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Volume 74, Number 1, March 2006
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Editor's Note
pp. 1-6(6)

Theology in Modernity's Wake
pp. 7-15(9)
Author: Armour, Ellen T.

Response to Armour
pp. 16-18(3)
Author: Ochs, Peter

Reply to Ochs
pp. 19-20(2)
Author: Armour, Ellen T.

The Discipline and Its Other: The Dialectic of Alterity in the Study of Religion
pp. 21-38(18)
Authors: Cabezón, José Ignacio

Response to Cabezón
pp. 39-44(6)
Author: Schweiker, William

Reply to Schweiker
pp. 45-46(2)
Authors: Cabezón, José Ignacio

Reflections on Tradition and Inquiry in the Study of Religions
pp. 47-58(12)
Author: Flood, Gavin

Response to Flood
pp. 59-63(5)
Author: Levene, Nancy K.

Reply to Levene
pp. 64-65(2)
Author: Flood, Gavin

On the Future of the Study of Religion in the Academy
pp. 66-74(9)
Author: Griffiths, Paul J.

Response to Griffiths
pp. 75-76(2)
Author: Armour, Ellen T.

Reply to Armour
pp. 77-78(2)
Author: Griffiths, Paul J.

Sources of History: Myth and Image
pp. 79-101(23)
Author: Levene, Nancy K.

The Limits of History: A Response to Nancy Levene
pp. 102-104(3)
Authors: Cabezón, José Ignacio

Reply to José Ignacio Cabezón
pp. 105-106(2)
Author: Levene, Nancy K.

Contrapuntal Readings in Muslim Thought: Translations and Transitions
pp. 107-118(12)
Author: Moosa, Ebrahim

Response to Moosa
pp. 119-121(3)
Author: Griffiths, Paul J.

Rejoinder to Paul J. Griffiths' Response
pp. 122-124(3)
Author: Moosa, Ebrahim

Comparative Religious Traditions
pp. 125-128(4)
Author: Ochs, Peter

Response to Peter Ochs' “Comparative Religious Traditions”
pp. 129-132(4)
Author: Segal, Robert A.

Reply to Segal
pp. 133-134(2)
Author: Ochs, Peter

On the Future of Religious Ethics: Keeping Religious Ethics Religious and Ethical
pp. 135-151(17)
Author: Schweiker, William

Response to Schweiker
pp. 152-154(3)
Author: Flood, Gavin

Reply to Flood
pp. 155-156(2)
Author: Schweiker, William

All Generalizations Are Bad: Postmodernism on Theories
pp. 157-171(15)
Author: Segal, Robert A.

Response to Robert Segal
pp. 172-175(4)
Author: Moosa, Ebrahim

Reply to Moosa
pp. 176-178(3)
Author: Segal, Robert A.

The Future of Religion
pp. 179-186(8)
Author: Ward, Graham

Divining the Future Places of Religion: A Partial Response to Graham Ward, “The Future of Religion”
pp. 187-191(5)
Author: Castelli, Elizabeth A.

Reply to Elizabeth A. Castelli
pp. 192-193(2)
Author: Ward, Graham

Religious Studies: A Bibliographic Essay
pp. 194-211(18)
Authors: Jakelić, Slavica; Starling, Jessica

Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins: Diversity, Continuity, and Transformation. By George W. E. Nickelsburg. Fortress Press, 2003. 264 pages. $23.00.
pp. 212-215(4)
Author: Deutsch, Celia

Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitābha. Edited by Richard K. Payne and Kenneth K. Tanaka. University of Hawai'i Press, 2004. 304 pages. $32.00.
pp. 215-218(4)
Author: Brown, J. Todd

Chosen Peoples: Sacred Sources of National Identity. By Anthony D. Smith. Oxford University Press, 2003. 330 pages. $29.95.
pp. 218-221(4)
Author: Perkins, Mary Anne

Common Morality: Deciding What to Do. By Bernard Gert. Oxford University Press, 2004. 179 pages. $25.00
pp. 221-224(4)
Author: Flescher, Andrew Michael

Doubly Chosen: Jewish Identity, the Soviet Intelligentsia, and the Russian Orthodox Church. By Judith Deutsch Kornblatt. University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. 203 pages. $29.95.
pp. 224-227(4)
Author: Kenworthy, Scott M.

Impossible God: Derrida's Theology. By Hugh Rayment-Pickard. Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003. 185 pages. $84.95.
pp. 227-229(3)
Author: Taylor, Victor E.

The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism. By Tomoko Masuzawa. University of Chicago Press, 2005. 359 pages. $19.00.
pp. 229-232(4)
Author: Schmidt, Leigh E.

Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning. By Robert Hillenbrand. Columbia University Press, 2004. 645 pages. $30.00.
pp. 232-235(4)
Author: Al-Harithy, Howayda

Life after Death: A History of the Afterlife in the Religions of the West. By Alan F. Segal. Doubleday, 2004. 866 pages. $37.50.
pp. 235-238(4)
Author: Alles, Gregory D.

The Lion and the Lamb: Evangelicals and Catholics in America. By William M. Shea. Oxford University Press, 2004. 402 pages. $35.00
pp. 238-241(4)
Author: Marlett, Jeffrey

Loss: The Politics of Mourning. Edited by David L. Eng and David Kazanjian. University of California Press, 2003. 488 pages. $24.95.
pp. 241-243(3)
Author: Skerrett, K. Roberts

New Religious Movements in the Twenty-First Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective. Edited by Phillip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins. Routledge, 2004. 364 pages. $29.95.
pp. 243-247(5)
Author: Langham, Thomas C.

Personal Identity and Buddhist Philosophy: Empty Persons. By Mark Siderits. Ashgate, 2003. 231 pages. $79.95.
pp. 247-250(4)
Author: Arnold, Dan

Place and Space in Modern Fiction. By Wesley A. Kort. University Press of Florida, 2004. 269 pages. $59.95.
pp. 251-253(3)
Author: Poland, Lynn

Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning. Edited by Erik C. Owens, John D. Carlson, and Eric P. Elshtain. William B. Eerdmans, 2004. 294 pages. $28.00.
pp. 253-256(4)
Author: McBride, James

Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism. By John R. McRae. University of California Press, 2003. 204 pages. $19.95.
pp. 256-259(4)
Author: Keyworth, George A.

The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography. By Virginia Burrus. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. 216 pages. $42.50.
pp. 259-262(4)
Authors: Krondorfer, Björn

Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Hymnody in the History of North American Protestantism. Edited by Edith L. Blumhofer and Mark A. Noll. University of Alabama Press, 2004. 260 pages. $52.50.Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology. Edited by Richard J. Mouw and Mark A. Noll. William B. Eerdmans, 2004. 288 pages. $18.00.How Sweet the Sound: Music in the Spiritual Lives of Americans. By David W. Stowe. Harvard University Press, 2004. 335 pages. $27.95.
pp. 262-266(5)
Author: Leaver, Robin A.

Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond. By Carl W. Ernst and Bruce B. Lawrence. Palgrave, 2002. 241 pages. $24.95.
pp. 266-269(4)
Author: Steinfels, Amina M.

When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah's Flood. By J. David Pleins. Oxford University Press, 2003. 242 pages. $29.95.
pp. 269-271(3)
Author: Bush, L. Russ

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