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  • Social Movements and Religion

    There are many examples, both in the past and present, of people advocating for social change or reform or expressing shared ideological goals. Scholars have called these organized efforts “social movements.” In her comprehensive book With God on Our Side: Religion, Social Movements, and Social Change, Anna L. Peterson mentions that the scholarly literature has…

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  • A review of Dale Allison’s Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in the Secular Age.

    Dale Allison’s book Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age is a fascinating book. This relatively short book documents experiences that different individuals have had that could be considered spiritual or religious. In a way, this book builds on some ideas expressed in his book Night Comes. While Allison is primarily a New Testament…

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