Books for Review

Publishers or authors are welcome to submit books for review. However there can be no guarantee that books submitted will necessarily be reviewed.

Books for review should be sent to:

Ms. Maike Wachs (MJR)
Fachgebiet Religionswissenschaft
Landgraf-Philipp-Straße 4
D-35032 Marburg (letter post) OR D-35037 Marburg (parcels)
Deutschland/Germany

The books listed below have been received for review recently. If you would like to review one of these books, please send a request to the General Editor, including your university or institutional affiliation, academic interests and full postal address:

Baert, Barbara, ed. Fluid Flesh. The Body in Religion and the Visual Arts. Edited by Hilde Van; Streiberger Gelder, Alexander, Lieven Gevaert Series: Leuven University Press, 2009.

Barnes, Michael Horace. Understanding Religion and Science. Introducing the Debate. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010.

Bertelsmann Stiftung, ed. Woran glaubt die Welt? Analysen und Kommentare zum Religionsmonitor 2008. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2009.

Besseling, Carrol, and Philip Andrew Quadrio, eds. Politics and Religion in the New Century Philosophical Reflections. Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2009.

Daiber, Karl-Fritz. Konfuzianische Transformationen. Eine religiöse Tradition in der Moderne Indonesiens, der Philippinen, Vietnams und Südkoreas, Religionswissenschaft. Forschung und Wissenschaft. Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2010.

Hammer, Olav, ed. Alternative Christs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Lokensgard, Kenneth Hayes. Blackfoot Religion and the Consequences of Cultural Commoditization. Edited by Graham; Adogame Harvey, Afeosemime;Talamantez, Inez, Vitality of Indigenous Religions. Burlington: Ashgate, 2010.

Martin, Gerhard Marcel. Buddhismus Krass. Botschaften der japanischen Hijiri-Mönche. München: Diederichs Verlag, 2010.

Moberg, Marcus. Faster for the Master! Exploring Issues of Religious Expression and Alternative Christian Identity within the Finnish Christian Metal Music Scene. Abo: Abo Akademi University Press, 2009.

Myrvold, Kristina, ed. The Death of Sacred Texts. Ritual Disposal and Renovation of Texts in Worl Religions. Burlington: Ashgate, 2010.

Petersen, Jesper Aagaard, ed. Contemporary Religious Satanism. A Critical Anthology. Edited by James R.; Chryssides Lewis, George D., Controversial New Religions. Burlington: Ashgate, 2009.

Putnam, Robert D.; Campbell, David E. American Grace. How Religion Divides and Unites Us. New York u.a.: Simon & Schuster, 2010.

Tomalin, Emma. Biodivinity and Biodiversity. The Limits to Religious Environmentalism. Burlington: Ashgate, 2009.

Wang-Riese, Xiaobing; Höllmann, Thomas O., ed. Time and Ritual in Early China. Edited by Thomas O. Höllmann, Asiatische Forschungen. Monographienreihe zur Geschichte, Kultur und Sprache der Völker Ost- und Zentralasiens. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2009.

Whaling, Frank. Understanding Hinduism. Edited by Frank Whaling, Understanding Faith. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press Ltd., 2010.