Religion and Society
Advances in Research
Aims & Scope
Editors: Simon Coleman, University of Toronto and Ramon Sarr�, University of Lisbon and Yale University
Religion and Society responds to the need for a rigorous, in-depth review of current work in the expanding sub-discipline of the anthropology of religion. In addition, this important annual aims to provide a dynamic snapshot of developments in the study of religion as a whole and encourages inter-disciplinary perspectives.
Each issue contains a profile of a senior scholar of religion, alongside invited papers produced by authorities in their respective sub-fields. The contributions will provide overviews of a given topic with critical, 'positioned' views of the subject and of relevant research. In the 'Debate Topic' section a scholar of religion will reflect on a high profile issue or event and a 'Reflections on a Text' feature will invite discussants to comment on a recently published volume, followed by a response from the author. Other sections will cover teaching the anthropology of religion, news and conferences, and - vitally - reviews of new books and ethnographic films.
Subjects: Anthropology of Religion, Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion
Forthcoming Issue: Volume 2
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Introduction
Simon Coleman and Ramon Sarró: Dialogues and Trajectories
I. PORTRAIT
De-Privatization, the Public Sphere and Popular Religion
Hubert Knoblauch
Public and Private in the Study of Religion: Innovative Approaches
Grace Davie
Casanova, Asad and the Public Debate on Religion in Modern Societies
Kim Knibbe
Toward a Post-Weberian Sociology of Global Religions
Manuel A. Vásquez
From Modernization, to Secularization, to Globalization: An Autobiographical Self-Reflection
José Casanova
II. ARTICLES
Encountering the Supernatural: A Phenomenological Account of Mind
Julia Cassaniti and Tanya Luhrmann
The Case for Religious Transmission: Time and Transmission in the Anthropology of Christianity
Vlad Naumescu
On and Off the Margin: The Anthropology of Contemporary Jewry
Andrew Buckser
Inter-Publics’: Hindu Mobilization Beyond the Bourgeoisie Public Sphere
Ursula Rao
Pentecostalism and ‘National Culture’: A Dialogue Between Brazilian Social Sciences and the Anthropology of Christianity
Cecilia Mariz and Roberta Campos
III. DEBATE SECTION: RELIGION AND VIOLENCE
Religious Violence as Folklore
William T. Cavanaugh
Reflections on ‘Religious Violence’: Reconsidering Durkheim
Wendy James
Religion and Civil War in Africa: Durkheim and Douglas Revisited
Paul Richards
IV. AN AUTHOR MEETS HER CRITICS
Around Ruth Marshall’s book
Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria
Comments
John Peel, Daniel Smith, Joel Robbins, Jean-François Bayart
Response to Comments
Ruth Marshall
V. TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
The Anthropology of Religious Controversy: A Masters Level Course
Peter Collins and Yulia Egorova
VI. NEWS
VII. BOOKS AND FILMS REVIEWS