IJSNR: International Journal for the Study of New Religions
IJSNR is published in cooperation between ISSNRand Equinox. IJSNR considers submissions from both established scholars and research students from all over the world. Articles should be written for a general scholarly audience. All articles are referred. IJSNR is published biannually in May and November. Each issue includes articles and a number of book reviews. The journal is published simultaneously in print and online.
Editors
Alex Norman, University of Sydney, Australia
alex.norman[a]sydney.edu.au
Asbjørn Dyrendal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
asbjorn.dyrendal[a]hf.ntnu.no
Book Review Editor
Jeremy Rapport, College of Wooster, USA
jrapport[a]wooster.edu
Send books for review to:
Jeremy Rapport
Department of Religious Studies
College of Wooster
1189 Beall Avenue
Wooster, Ohio 44691
USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
Milda Alisauskiene, Associate Professor at Department of Sociology, Vytautas Magnus University, Donelaičio str. 58, Kaunas LT-44248, Lithuania. She is also the director of New Religions Research and Information Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania. Email: Milda Alisauskiene milda[at]religija.lt
Erica Baffelli, Lecturer in Asian Religions Department of Theology and Religion, University of Otago PO Box 56- Dunedin NEW ZEALAND / AOTEAROA Tel: (+64) 03.479.8795 e-mail: erica.baffelli[at]otago.ac.nz www.otago.ac.nz/religiousstudies/staff/baffelli.php
Helen A. Berger Professor Emeritus of Sociology West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 E-mail: HBerger[at]wcupa.edu
Home address: 4 Hosmer Circle West Newton, MA, USA 02465 Phone: (617) 965-2017
Asbjørn Dyrendal Associate Professor Dept. of Archaeology and Religious Studies Norwegian University of Science and Technology N-7491 Dragvoll NORWAY Tel: +47 73596585 Email: asbjorn.dyrendal[at]ntnu.no Tel: +47 73596585
Andreas Gruenschloss, Religionswissenschaft (Religious Studies) Georg-August-University Platz der Goettinger Sieben 2 D – 37073 GOETTINGEN Tel: ++49 [0] 551 / 39-7126 Email: agruens[at]gwdg.de URL: www.gwdg.de/~agruens/
Christopher Hartney, Lecturer, Studies in Religion Editor, Journal of Religious History University of Sydney NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA Tel: +612 9351 2367 Fax: +612 9351 7758 Email: chris.hartney[at]usyd.edu.au
Graham Harvey, Reader in Religious Studies, Religious Studies, Arts Faculty, The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA UK Email: g.harvey[at]open.ac.uk
Paul Heelas, Professor in Religion and Modernity, Department of Religious Studie,s Bowland North Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG, UK Email: p.heelas[at]lancaster.ac.uk
Titus Hjelm, Lecturer in Finnish Society and Culture, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, Gower Street London WC1E 6BT, UK Tel. +44 20 7679 4870 Fax +44 20 7679 8722 Email: Titus Hjelm t.hjelm[at]ssees.ucl.ac.uk Website: www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/prospect/hjelm.htm
Boaz Huss, The Goldstein-Goren Dept. of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel Tel: 972-8-6472233 Fax: 972-8-6472820 Home: 972-8-6900695 Cell: 972-52-3757614 Email: bhuss[at]bgu.ac.il
Anna E. Kubiak, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences Nowy Swiat 72, Palac Staszica 00 330 WARSAW
POLAND Email: akubiak[at]ifispan.waw.pl
Jean-Francois Mayer, Religioscope Institute, PO Box 83, 1705 Fribourg, SWITZERLAND Tel:
Email: issnr[at]religion.info
Susan Palmer, Religious Studies, Dawson College, 3040 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, QC H3Z 1A4, CANADA Tel: (514) 424-3215 Email: Susan Palmer spalmer[at]dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Chris Partridge, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG UK Tel: 01524 592420 Email: c.partridge[at]lancaster.ac.uk
Marco Pasi, History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt 147 1012 GC Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS Tel. +31-20-525.4880 Fax +31-20-525.3572 Email: m.pasi[at]uva.nl Website chair group:www.amsterdamhermetica.com Website Religious Studies UvA: www.religiestudies.nl
Adam Possamai, Associate Professor in Sociology, Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, School of Social Sciences (Bankstown Campus) University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797 Penrith South DC NSW 1797 AUSTRALIA Email: a.possamai[at]uws.edu.au
Bernadette Rigal-Cellard Professeur Etudes nord-américaines. Responsable du Master interdisciplinaire Religions et Sociétés, Directrice du Centre d”Études Canadiennes Interuniversitaire de Bordeaux, CECIB, Directrice des Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux Université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux 3 Domaine Universitaire 33 607 Pessac Cedex France 33 (0) 5 57 12 44 21 ou 46 60 Research interests: North American contemporary religions+ North AMerican Native cultures, in particular Native Literature and the religions stemming out of the Christian missions
Home address: 29 rue Brachet 33 200 Bordeaux France 05 56 02 22 38 International: 00 33 (0, ne faire que depuis que depuis la France, to be dialed only from within France) 5 56 02 22 38
Ringo Ringvee, Estonian Society for the Study of Religions, Website: www.eaus.ee Tartu Ülikool Ülikooli 16-208 Tartu 51003 ESTONIA Tel. +372 50 26236 Fax: +372 737 5310 Email: ringo.ringvee[at]gmail.com
Mikael Rothstein, Associate Professor, Department of History (Religious Studies), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 44, 5230 Odense, DENMARK. Email: rothstein[at]sdu.dk
Prof H. C. (Chrissie) Steyn, Chair: Religious Studies and Arabic, University of South Africa PO Box 392 UNISA 0003 Tel: +27 12 429 4341 Fax: +27 12 429 4417 Email: steynhc[at]unisa.ac.za
Garry W. Trompf, Emeritus Professor in the History of Ideas, Studies in Religion, University of Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
Home address: 168 Arcadia Rd Arcadia NSW 2159 AUSTRALIA Tel (H): +612 9489 6285 Tel (W): +612 9351 6838 Austn. Mob. 0415 640 928