Religion

The Allegory of the Olive Tree: a case study for (neo) structuralist analysis
pp. 105-125(21)
Author: Kunin S.D.

Disrobing judges with veiled truths: an early Isma'ili Torah interpretation (ta'wil) in service of the Fatimid mission
pp. 127-145(19)
Author: Hollenberg D.

Epidemiology and the study of religion
pp. 147-159(13)
Author: Van Ness P.H.

The rise and fall of political Islam in Central Asia
pp. 161-169(9)
Author: Gardaz M.

The vicissitudes of seeing: iconoclasm and idolatry
pp. 170-180(11)
Author: Morgan D.

H. L. Seneviratne. The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1999, xvi+358 pp., $49 (hardback) ISBN 0 226 74865 0, $22 (paperback) ISBN 0 226 74866 9.
pp. 181-182(2)
Author: Jacobsen K.A.

Michael W. Myers. Brahman: A Comparative Theology. Richmond, Curzon, 2001, xiii+268 pp., £45 ISBN 0 7007 1257 7.
pp. 182-184(3)
Author: Lipner J.J.

Todd T. Lewis, in collaboration with Subarna Man Tuladhar and Labh Ratna Tuladhar. Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal: Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism. Foreword by Gregory Schopen. Albany, State University of New York Press, 2000, xviii+236 pp., $59.50 (hardback) ISBN 0 7914 4611 5, $19.95 (paperback) ISBN 0 7914 4612 3.
pp. 185-187(3)
Author: Mrozik S.

Walter Burkett. Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2001, xiv+110 pp., $28.00, £18.00 ISBN 0 226 08085 4.
pp. 187-188(2)
Author: Pearson B.A.

Text by Massoud Fourouzandeh and Alain Brunet. Photos by Abbas Tahvildar. Baptists of Iran. Les baptistes d'Iran. Tehran, Key Press, 2001, 173 pp. (with 5 pages in Farsi), n.p. ISBN 964 90645 5 9.
pp. 188-190(3)
Author: Jacobsen Buckley J.