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Books received: Barbosa, Jose Carlos, Slavery and Protestant Missions in Imperial Brazil. Trans. Fraser G. MacHaffie and Richard K. Danford. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2008. Bauman, Chad M., Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008. Beaudoin, Tom, Witness to Dispossession: The...; Tags: American, Cambridge University Press, Grand, History, John, Oxford University Press, Press, Religion, William; Research articles 2009-03-01
Books received: Alexander, Dominic, Saints and Animals in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge, U.K.: Boydell, 2008. Alford, Stephen, Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008. Atherstone, Andrew, ed., The Heart of Faith: Following Christ in the Church o/ England. Cambridge, U.K.: Lutterworth,...; Tags: A., Baptist, Bologna, Cambridge University Press, Church, Culture, David, Early, Grand, History, J., Jews, John, Life, Medieval, Oxford University Press, Press, R., Religion, SAINTS, Society, Theology, Thought; Research articles 2008-12-01
Kantian autonomy and the moral self: KANT'S ACCOUNT OF AUTONOMY is not designed to solve the traditional problem of free will. It is a response to the problem of heteronomy rather than the problem of determinism. And the former pertains to concerns about the structure of practical reason rather than the scope of nature's causal laws....; Tags: Allen, Cambridge University Press, Christine, Critique, Kant, Kantian, Metaphysics, R, Religion, Schulz, Wood; Research articles 2008-12-01
Polygyny and Christian Marriage in Africa: The Case of Benin: Abstract: Since the arrival of European missionaries in Africa, there has been charged debate over people's marriage choices. This article outlines the major elements in the academic, theological, and popular discourses on marriage in Africa, focusing on two topics: the conceptual divide between monogamous Christian marriage and African polygyny, and...; Tags: A., African, Barrett, C., Catholic, Christians, Church, Colonial, David, East, Europeans, Family, G., Gender, Gray, H., History, INTRODUCTION, James, Jean, Journal, Mann, Marriage, Mission, N., Oxford University Press, R., Religion, Social, Thomas, West, Western; Research articles 2008-09-01
Recent titles in philosophy: ADAMSON, PETER. Classical Arabic Philosophy: Sources and Reception. London: The Warburg Institute, 2007. 212 pp. n.p. AGAMBEN, GIORGIO. Profanations. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007. 99 pp. Cloth, $25.95. ALBAUGH, STEPHEN LYMAN. The Image. Des Moines: Iowa Institute of Philosophy, 2007. 159 pp. Paper, $12.00. ALBAUGH, STEPHEN LYMAN. Talking...; Tags: Cambridge University Press, David, History, J., John, Oxford University Press, Paul, Philosophy, Religion, Science; Research articles 2008-09-01

The age of magicians: periodization in the history of European magic.(Report): John Maynard Keynes once described Sir Isaac Newton, perhaps the greatest figure of the scientific revolution, as being "not the first of the age of reason" but "the last of the magicians." (1) Keynes was commenting, among other things, on Newton's fascination with alchemy and the...; Tags: Church, Culture, De, Early, English, Enlightenment, History, John, Magic, Martin, Medieval, Moore, Oxford University Press, Press, Protestant, Reformation, Religion, Richard, Roman, Science, Spanish, Thomas, Western; Research articles 2008-06-22
Asceticism and the hopeful self: subjectivity, reductionism, and modernity: Recently at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem I was struck by an Orthodox nun who queued to kneel by Christ's tomb in a very pious way, to be ushered out after only a minute or so by a monk whose job it was to ensure a regular...; Tags: Bowker, Cambridge University Press, Church, God, History, J., John, M., Nietzsche, Oxford University Press, Press, Religion, Ritual, West; Research articles 2008-01-01
Liminal language: boundaries of magic and honor in early modern Essex.: In 1645, in the small village of Stisted, Essex, two serving maids told the Justice of the Peace that a group of twenty or more men and women had, on several occasions, visited various gentry households where they "conjured" the residents to sleep. This group included ...; Tags: Catholic, Early, English, Henry, John, Justice, Oxford University Press, Ralph, Religion, Robert, Thomas, Thompson, Turner, William, Wood; Research articles 2007-12-22
Cognition and religion: Consider the following: A social scientist conducts a survey of college students to see whether or not they pray and, if so, what they pray about. He finds that students usually pray for something mental, such as asking God to help them remember a formula for a test; something emotional,...; Tags: A., American, Barrett, Berkeley, Boundaries, Cambridge University Press, Culture, Gelman, God, Heaven, Journal, Life, Mind, Moses, Narrative, NJ, Pp, Press, Princeton University, Religion, Review, Robert, Science, Smith, Social; Research articles 2007-12-22
Portable politics and durable religion: the moral worldviews of American evangelical missionaries: INTRODUCTION We began this study with the assumption that American international missionaries, having been exposed to a foreign culture, would relativize their own perspective on American culture, religion, and politics. In particular, we were interested in whether American international missionaries from the Pacific Northwest PNW exhibited similar traits to...; Tags: American, Americans, Bush, Christians, Contact, Culture, Freedom, God, Green, Michael, N, Oxford University Press, Political, Politics, Press, Protestant, Religion, Smith; Research articles 2007-12-22
