Religion & Cultural Studies

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Thinking Globally About Religion -- Indic Cultural Region: Thinking Globally about Hinduism --
Traditional Brahmanical Society -- Popular Hindu Movements -- The Sikh Community -- The Jain Community -- Hindu Communities Abroad -- Buddhist/Confucian Cultural Region: Thinking Globally about Buddhism -- Theravada Buddhist Societies -- Tibetan Buddhist Society -- Vietnamese Religious Society -- Traditional Chinese Religious Society -- Popular Religion in Mainland China -- Traditional Japanese Religious Society -- Japanese New Religious Movements -- Korean Religious Society -- Buddhist Communities Abroad -- Jewish Cultural Region: Thinking Globally about Judaism -- Jewish Communities in Israel -- Jewish Communities in North Africa & the Middle East -- Jewish Communities in Europe -- Jewish Communities in the Americas -- Jewish Communities in Asia -- Christian Cultural Region: Thinking Globally about Christianity -- Western European Catholic Societies -- Eastern European Catholic Societies -- European Protestant Societies -- Orthodox Christian Societies -- Religious Communities in Russia -- The Coptic Community -- Latin American Catholic Societies -- North American Religious Communities -- Evangelical Christian Community in North & South America -- African Christian Communities -- Christian Communities in South Asia -- Christian Communities in China -- Christian Communities in Southeast Asia -- Mormon Communities around the World -- Islamic Cultural Region: Thinking Globally about Islam -- Arab Islamic Societies -- North African Islamic Societies -- Sub-Saharan African Islam -- European Islam -- Shi'a Islamic Societies -- Islamic Communities in Central Asia -- Islamic Communities in South Asia -- Islamic Societies in Southeast Asia -- Chinese Islamic Communities -- American Islamic Communities -- Religious Movements with Islamic Origins -- African Cultural Region: Thinking Globally about African Religion -- Traditional African Religious Society -- Afro-Caribbean Religious Societies -- Local Religious Societies: Thinking Globally about Local Religious Societies -- Native American Religious Societies -- Australian Aboriginal Societies -- Pacific Islands Religious Communities -- Understanding Global Religion: Religion in Global Perspective -- Anti-Global Religion? -- The Global Future of Religion

Millennialism: Primary Categories & Histories: Catastrophic Millennialism --
Progressive Millennialism -- Avertive Apocalypticism -- Nativist Millennialism -- Issues Relating to Millennialism: Charismatic Leadership in Millennial Movements -- Millennialism, Scripture, & Tradition -- Prophetic Failure in Millennial Movements -- Gender Roles, Sexuality, & Children in Millennial Movements -- Millennial Visions & Conflict with Society -- Fragile Millennial Communities & Violence -- Millennialism in Cross-Historical & Cross-Cultural Perspective: Nascent Monotheistic & Monotheistic Traditions: Ancient Near Eastern Millennialism -- Ancient Jewish & Early Christian Millennialism -- Early Islamic & Classical Sunni & Shi‘ite Apocalyptic Movements -- European Millennialism -- Asian Millennial Movements: Chinese Millennial Movements -- Korean Millennial Movements -- Japanese Millennial Movements -- Millenarian Elements in the Hindu Religious Traditions -- Millennialism in Africa, the Caribbean, & the Pacific: Millennial & Apocalyptic Movements in Africa -- Millennialism in the Caribbean -- Pacific Millennial Movements -- Nineteenth-, Twentieth-, & Twenty-First-Century Millennial Movements: Native American Geopolitical, Georestorative Movements -- Babi & Baha’i Millennialism -- Nineteenth- & Twentieth-Century American Millennialisms -- Christian Dispensationalism -- National Socialist Millennialism -- Modern Catholic Millennialism -- New Age Millennialism -- UFOs, ETs, & the Millennial Imagination -- Millennium, Apocalypse, & American Popular Culture -- Environmental Millennialism -- Millennialism & Contemporary National & International Conflicts: Millennialism on the Radical Right in America -- Radical Millennial Movements in Contemporary Judaism in Israel -- Millennialism & Radical Islamist Movements

