Press, 2016, xi+287 pp., US$25.95 (paperback), ISBN 978 0 8223 6036 0 | Full Text | PDF (356.2 KB)
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Ricoeur on Moral Religion: A Hermeneutics of Ethical Life, by James Carter, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014, xiii + 169 pp., US$85.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1987 1715 7
Janet M. Powers
Pages: 154-157
Published online: 11 Jan 2017
First Page PreviewforRicoeur on Moral Religion: A Hermeneutics of Ethical Life, by James Carter, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014, xiii + 169 pp., US$85.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1987 1715 7 | Full Text | References | PDF (358.4 KB)
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Building God’s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction, by Julie J. Ingersoll, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, xix + 292 pp., US$29.95 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 19 991378 7
Leslie Dorrough Smith
Pages: 157-160
Published online: 06 Jan 2017
First Page PreviewforBuilding God’s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction, by Julie J. Ingersoll, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, xix + 292 pp., US$29.95 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 19 991378 7 | Full Text | PDF (352.7 KB)
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The Goddess: Myths of the Great Mother, by Christopher Fee and David Leeming, London, Reaktion Books, 2016, 176 pp., US$25.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 1 7802 3509 7
Caleb Simmons
Pages: 160-163
Published online: 09 Jan 2017
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The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization, by Asko Parpola, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, xvi + 363 pp., $US99.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1902 2690 9
Janet M. Powers
Pages: 163-166
Published online: 11 Jan 2017
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The Gnostic New Age: How a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion from Antiquity to Today, by April D. DeConick, New York, Columbia University Press, 2016, x + 380 pp., US$35.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 2311 7076 5
Brian C. Wilson
Pages: 166-169
Published online: 28 Feb 2017
First Page PreviewforThe Gnostic New Age: How a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion from Antiquity to Today, by April D. DeConick, New York, Columbia University Press, 2016, x + 380 pp., US$35.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 2311 7076 5 | Full Text | PDF (359.2 KB)
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Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism, by Sadek Hamid, London, I.B. Tauris, 2016, xvi + 202 pp., $95.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 1 7845 3231 4
Simon Stjernholm
Pages: 169-172
Published online: 28 Feb 2017
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Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and its Significance for Ritual Theory, by Axel Michaels, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, xix−372 pp., US$99.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1902 6262 4
Phillip Charles Lucas
Pages: 172-175
Published online: 28 Feb 2017
First Page PreviewforHomo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and its Significance for Ritual Theory, by Axel Michaels, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, xix−372 pp., US$99.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 0 1902 6262 4 | Full Text | PDF (351.8 KB)
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Ritual Gone Wrong: What We Learn from Ritual Disruption, by Kathryn T. McClymond, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, xiv + 242 pp., US$35.00 (paperback), ISBN 978 0 1997 9092 0
Peter Mano
Pages: 175-178
Published online: 28 Feb 2017
First Page PreviewforRitual Gone Wrong: What We Learn from Ritual Disruption, by Kathryn T. McClymond, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, xiv + 242 pp., US$35.00 (paperback), ISBN 978 0 1997 9092 0 | Full Text | References | PDF (356.7 KB)
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Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters, by Maya Barzilai, New York, New York University Press, 2016, xvii + 305 pp., US$ 35.00 (hardback), ISBN 978 1 4798 8965 5
Zhange Ni
Pages: 178-181
Published online: 06 Mar 2017
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