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Book Review: Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison 书评:《伊斯兰教、威权主义与欠发达:全球与历史比较》

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044421

E. Pothou

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Book Review: The Sage Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion 书评：圣人宗教社会学百科全书

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044422

Bryan Turner

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Book Review: Spiritual Subjects Central Asian Pilgrims and the Ottoman Hajj at the End of Empire 书评:精神主题中亚朝圣者和奥斯曼帝国末期的朝觐

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-10-14 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044427

Kızıltepe Beyza Hatun

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Introduction: A pebble in the mouth and a boulder on the horizon 简介：河口有一块卵石，地平线上有一块巨石

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-10-14 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044423

Bradley Onishi

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Elusive hope in a secular age 世俗时代难以捉摸的希望

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-10-14 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044438

A. Willis

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Book Review: The Critical Study of Non-Religion: Discourse, Identification and Locality 书评：非宗教批判研究：话语、认同与地方性

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-10-12 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044429

Tremlett Paul-François

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Critical reflections 临界反射

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-09-06 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044425

Michelle C. Sanchez

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Visualizing the soul: Diagrams and the subtle body of light (jism laṭīf) in Shams al-Dīn al-Daylamī’s The Mirror of Souls (Mirʿāt al-arwāḥ) 灵魂的可视化:Shams al- d<e:1> n al- daylam的《灵魂之镜》(Mir - āt al-arwāḥ)中的图表和光的精微体(jism laṭīf)

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-05-13 DOI: 10.1177/20503032211015299

Eyad Abuali