I Modernization & New Religions: Alternative Spiritualities, New Religions, & The Reenchantment of the West -- The Sociocultural Significance of Modern New Religious Movements -- Science & Religion in the New Religions -- Virtually Religious: New Religious Movements & the World Wide Web -- II Social Conflict: Violence & New Religious Movements -- Legal Dimensions of New Religions -- The North American Anti-Cult Movement: Vicissitudes of Success & Failure -- Something Peculiar about France: Anti-Cult Campaigns in Western Europe & French Religious Exceptionalism -- Satanism & Ritual Abuse -- Conversion & “Brainwashing” in New Religious Movements -- Leaving the Fold: Disaffiliating from New Religious Movements -- III Social & Psychological Dimensions: Psychology & the New Religious Movements -- Millennialism -- The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements: Function, Reality Construction, & Process -- Women in New Religious Movements -- Children in New Religious Movements -- IV Neo-Pagans, UFOS, and Other Heterodoxies: Waiting for the “Big Beam”: UFO Religions & “Ufological” Themes in New Religious Movements -- Esotericism in New Religious Movements -- The Dynamics of Alternative Spirituality: Seekers, Networks, & “New Age” -- New Religions in East Asia -- Witches, Wiccans, & Neo-Pagans: A Review of Current Academic Treatments of Neo-Paganism

Part I Social-Scientific Approaches: Categorizing Religious Organizations: In Search of a Theoretically Meaningful Strategy -- Conversion -- Charisma & Authority in New Religious Movements -- Disaffiliation & New Religious Movements -- Seekers & Subcultures -- Quantitative Approaches to New Religions -- Psychology & New Religious Movements -- As It Was in the Beginning: Developmental Moments in the Emergence of New Religions -- Part II Controversy: The North American Anticult Movement -- The Christian Countercult Movement -- Legal Dimensions of New Religions: An Update -- Brainwashing & “Cultic Mind Control” -- From Jonestown to 9/11 & Beyond: Mapping the Contours of Violence & New Religious Movements -- Conspiracy Theories & New Religious Movements -- Satanic Ritual Abuse -- Cult Journalism -- Part III Themes: Invention in “New New” Religions -- Children in New Religions -- Media, Technology, & New Religious Movements: A Review of the Field -- New Religions & Science -- Gender & New Religions -- Sex & New Religions -- Occulture & Everyday Enchantment -- Part IV Religious Studies Approaches: Rituals & Ritualization in New Religions Movements -- The Mythic Dimensions of New Religious Movements: Function, Reality Construction, & Process -- Religious Experiences in New Religious Movements -- New Religious Movements & Scripture -- Material Religion -- Hagiography: A Note on the Narrative Exaltation of Sect Leaders & Heads of New Religions -- Millennialism: New Religious Movements & the Quest for a New Age -- Part V Subfields of Study: What Does God Need with a Starship?: UFOs & Extraterrestrials in the Contemporary Religious Landscape -- Late Modern Shamanism in a Norwegian Context: Global Networks—Local Grounds -- Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions -- Western Esotericism & New Religious Movements -- The New Age -- The Study of Paganism & Wicca: A Review Essay -- Native American Prophet Religions

Disciplinary Perspectives: History & Religious Conversion -- Demographics of Religious Conversion -- Geographies of Religious Conversion -- Anthropology of Religious Conversion -- The Role of Language in Religious Conversion -- Sociology of Religious Conversion -- Conversion & the Historic Spread of Religions -- Migration & Conversion of Korean American Christians -- Psychology of Religious Conversion & Spiritual Transformation -- Religious Conversion & Cognitive Neuroscience -- Dreaming & Religious Conversion -- Deconversion -- Feminist Approaches to the Study of Religious Conversion -- Seeing Religious Conversion Through the Arts -- Religious Conversion as Narrative & Autobiography -- Religious Conversion & Semiotic Analysis -- Political Science & Religious Conversion -- Religions: Hinduism & Conversion -- Conversion to Jain Identity -- Buddhist Conversion in the Contemporary World -- Conversion to Sikhism -- Adherence & Conversion to Daoism -- Conversion & Confucianism -- “Conversion” & the Resurgence of Indigenous Religion in China -- Conversion to Judaism -- Conversion to Christianity -- Conversion to Islam in Theological & Historical Perspectives -- “Conversion” to Islam & the Construction of a Pious Self -- Conversion to New Religious Movements -- Disengagement & Apostasy in New Religious Movements -- Legal & Political Issues & Religious Conversion -- Conversion & Retention in Mormonism

