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New Religious Leadership among Muslims in Europe 欧洲穆斯林的新宗教领袖

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2011-06-13 DOI: 10.1558/JASR.V24I3.275

J. Sunier

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引用次数: 0

Fans and Followers: Marketing Charisma, Making Religious Celebrity in Ghana 粉丝和追随者:加纳的营销魅力，造就宗教名人

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2011-06-13 DOI: 10.1558/JASR.V24I3.231

M. Witte

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引用次数: 9

Using communications theory to explore emergent organisation in Pagan culture 运用传播学理论探讨异教文化中的新兴组织

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2011-04-13 DOI: 10.1558/ARSR.V24I2.150

A. Coco

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引用次数: 1

Shahram Akbarzadeh (ed.), Challenging Identities: Muslim Women in Australia, foreword by Hanifa Deen, Islamic Studies Series 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2010, pp. vi + 196, ISBN: 9-780-522-857-153 (pbk), ISBN: 9-780-522-857- 160 (pdf) Shahram Akbarzadeh(编)，挑战身份:澳大利亚的穆斯林妇女，Hanifa Deen的前言，伊斯兰研究系列5，墨尔本大学出版社，墨尔本，2010，第vi + 196页，ISBN: 9-780-522-857-153 (pbk)， ISBN: 9-780-522-857- 160 (pdf)

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2011-01-28 DOI: 10.1558/ARSR.V23I3.378

R. Marcotte

引用次数: 1

Online christian churches : three case studies 在线基督教教会:三个案例研究

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2011-01-28 DOI: 10.1558/ARSR.V23I3.346

Tim Hutchings

引用次数: 5

Tablighi Jama'at and the 'remaking' of the Muslim Tablighi Jama'at和穆斯林的“重塑”

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2010-12-14 DOI: 10.1558/ARSR.V23I2.148

Jan A. Ali

引用次数: 5

Steve Bruce, Fundamentalism. 2d ed., Key Concepts, Polity, Cambridge, 2008, pp. 136, ISBN-13: 978-07456-4076-1 (pbk). Review doi: 10.1558/arsr.v23i2.235.238. 史蒂夫·布鲁斯，原教旨主义，2d版，关键概念，政体，剑桥，2008年，第136页，ISBN-13: 978-07456-4076-1 (pbk)。综述doi: 10.1558/arsr.v23i2.235.238。

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2010-09-23 DOI: 10.1558/ARSR.V23I2.238

R. Marcotte

引用次数: 0

Online in the Evolution Wars: An Analysis of Young Earth Creationism Cyber-Propaganda 进化战争中的网络:年轻地球神创论网络宣传分析

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2010-09-07 DOI: 10.1558/JASR.V23I3.277

Thomas Aechtner

引用次数: 2

2009 Penny Magee Memorial Lecture: Voices from Late Antique Egypt : Christian women speak 2009 Penny Magee纪念讲座:来自古埃及晚期的声音:基督徒妇女说话

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2010-02-04 DOI: 10.1558/JASR.V23I2.139

A. Nobbs

引用次数: 0

Exploring Religion and Politics: Introduction 探索宗教与政治:导论

Australian Religion Studies Review Pub Date : 2010-01-29 DOI: 10.1558/ARSR.V22I3.322

Marion Maddox

引用次数: 1