Journal of the American Academy of Religion

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Edward Slingerland

Conceptual Metaphor Theory as Methodology for Comparative Religion
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 1-31; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh002 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arti Dhand

The Subversive Nature of Virtue in the Mahabharata: A Tale about Women, Smelly Ascetics, and God
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 33-58; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh003 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eitan P. Fishbane

Authority, Tradition, and the Creation of Meaning in Medieval Kabbalah: Isaac of Acre's Illumination of the Eyes
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 59-95; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh004 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Almond

The Meaning of Infinity in Sufi and Deconstructive Hermeneutics: When Is an Empty Text an Infinite One?
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 97-117; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh005 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tao Jiang

Storehouse Consciousness and the Unconscious: A Comparative Study of Xuan Zang and Freud on the Subliminal Mind
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 119-139; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh006 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editor's Note
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 141-142; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh001 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tyler Roberts

Exposure and Explanation: On the New Protectionism in the Study of Religion
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 143-172; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh007 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Russell T. McCutcheon

Religion, Ire, and Dangerous Things
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 173-193; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gavin Hyman

The Study of Religion and the Return of Theology
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 195-219; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Juergensmeyer

Review: Thinking about Religion after September 11
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 221-234; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh010 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sylvia Marcos

Review: La Voz del Kultrun en la Modernidad: Tradición y Cambio en la Terapeutica de Siete Machi Mapuche
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 235-237; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh011 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ira Chernus

Review: Liberty and Conscience: A Documentary History of the Experiences of Conscientious Objectors in America through the Civil War
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 238-240; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh012 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bradley E. Starr

Review: Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology: Religion and Cultural Synthesis in Wilhelmine Germany
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 241-244; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh013 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca J. Lester

Review: Body/Meaning/Healing
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 244-247; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh014 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles K. Bellinger

Review: Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 247-249; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh028 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aaron Hughes

Review: Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment: Deciphering Scripture and Midrash in "The Guide of the Perplexed."
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 249-252; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh015 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Greg Johnson

Review: Ancestors in Post-contact Religion: Roots, Ruptures, and Modernity's Memory
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 252-254; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh016 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margaret Kim Peterson

Review: Portrayed on the Heart: Narrative Effect in Pictorial Lives of Saints from the Tenth through the Thirteenth Century
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 255-257; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh017 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Sean Nelson

Review: The Reconstruction of Religion: Lessing, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 258-260; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh018 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Justin S. Holcomb

Review: Mortal Remains: Death in Early America
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 261-263; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh019 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David M. Knipe

Review: The Myth of the Holy Cow
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 263-266; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh020 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carl D. Evans

Review: Passion, Vitality, and Foment: The Dynamics of Second Temple Judaism
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 267-269; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joe E. Barnhart

Review: Jonathan Edwards: A Life
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 269-272; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh022 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephanie Kirkwood Walker

Review: The Secret Life of Puppets
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 272-275; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh023 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nathan Baruch Rein

Review: The Invention of Religion: Rethinking Belief in Politics and History
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 275-278; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh024 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth L. Honerkamp

Review: Crescents on the Cross: Islamic Visions of Christianity
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 278-281; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh025 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A. Hollinger

Review: Varieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 281-283; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh026 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kirill O. Thompson

Review: Confucius and the "Analects": New Essays
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 284-288; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh027 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Merlin Swartz

Review: The Places Where Men Pray Together: Cities in Islamic Lands, Seventh through the Tenth Centuries
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 288-291; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh029 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dianna Taylor

Review: Sustaining Affirmation: The Strengths of Weak Ontology in Political Theory
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 291-293; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfh030 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received
J Am Acad Relig 2004 72: 295-312; doi:10.1093/jaar/72.1.295 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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