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Findings & Footnotes: May 2014

May 1, 2014 by Richard Cimino

01: If the study of religion(s) “opens itself to calls for direct ‘societal relevance’ to a greater extent, advocacy will gain greater prominence,” writes Michael Stausberg (University of Bergen, Norway) in introducing a thematic issue on the topic of advocacy in the study of religion(s) in the journal Religion (April). Advocacy research is conducted to promote […]

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Findings & Footnotes: Findings & Footnotes: April 2014

April 1, 2014 by Richard Cimino

01: Several articles in the current issue of the Mennonite Quarterly Review (January) are devoted to the complex and shifting interplay of technology and tradition in the Amish and other strict Anabaptist groups. Contrary to popular perceptions, the use of technology is not totally and uniformly forbidden to any of these groups; rather, it is a […]

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Findings & Footnotes: March 2014

March 1, 2014 by Richard Cimino

01: The Atlas of Pentecostalism is a new online database that seeks to map the rapid growth of global Pentecostalism as a diverse and networked religion. The database uses new and old methods, including global crowdsourcing, big data, cinematography, interviews and academic collaborations to provide an independent perspective on Pentecostalism as it changes. The database expands […]

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Findings & Footnotes: February 2014

February 1, 2014 by Richard Cimino

01: The new book Religion, Politics and Polarization (Rowman & Littlefield, $28), by William D’Antonio, Steven A. Tuch and Josiah R. Baker, examines the relationship between religious affiliation and voting behavior of American politicians over the last four decades. The authors seek to test the hypothesis that there is a culture war in American society […]

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Findings & Footnotes: January 2014

January 1, 2014 by Richard Cimino

01: Nancy Ammerman’s new book Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes (Oxford, 29.95) employs innovative methods to make the argument that the everyday dimensions of religion have not been adequately appreciated in the study of American religion. Ammerman and her research team not only interviewed 95 Americans on their spiritual and religious lives but asked them to keep […]

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Findings & Footnotes: December 2013

December 1, 2013 by Richard Cimino

01: The growing phenomenon of congregations from the U.S. linking up with churches in the global South for purposes of missions, social activism, and cross-cultural understanding is given in-depth treatment in the new book Sister Churches (Oxford University Press, $29.95) by Janel Kragt Bakker. These partnerships or “twinnings” between congregations are substantial; Bakker estimates that 18 […]

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Findings & Footnotes: November 2013

November 1, 2013 by Richard Cimino

01: The current issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (September) is devoted to religion and comedy, going beyond the usual somber philosophical and theological reflections on humor. Several articles look at the interactions between comedians and satirists and institutional religion, including the faceoff between the creators of the animated series South Park […]

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Findings & Footnotes: September/October 2013

September 1, 2013 by Richard Cimino

01: Social Compass, an international journal on the sociology of religion, devotes most of its September issue to the state of Italian Catholicism. The Catholic Church in Italy has long been considered something of an exception from the rest of secular Western Europe in commanding a fair level of devotion and identity among its adherents. […]

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Findings & Footnotes: July/August 2013

July 1, 2013 by Richard Cimino

01: As with other religious communities, American Judaism is faced with disaffection from the Gen X and Millennial generations, particularly on issues related to the religion’s ethnic identity and ties to Israel, writes Rabbi Sidney Schwarz in the new book Jewish Megatrends (Jewish Lights Publishing, $24.99). But Schwarz’s book is far from a eulogy of […]

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Findings & Footnotes: May/June 2013

May 1, 2013 by Richard Cimino

01: The current issue of the journal Culture and Religion (Vol. 14, No. 1) looks at “spaces of renewal,” meaning places of religious pilgrimage that allow for a break from everyday life. The articles range from an examination of how visitors to such traditional pilgrimage sites as Santiago de Compostela have replaced recreation with religion by undertaking healing practices at Lourdes and Irish holy wells. While not exactly […]

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