Books received: Albanese, Catherine L., America: Religions and Religion, 4th ed. Belmont, Calif.: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. Albanese, Catherine L., A Republic of Mind and Spirit. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2007. Artigas, Mariano, Thomas F. Glick, and Rafael A. Martinez, Negotiating Darwin: The Vatican Confronts Evolution, 1877-1902. Medicine, Science,...; Tags: A., American, C., Cambridge University Press, Catholic, Church, Culture, David, Grand, History, J., James, John, L., Oxford University Press, Press, Princeton University, R., Reformation, Religion, Robert, Society, Yale University; Research articles 2007-03-01
Would You Buy From an Atheist?: Would You Buy From an Atheist?Would you Buy From An Atheist?I believe in God. I don't believe you. Your assertions have no backup and your blaming of religion God for homicides, etc. is silly. There are bad people who happen to be Christians, Jews, Muslims, keep naming...; Tags: Atheist, religion; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Religion and the Early Modern State: Views from China, Russia, and the West: Religion and the Early Modern State: Views from China, Russia, and the West. Edited by James D. Tracy and Marguerite Ragnow. Studies in Comparative Early Modern History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xviii + 418 pp. $80.00 cloth. Publishers dislike the festschrift. Collected volumes of academic articles often lack...; Tags: Cambridge University Press, Early, Muslims, Religion; Research articles 2006-09-01
The origin of superstition, magical thinking, and paranormal beliefs: an integrative model: IN HIS ALWAYS QUIRKY BUT USUALLY insightful look into the human condition, comedian Woody Alien once remarked: "There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is how far it is from midtown and how late is it open?" (1) In point of fact, the majority...; Tags: A., C., Cambridge University Press, D., DEVELOPMENT, E., F, Gelman, H., Harris, J., Johnson, Journal, L., M., N., P., Religion, Rozin, S., Science, Social, T.; Research articles 2006-03-22
Provincializing Christendom: the case of Great Britain: The insular traditions of British ecclesiastical history have been transformed since the 1960s, when scholars began to pay attention to the theory of secularization, an inherently comparative and global theory of social change. More recently a wave of interest in imperial and colonial history has brought the foreign missionary enterprise...; Tags: American, Bryan, Christendom, Church, David, History, J., Jeffrey, Martin, Oxford University Press, Religion, Social, Society, Wilson; Research articles 2006-03-01
Speaking with and away: what the aporia of ineffability has to say for Buddhist-Christian dialogue.(COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY): Years ago, I entered my graduate studies with the intent of undertaking a comparative study of the Christian apophatic tradition and Indian Mahayana Buddhism. Shortly after enrolling in a course on Indian Buddhist philosophy, I recall a question that in spite of its apparent simplicity has...; Tags: Buddha, Cross, God, Indian, John, King, Oxford University Press, Periphyseon, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Thomas, Turner; Research articles 2006-01-01
Managing Toward the "Ideal Future": While reading up on the psychology of religion this summer, I ran across a theologian who has reframed the way I think about business leadership: Jurgen Moltmann. Moltmann wrote broadly about hope, and in a sense every business, and especially every new business, is a testament to...; Tags: Management, Financial Accounting, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Business, Religion, Finance, Michael Fitzgerald; Blog posts 2007-10-24
Transcend Your Office: When Work's a Religious Experience: Transcend Your Office: When Work's a Religious ExperienceMental illness assertions aside...I enjoyed the mental illness thread, but it is utterly unworkable in this present culture. As a Zen Buddhist, my [i]religion[/i] does not impose such an unprovable dogma on me. There are times we use symbols as tools...; Tags: Microsoft Office, religion, Religious Experience; Discussion threads 2007-10-05
Transcend Your Office: When Work's a Religious Experience: How do you know where to draw the line when it comes to accommodating religion in the workplace? If clients are offended by a pentagram-wearing Pagan employee, can you ask her to keep the symbol hidden? If a worker objects to working on the weekends because of the Sabbath (as...; Tags: Workforce Management, Human Resources, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, Worker, Religion, Microsoft Office, Gender And Diversity, Lori Deschene; Blog posts 2007-10-03
Among the New Books: The environment Environmental archaeology details below considers the `profound fracture ... between archaeologists dealing with the artefactual evidence and those engaged in the study of biological and geological remains' (p. 4). The editor opens by assessing several reasons for the division, including the distractions of `post-processualism' and the organization...; Tags: Charleston, Coptic Egypt, Early, Oxford University Press, Religion, Roman, Romans, SC; Research articles 2001-09-01