01: The International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society devotes its current issue (No. 28) to Muslim chaplaincy in prisons in several countries of Europe—an issue closely linked to Islamic extremism in recent years. Reports that prisons have served as breeding grounds for jihadist Muslims has led various European governments and law officials to view chaplains […]

01: Although it is far off the agenda of most Western churches, witchcraft remains a live and pressing issue in much of the global South. The January issue of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research is devoted to the controversial subject, particularly about the effects of “witch hunts” on Christian churches. The debate about the […]

01: The field of Islamic studies is among the liveliest (and most employable) in religion today and, as might be expected, also the most contentious over its purposes and methods. The current issue of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion (November) focuses on the controversies and factions that have developed in Islamic studies, especially the […]

01: Religious imagery, concepts and practices are often featured in online video gaming but only recently has this become a topic of study among religion scholars. The current issue of the online Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet (Vol 5, 2014) is devoted to religion in digital games, providing an interesting mix of case […]

■ A combined issue of the journal Religion, State and Society (Vol. 42, Nos. 2-3) is devoted to the role of religion in the European Parliament (EP). The articles are based on a project Religion at the European Parliament (RelEP), using surveys and other methods to understand the place of religion in European politics. Of […]

01: The summer issue of the East West Church & Ministry Report is devoted to the Ukrainian crisis and its impact on the churches. Ukraine’s conflict with Russia is reshaping church relations between the two countries as well as the level of unity between and political involvement of Ukrainian Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches. Although evangelicals […]

01: Questions about the knowledge of religion gathered through and derived from surveys, polls and census data are examined in ten articles of a thematic issue of the journal Religion (July). The special issue, edited by Abby Day (University of London) and Lois Lee (University of Kent), includes a good deal of statistical data. Clive D. […]

01: Sociologists Gerardo Marti and Gladys Ganiel provide a thorough examination of the postmodern “emerging Christianity” movement in their new book The Deconstructed Church (Oxford University Press, $35). Emerging Christianity has been a diffuse movement, stressing its anti-institutional nature with participants divided among themselves about whether they go by the designation “emerging” or “emergent” (with the […]

01: With the resurgence of far right parties in Europe, there is also renewed concern about the connection of the right to religion and particularly its opposition to Islam. The current issue of the Journal for the Study of Radicalism (April) devotes most of its pages to a unique movement known as the New Right. The […]

01: The Review of Religion and Chinese Society is a new journal that looks at the diversity of religions both in China and in different Chinese populations and diasporas throughout the world. The multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary journal defines religion in a broad way as including various spiritualities and “meaning-making systems of belief and practices.” The first […]