Journal of the American Academy of Religion

2005 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Hans J. Hillerbrand

On Book Burnings and Book Burners: Reflections on the Power (and Powerlessness) of Ideas
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on August 1, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 593-614; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES

Jesse S. Palsetia

Parsi and Hindu Traditional and Nontraditional Responses to Christian Conversion in Bombay, 1839–45
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on December 2, 2005
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 615-645; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arvind Mandair

The Politics of Nonduality: Reassessing the Work of Transcendence in Modern Sikh Theology
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on December 15, 2005
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 646-673; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald Wiebe

An Eternal Return All Over Again: The Religious Conversation Endures
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 3, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 674-696; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tyler Roberts

Between the Lines: Exceeding Historicism in the Study of Religion
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 3, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 697-719; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Russell T. McCutcheon

"It’s a Lie. There’s No Truth in It! It’s a Sin!": On the Limits of the Humanistic Study of Religion and the Costs of Saving Others from Themselves
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on June 30, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 720-750; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul B. Courtright

The Self-Serving Humility of Disciplining Liberal Humanist Scholars: A Response to Russell McCutcheon
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 22, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 751-754; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj115 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Russell T. McCutcheon

A Response to Courtright
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 755-756; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj116 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEWS

Boykin Sanders

A Love Supreme: The History of the Johannine Tradition. By Allen Dwight Callahan. Fortress Press, 2005. 128 pages. $20.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 31, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 757-759; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj094 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monica A. Coleman

Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion. By Dwight N. Hopkins. Fortress Press, 2005. 221 pages. $21.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 6, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 759-762; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj095 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samuel K. Roberts

The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice, from the Civil Rights Movement to Today. By Charles Marsh. Basic Books, 2005. 292 pages. $26.00
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on June 29, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 762-765; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj096 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald K. Swearer

Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction. By Richard H. Robinson, Willard L. Johnson, and Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff). 5th ed. Wadsworth/Thomson, 2004. 357 pages. $47.95.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 18, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 765-770; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj097 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Valeri

Confidence Games: Money and Markets in a World without Redemption. By Mark C. Taylor. University of Chicago Press, 2004. 395 pages. $32.50.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 7, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 771-773; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj098 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lawrie Balfour

Democratic Faith. By Patrick J. Deneen. Princeton University Press, 2005. 365 pages. $45.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on June 29, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 773-776; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj099 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeffrey W. Robbins

Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments. Edited by Yvonne Sherwood and Kevin Hart. Routledge, 2005. 424 pages. $28.95.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 6, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 776-778; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj100 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chad M. Bauman

Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary. By S. J. Francis X. Clooney. Oxford University Press, 2005. 264 pages. $49.95.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 11, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 779-781; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj101 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julie A. Nelson

Economy of Grace. By Kathryn Tanner. Fortress Press, 2005. 158 pages. $16.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on June 29, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 782-784; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj102 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sylvester A. Johnson

Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World. Edited by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith. University of Illinois Press, 2005. 262 pages. $20.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 18, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 784-787; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj103 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William Desmond

Freedom and Tradition in Hegel: Reconsidering Anthropology, Ethics, and Religion. By Thomas A. Lewis. University of Notre Dame Press, 2005. 258 pages. $32.50.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 787-789; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj104 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paget Henry

From Garvey to Marley: Rastafari Theology. By Noel Leo Erskine. University Press of Florida, 2005. 224 pages. $39.95
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 6, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 789-792; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj105 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Traci C. West

Gay Religion. Edited by Scott Thumma and Edward R. Gray. AltaMira Press, 2005. 454 pages. $28.95.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 792-795; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj106 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Griffel

Ghazl and the Poetics of Imagination. By Ebrahim Moosa. The University of North Carolina Press, 2005. 349 pages. $22.50.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 14, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 795-798; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj107 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theodore Walker, Jr.

God, Truth, and Witness: Engaging Stanley Hauerwas. Edited by L. Gregory Jones, Reinhard Hütter, and C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell. Brazos Press, 2005. 336 pages. $39.99.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 798-801; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj108 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. N. Balagangadhara

Imagining Hinduism: A Postcolonial Perspective. By Sharada Sugirtharajah. Routledge, 2003. 164 pages. $35.95
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 7, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 801-805; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj109 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John G. Nordling

The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity. By Benjamin Isaac. Princeton University Press, 2004. 574 pages. $45.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 14, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 806-808; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj110 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthony D. Baker

On the Justification of the Good: An Essay on Moral Philosophy. By Vladimir Solovyov. Translated by Nathalie A. Duddington; annotated and edited by Boris Jakim; foreword by David Bentley Hart. Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2005. 410 pages. $40.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 6, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 808-810; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj111 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph L. Price

Making the American Religious Fringe: Exotics, Subversives, and Journalists, 1955–1993. By Sean McCloud. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 269 pages. $19.95.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 14, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 811-813; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj112 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amina Wadud

Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject. By Saba Mahmood. Princeton University Press, 2005. 233 pages. $17.95.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 18, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 813-816; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj113 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jesse S. Palsetia

The Zoroastrian Diaspora: Religion and Migration. By John R. Hinnells. Oxford University Press, 2005. 875 pages. $110.00.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 816-819; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj114 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK RECEIVED

BOOKS RECEIVED
J Am Acad Relig 2006 74: 820-836; doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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