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Critical Research on Religion is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies, as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature. View full journal description

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Sacred suffering and the construction of political spirituality in the Iranian Shiism discourse

  • Zahra Khoshk Jan
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Book Review: An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville

  • Richard A. Horsley
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An Islamic framework for animal ethics: Widening the conversation to include Islamic ethical vegetarianism

  • Mohamed Mukhtar
  • Mary-Justine Todd
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Socio-musical acculturation in Igbe and Iyayi religious movements among the Urhobo and Esan of Nigeria

  • Charles Aluede
  • Bruno Dafe Ekewenu
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Religious fundamentalism, individuality, and collective identity: A case study of two student organizations in Iran

  • Mohammad Razaghi
  • Hasan Chavoshian
  • Hamid Ebadollahi Chanzanagh
  • Kamran Rabiei
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Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind: Light and luminous being in Islamic theology

  • Christian Lange
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Historicizing the category of “religion” in sociological theories: Max Weber and Emile Durkheim

  • Mitsutoshi Horii
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‘Like a Cord Snapping’: Toward a grounded theory of how devout Mormons leave the LDS Church

  • J Todd Ormsbee
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“Shame on the church of Sweden”: Radical nationalism and the appropriation of Christianity in contemporary Sweden

  • Per-Erik Nilsson
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