Special issue: This issue was edited by Christopher Hartney

Journal: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion

Published: Mar 16, 2008

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Section	Title	Author	Published
Editorial
	Preface	Christopher Hartney	Nov 4, 2007
Articles
	The Continuing Persecution of Falun Gong	Maria Hsia Chang	Nov 4, 2007
	The Affirmation of Charismatic Authority: The Case of the True Buddha School	J. Gordon Melton	Nov 4, 2007
	Re-examining the True Buddha School: A ‘New Religion’ or a New ‘Buddhist Movement’?	Wai Lun Tam	Nov 4, 2007
	Konkokyo (Golden Light Teachings) and Modernity: A Test of the Faivre-Hanegraaff Six-Point Typology of Western Esotericism	Carole M. Cusack	Nov 10, 2007
	Spiritism and Charisma: Caodaism from its Infancy	Christopher Hartney	Nov 8, 2007
Book Reviews
	Michael Carden, Sodomy: A History of a Christian Biblical Myth. Equinox, London2004, pp. 226, ISBN 1-9047-6829-6 (hbk), 1-9047-6830-X (pbk). Review doi: 10.1558/arsr.v20i3.357,	Marion Maddox	Mar 6, 2008
	Simon Coleman and Peter Collins (eds), Religion, Identity and Change: Perspectives on Global Transformations. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004, pp. xii+214, ISBN 0-7546-0450-0(hbk). Review doi: 10.1558/arsr.v20i3.359	Carole M. Cusack	Mar 6, 2008
	Peter Clarke, New Religions in Global Perspective. Routledge, London and New York, 2006, pp. xx + 385, ISBN10: 0-415-25747-6 (hbk), ISBN10: 0-415-25748-4 (pbk). Review doi: 10.1558/arsr.v20i3.360	Adam Possamai	Mar 6, 2008
	Douglas J. Davies, A Brief History of Death. Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, pp. 184, ISBN 14051-0183-0. Review doi: 10.1558/arsr.v20i3.361-	Reverend Barbara Allen	Mar 6, 2008
	Christopher Hartney & Andrew McGarrity (eds), The Dark Side: Proceedings of the Seventh Australian & International Religion, Literature & the Arts Conference 2002.Sydney, Depart. of Studies in Religion, The University of Sydney, RLA Press Sydney	Alice M. Sinnott	Mar 6, 2008
	Adam Possamai, Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-real Testament. Peter Lang,Brussells, 2005, pp. 176, ISBN 109052012725 (pbk).	Gary D. Bouma	Mar 6, 2008
	Michael Washburn, Embodied Spirituality in a Sacred World. State University of New York Press, Albany, 2003, pp. 256, ISBN 100791458474. Review doi:10.1558/arsr.v20i3.367	Ross Keating	Mar 6, 2008
	Chongo Kim, Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2003, pp. 422, ISBN 0754631842 (hbk), 0754631850 (pbk). Review doi: 10.1558/arsr.v20i3.368	Christoper Hartney	Mar 6, 2008
	Steven J. Sutcliffe (ed.), Religion: Empirical Studies. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004, pp.xlii+279, ISBN 100754641589 (hbk). Review doi: 10.1558/arsr.v20i3.369	Douglas Ezzy	Mar 6, 2008
List of Contributors
	List of Contributors	Chris Hartney	Nov 8, 2007