Contours of Religious Diversity: Historical Reflections on Religious Diversity -- A Religious Studies Approach to Questions about Religious Diversity -- A Philosophical Approach to Questions about Religious Diversity -- A Sociological Approach to Questions about Religious Diversity -- Key Issues Relevant to Religious Diversity: Theological & Philosophical Issues: Pluralism & Relativism -- Religious Exclusivism -- The Diversity of Religious Experience -- Interreligious Dialogue -- The Religious Alien -- Religious Diversity & a Global Ethic -- Theology amid Religious Diversity -- Religious Diversity, Evil, & a Variety of Theodicies -- Religion & Revelation -- Sociological & Public-Policy Issues: Religious Diversity & Globalization -- Religious Demographics & the New Diversity -- New Religious Movements in Global Perspective -- Race, Ethnicity, & Religion -- Religious Diversity, Secularization, & Postmodernity -- Multiple Modernities & Religion -- Religious Violence & Peace -- Religious Diversity in Public Education -- Religious Diversity & Religious Environmentalism -- Differing Perspectives on Religious Diversity: Multifaith Perspectives: A Hindu Perspective -- A Buddhist Perspective -- An African Religions Perspective -- A Chinese Religions Perspective -- A Jewish Perspective -- A Christian Perspective -- An Islamic Perspective -- Gender & World Perspectives: A Feminist Perspective -- A Continental Perspective -- A Naturalistic Perspective

Part I Historical Expressions: An Overview of Sikh History -- The Evolution of the Sikh Community -- Sikhism in the Eighteenth Century -- The Sikh Kingdom -- Colonial Formations of Sikhism -- Sikhs in Independent India -- Representations of Sikh History -- Part II Literary Expressions: Survey of Literature in the Sikh Tradition -- The Guru Granth Sahib -- The Dasam Granth -- The Works of Bhai Gurdas -- The Works of Bhai Nand Lal Goya -- Sectarian Works -- Pre-colonial Sikh Literature -- Sikhism in Twentieth-Century Punjabi Literature -- ‘Western’ Writers on the Sikhs -- Linguistic & Philological Approaches to Sacred Sikh Literature -- Part III Ideological Expressions: Gurmat: The Teachings of the Gurus -- The Khalsa & the Rahit -- Sikh Interactions with Other Religions -- Secular & Religious (Miri/Piri) Domains in Sikhism: Frames for Sikh Politics -- Sikh Nationalism -- Postcolonial & Postmodern Perspectives on Sikhism -- Sikh Philosophy -- Part IV Institutional Expressions: Sikh Institutions -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee: An Overview -- The Shiromani Akali Dal -- Sikh Sects -- Sikh Sants & Their Establishments in India & Abroad -- Taksals, Akharas, & Nihang Deras -- Global Sikhism-- Part V Artistic Expressions: Sikh Music -- Sikh Cultural Performances -- Sikh Art -- The Darbar Sahib -- The Khalsa Heritage Complex -- Sikh Material Culture -- Sikh Martial Art (Gatkā) -- Sikhi through Internet, Films, & Videos -- Sikh Culture & Punjābiyat -- Part VI Diasporic Expressions: The Sikh Diaspora -- Sikhs in Mainland European Countries -- Sikhs as a Racial & Religious Minority in the US -- Sikhs Living Beyond Punjab in India -- Sikh Migration, Diasporas, & Transnational Practices -- Punjabi Sikhs & Gora Sikhs -- ‘Khalistan’ as Political Critique -- Part VII Expressions of Caste & Gender in the Panth: Changing Manifestations of Caste in the Sikh Panth -- Gender in Sikh Traditions -- A Feminist Interpretation of Sikh Scripture -- Part VIII Future Trajectories: New Directions in Sikh Studies