Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Editor's Note
pp. 977-978(2)

Introduction: Contesting Religion and Religions Contested: The Study of Religion in a Global Context
pp. 979-985(7)
Authors: Davaney, Sheila Greeve; Laderman, Gary

How to Speak for the Indian Traditions: An Agenda for the Future
pp. 987-1013(27)
Author: Balagangadhara, S. N.

Violence, Ethics, and Divine Honor in Modern Jewish Thought
pp. 1015-1048(34)
Author: Seeman, Don

Re-Imagination of Religion in Post-Soviet Society: Challenges and Responses (Russian and Ukrainian Case Studies)
pp. 1049-1076(28)
Authors: Kazmina, Olga; Filippova, Olga

State Shinto and the Religious Structure of Modern Japan
pp. 1077-1098(22)
Author: Shimazono, Susumu

Roles and the Position of Women in Sufi Brotherhoods in Senegal
pp. 1099-1119(21)
Author: Bop, Codou

Religion and Violence
pp. 1121-1139(19)
Author: Cobban, Helena

When Reconciliation Fails: Global Politics and the Study of Religion
pp. 1141-1153(13)
Author: Siddiqui, Mona

Religion and Reproductive Health and Rights
pp. 1155-1173(19)
Author: Obaid, Thoraya Ahmed

Classification and Comparison in the Study of Religion: The Work of Jonathan Z. Smith
pp. 1175-1188(14)
Author: Segal, Robert A.

Michel Foucault and Theology: The Politics of Religious Experience. Edited by James Bernauer and Jeremy Carrette. Ashgate Publishing, 2004. 285 pages. $29.95
pp. 1189-1192(4)
Author: Long, Ronald E.

Islam, Law and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning. By John R. Bowen. Cambridge University Press, 2003. 289 pages. $25.00
pp. 1192-1194(3)
Author: Woodward, Mark R.

Negative Theology and Modern French Philosophy. By Arthur Bradley. Routledge, 2004. 256 pages. $105.00
pp. 1194-1196(3)
Author: Almond, Ian

Re-Ordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics. Edited by Celia Deane-Drummond, Bronislav Szerszynski, with Robin Grove-White. T & T Clark, 2003. 368 pages. N.P
pp. 1196-1199(4)
Author: Lustig, Andrew

The Sacred Santa: Religious Dimensions of Consumer Culture. By Dell deChant. Pilgrim Press, 2002. 224 pages. $21.00
pp. 1199-1202(4)
Author: Myers, Max A.

A Virgin Conceived: Mary and Classical Representations of Virginity. By Mary F. Foskett. Indiana University Press, 2002. 238 pages. $35.00.Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption. By Stephen J. Shoemaker. Oxford University Press, 2002. 460 pages. N.P
pp. 1202-1205(4)
Author: Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra L.

Unity of Knowledge and Action: Toward a Nonrepresentational Theory of Knowledge. By Warren Frisina. State University of New York Press, 2002. 262 pages. $22.95
pp. 1206-1208(3)
Author: Tan, Sor-hoon

Domesticity and Dissent in the Seventeenth Century: English Women's Writing and the Public Sphere. By Katharine Gillespie. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 272 pages. $60.00
pp. 1209-1212(4)
Author: Fitzmaurice, James

Slavery in Early Christianity. By Jennifer A. Glancy. Oxford University Press, 2002. 203 pages. $39.95
pp. 1212-1215(4)
Author: Nordling, John G.

The Lord Who is Half Woman: Ardhanāriśvara in Indian and Feminist Perspective. By Ellen Goldberg. State University of New York Press, 2002. 193 pages. $21.95
pp. 1215-1217(3)
Author: Courtright, Paul B.

An Examined Faith: The Grace of Self-Doubt. By James M. Gustafson. Fortress Press, 2004. 119 pages. $15.00
pp. 1217-1220(4)
Author: Graham, Mark

Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity. Edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Barbara Freyer Stowasser. AltaMira Press, 2004. 264 pages. $26.95
pp. 1220-1223(4)
Author: Siddiqui, Mona

Dissent from the Homeland: Essays after September 11. Edited by Stanley Hauerwas and Frank Lentricchia. Duke University Press, 2003. 226 pages. $21.95
pp. 1223-1225(3)
Author: Barkun, Michael

Way and Byway: Taoism, Local Religion and Models of Divinity in Sung and Modern China. By Robert Hymes. University of California Press, 2002. 364 pages. $24.95
pp. 1225-1228(4)
Author: Kleeman, Terry F.

The Hammer and the Flute: Women, Power and Spirit Possession. By Mary Keller. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. 289 pages. $38.50
pp. 1228-1231(4)
Author: Rausch, Margaret J.

Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America. By Gary Laderman. Oxford University Press, 2003. 245 pages. $35.00
pp. 1231-1234(4)
Author: Pike, Sarah M.

America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism. By Anatol Lieven. Oxford University Press, 2004. 288 pages. $30.00.Imperial Designs: Neoconservatism and the New Pax Americana. By Gary Dorrien. Routledge, 2004. 308 pages. $30.00
pp. 1234-1238(5)
Author: Chernus, Ira

Alien Sex: The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology. By Gerard Loughlin. Blackwell Publishing, 2004. 306 pages. $29.95
pp. 1238-1240(3)
Author: Cooper, Richard

The Heavenly Trumpet: John Chrysostom and the Art of Pauline Interpretation. By Margaret M. Mitchell. Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. 563 pages. $44.95
pp. 1240-1243(4)
Author: Yarbrough, O. Larry

An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity. By Laura Nasrallah. Harvard University Press, 2003. 225 pages. $25.00
pp. 1243-1246(4)
Author: Castelli, Elizabeth A.

Beyond Primitivism: Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity. Edited by Jacob K. Olupona. Routledge, 2004. 348 pages. $29.95
pp. 1246-1249(4)
Author: Johnson, Paul Christopher

To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self—Divinization in Early China. By Michael J. Puett. Harvard University Press, 2002. 358 pages. $49.50
pp. 1249-1251(3)
Author: Loewe, Michael

Buddhist Monks and Business Matters: Still More Papers on Monastic Buddhism in India. By Gregory Schopen. University of Hawai`i Press, 2004. 421 pages. $29.00
pp. 1251-1254(4)
Author: Walser, Joseph

After Christianity. By Gianni Vattimo. Columbia University Press, 2002. 128 pages. $27.00
pp. 1254-1257(4)
Author: Schneider, Laurel C.

Religion after Metaphysics. Edited by Mark A. Wrathall. Cambridge University Press, 2003. 194 pages. $22.00
pp. 1257-1260(4)
Author: Hass, Andrew W.

Books Received
pp. 1261-1279(19)

Index To Volume 73 (2005)
pp. 1281-1289(9)