Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 38, Issue 3 (2023)

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Journal of Contemporary Religion, Volume 38, Issue 3 (2023)

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Activism and ‘lived religion’: challenging the anti-refugee attitudes in Poland
Izabella Main & Izabela Kujawa
Pages: 407-425
Published online: 04 Sep 2023
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“Cookies to serve God’s glory”: the St Roger Abbey organic French patisserie as a religious and secular site
Benjamin E. Zeller
Pages: 427-448
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Developing religious literacy through popular culture fandom: engaging religious issues in Fleabag fan fiction
Andrew Crome
Pages: 449-467
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Modern demonology: the discernment of spirits in the theatre of colonial modernity
S. Jonathon O'Donnell
Pages: 469-489
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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The formal rules of organised religion: a framework for empirical research
Stratos Patrikios
Pages: 491-512
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Religiosity, trust, and the acceptance of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic restrictions: the case of Poland
Irena Pilch, Agnieszka Turska-Kawa & Natalia Galica
Pages: 513-532
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Religion in lockdown: worship in the time of Covid-19
Rina Arya
Pages: 533-551
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Research Note

Cultural responses to face coverings: South Asian women’s perspectives
Rina Arya
Pages: 553-562
Published online: 06 Sep 2023
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Ernst Troeltsch: Theologe im Welthorizont. Eine Biographie
(Ernst Troeltsch: Theologian in a Global Horizon. A Biography), by Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Munich: C. H. Beck, 2022, 638 pp., €38.00 (hb), ISBN 978–3–406–79014–0 (hb), ISBN 978–3–406–79015–7 (epub), ISBN 978–3–406–79016–4 (PDF)
Ulrich Schmiedel
Pages: 563-565
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Neoliberal Religion: Faith and Power in the Twenty-First Century
by Mathew Guest, London & New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, x + 203 pp., £65.00, US$90.00 (hb), £21.99, US$29.95 (pb), ISBN 978–1–3501–1639–9 (hb), ISBN 978–1–3501–1638–2 (pb), ISBN 978–1–3501–1640–5 (ePDF), ISBN 978–1–3501–1641–2 (eb)
Rhys H. Williams
Pages: 565-568
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Buddhism under Capitalism
edited by Richard K. Payne and Fabio Rambelli, London & New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, 269 pp., £65.00, US$90.00 (hb), £21.99, US$29.95 (pb), ISBN 978–1–3502–2832–0 (hb), ISBN 978–1–3502–2833–7 (pb), ISBN 978–1–3502–2835–1 (ePDF), ISBN 978–1–3502–2834–4 (eb)
Thomas Borchert
Pages: 568-570
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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The Spiritual Turn: The Religion of the Heart and the Making of Romantic Liberal Modernity
by Galen Watts, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 256 pp., £75.00, US$100.00 (hb), ISBN 9780192859839
Mar Griera
Pages: 570-573
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Religion, Spirituality and Secularity among Millennials: The Generation Shaping American and Canadian Trends
by Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, Abingdon & New York: Routledge, 2023, Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion, 182 pp., £130.00, US$170.00 (hb), £35.99, US$48.95 (pb), ISBN 978–1–032–10602–1 (hb), ISBN 978–1–032–10921–3 (pb), ISBN 978–1–003–21769–5 (eb)
Katie Steeves
Pages: 573-575
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Digital Humanism: A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society
by Christian Fuchs, Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2022, SocietyNow, 262 pp., £16.99 (pb), ISBN 978–1–80382–422–2 (pb), ISBN 978–1–80382–419–2 (online), ISBN 978–1–80382–421–5 (Epub)
Florian Baab
Pages: 575-577
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Religious Entanglements: Central African Pentecostalism, the Creation of Cultural Knowledge, and the Making of the Luba Katanga
by David Maxwell, Madison, WI & London: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2022, Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture, xix + 327 pp., US$79.95, £83.95 (hb), ISBN 978–0–299–33750–6
Bernice Martin
Pages: 577-579
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Vernacular Knowledge: Contesting Authority, Expressing Beliefs
edited by Ülo Valk and Marion Bowman, Sheffield & Bristol, CT: Equinox, 2022, 423 pp., £75.00, US$100.00 (hb), £39.95, US$45:00 (pb), ISBN 9781781792360 (hb), ISBN 9781781792377 (pb), ISBN 9781800502147 (eb)
Andrea Rota
Pages: 579-581
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine
by Catherine Wanner, Ithaca, NY & London: Cornell University Press, 2022, 225 pp., US$ 125.00, £n/a (hb), US$24.95, £n/a (pb), ISBN 978–1–501–76495–0 (hb), ISBN 978–1–501-76498–1 (pb), ISBN 978–1–501–76496–7 (pdf), ISBN 978–1–501–76497–4 (epub), also available as an Open Access e-book
Teuvo Laitila
Pages: 581-584
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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(White)Washing Our Sins Away: American Mainline Churches, Music, Power, and Diversity
by Deborah Justice, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2022 (hb), 2023 (pb), 256 pp., US$95.00 (hb), US$33.95 (pb), ISBN 9781438489612 (hb), ISBN 9781438489629 (pb), ISBN 9781438489636 (eb)
Sandra Brower
Pages: 584-586
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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In This Place Called Prison: Women’s Religious Life in the Shadow of Punishment
by Rachel Ellis, Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2023, 280 pp., US$85.00, £71.00 (hb), US$29.95, £25.00 (pb), ISBN 9780520384538 (hb), ISBN 9780520384545 (pb), ISBN 9780520384552 (eb)
Irene Becci
Pages: 586-588
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority and Community in US Islam
by Tazeen M. Ali, New York: New York University Press, 2022, 275 pp., US$89.00 (hb), US$30.00 (pb), ISBN 9781479811298 (hb), ISBN 9781479811304 (pb), ISBN 9781479811311 (eb other), ISBN 9781479811281 (eb)
Katherine Bullock
Pages: 588-590
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Islam and Religious Change in Pakistan: Sufis and Ulema in 20th Century South Asia
by Saadia Sumbal, London & New York: Routledge, 2022, 212 pp., £130.00, US$170.00 (hb), £36.99, US$48.95 (pb), ISBN 9780367622428 (hb), ISBN 9780367634919 (pb), ISBN 9781003119364 (eb)
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
Pages: 591-592
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Religion and Change in Australia
by Adam Possamai and David Tittensor, London & New York: Routledge, 2022, 213 pp., £120.00, US$160.00 (hb), £32.99, US$42.95 (pb), ISBN 978–1–760–29583–7 (hb), ISBN 978–1–032–18603–0 (pb), ISBN 978–1–003–25533–8 (eb)
James Spickard
Pages: 592-594
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Book Review
Key Categories in the Study of Religion: Contexts and Critiques
edited by Rebekka King, Sheffield & Bristol, CT: Equinox, 2022, NAASR Working Papers, 239 pp., £75.00, US$100.00 (hb), £29.95, US$35.00 (pb), ISBN 978–1–78179–965–9 (hb), ISBN 978–1–78179–966–6 (pb), ISBN 978–1–78179–967–3 (eb)
Warren S. Goldstein
Pages: 594-596
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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Book Notes

Book Review
Book Notes
Elisabeth Arweck
Pages: 597-605
Published online: 16 Nov 2023
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