Religion and Society
Advances in Research
Aims & Scope
Editors: Simon Coleman, Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto and Ramon Sarró, Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon and University of Oxford
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
Volume 2
Contents
Introduction
Simon Coleman and Ramon Sarró: Dialogues and Trajectories
I. PORTRAIT - José Casanova
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 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