{"title":"Body as Evidence of Truth","authors":"Alexandra Roginski, Cristina Rocha","doi":"10.1558/jasr.22167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.22167","url":null,"abstract":"Practitioners of alternative medicine and spirituality often highlight narratives of healing as evidence for the superiority of their modalities over Western biomedicine. We argue that this form of establishing and defending truth has a long history, and base this analysis on the historical and anthropological study of two periods: the late nineteenth century, when alternative theories about relations of mind, body and spirit flourished against a backdrop of political and religious transformation; and late modernity, when increased self-reflexivity and mistrust of secular institutions such as biomedicine prompted growth in alternative medical systems. Foregrounding the voices of practitioners and ‘clients’, this article outlines how recurring narratives of the healed body position the individual as a person in control of their physical and spiritual journey. In our present time, scrutinizing the healed body as an archive of truth deepens understanding of why denialist beliefs about vaccination and COVID-19 can prove so intractable. ","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45022883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"David Newheiser, Hope in a Secular Age: Deconstruction, Negative Theology, and the Future of Faith","authors":"P. Brown","doi":"10.1558/jasr.22964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.22964","url":null,"abstract":"David Newheiser, Hope in a Secular Age: Deconstruction, Negative Theology, and the Future of FaithCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 177, ISBN: 9781108498661 (hbk). $156.95 AUD","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43320606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anna Lutkajtis, The Dark Side of Dharma: Meditation, Madness and Other Maladies on the Contemplative Path","authors":"R. Crotty","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21901","url":null,"abstract":"Anna Lutkajtis, The Dark Side of Dharma: Meditation, Madness and Other Maladies on the Contemplative Path, London: Aeon Books, 2021, pp. 182, ISBN: 13-9781913504595 (pbk). £18.99.","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44844366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jan A. Ali, Islam and Muslims in Australia: Settlement, Integration, Shariah, Education and Terrorism","authors":"M. Ansari","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21997","url":null,"abstract":"Jan A. Ali, Islam and Muslims in Australia: Settlement, Integration, Shariah, Education and Terrorism, Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2020, pp. 256, ISBN: 9780522877076 (hbk). $69.99.","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47330810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hans-Günter Heimbrock and Jörg Persch (eds), Eco-Theology: Essays in Honor of Sigurd Bergmann.","authors":"Garth Cant","doi":"10.1558/jasr.20716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.20716","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42963878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leveraging African Spirituality and Popular Culture betwixt Africa and the African Diaspora","authors":"A. Adogame, R. Amwe","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41350782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue on Religion, Spirituality and the New African Diaspora","authors":"V. Counted, Ibrahim Abraham","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47012171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Religion, Migration and the New African Diaspora: A Psychological Perspective","authors":"M. Neff, R. Cowden, Lisanda Masilela, V. Counted","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47660064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Enqi Weng, Anna Halafoff, D. Campbell, W. Abur, G. Bouma, G. Barton
{"title":"Whiteness, Religious Diversity and Relational Belonging: Opportunities and Challenges for African Migrants in Australia","authors":"Enqi Weng, Anna Halafoff, D. Campbell, W. Abur, G. Bouma, G. Barton","doi":"10.1558/jasr.20745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.20745","url":null,"abstract":"African communities in Australia reflect the rich cultural and religious diversity of the African continent. Despite their persistence and agency, many members from these communities continue to experience a 'fractured belonging' due to persistent issues of racism and exclusion;issues that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Religious community groups and organizations have long played important roles in assisting new migrants with settlement and belonging in Australia, including African migrants. This article presents preliminary findings from an Australian Research Council project on religious diversity and social cohesion, drawing on census data and interviews with African-Australian community and religious leaders in Melbourne and Hobart, from Mauritian, Ghanaian, Ethiopian, Somalian and South Sudanese communities. It explores the roles that religion and spirituality play in both addressing and perpetuating issues of racism, trauma and displacement. It also examines the development of 'relational belonging' and diverse, complex and dynamic identities among African migrants in contemporary Australia. It argues the case for retelling the history of African migration to Australia, to subvert the myth of a white Christian nation that excludes non-white Australians. It centres African migrants' lived experience narratives and theories of belonging developed by African scholars to counter narrow and negative stereotypes perpetuated by political and media discourses.","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43567878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Susannah Crockford, Ripples of the Universe: Spirituality in Sedona, Arizona.","authors":"Misha Hoo","doi":"10.1558/jasr.20660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.20660","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47079911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}