ABSTRACT:Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo are African Diaspora religions brought to the Americas by devotees who survived the transatlantic slave trade. Both are suffused by philosophies of communicating with the divine and serving a pantheon of sacred spirits. Both faiths have been misunderstood, with practitioners’ beliefs denigrated and their rituals stereotyped as crude, misguided, malevolent, or even criminal. However, each of the four articles in this special edition of Nova Religio speaks to how practitioners of Vodou and Voodoo, across different locales, social environments, and historical time frames, have pushed back against marginalization and defended their identities and legacies, while building religious communities of remarkable resilience.
{"title":"Vodou and Voodoo as Alternative Religion","authors":"G. Viddal","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo are African Diaspora religions brought to the Americas by devotees who survived the transatlantic slave trade. Both are suffused by philosophies of communicating with the divine and serving a pantheon of sacred spirits. Both faiths have been misunderstood, with practitioners’ beliefs denigrated and their rituals stereotyped as crude, misguided, malevolent, or even criminal. However, each of the four articles in this special edition of Nova Religio speaks to how practitioners of Vodou and Voodoo, across different locales, social environments, and historical time frames, have pushed back against marginalization and defended their identities and legacies, while building religious communities of remarkable resilience.","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":"26 1","pages":"1 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46352456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.139
Brian C. Wilson
{"title":"Review: New Publications in <i>Cambridge Elements in New Religious Movements</i>; <i>The Sound Current Tradition: A Historical Overview</i>, by David Christopher Lane; <i>Brainwashing</i>, by Massimo Introvigne; <i>L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies</i>, by David A. Westbrook; <i>Peoples Temple and Jonestown in the Twenty-First Century</i>, by Rebecca Moore","authors":"Brian C. Wilson","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":"37 12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135289825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.102
Dick J. Reavis
ABSTRACT:The year 2023 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the deaths of eighty-two Branch Davidians, including their twenty-two children, and four agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) in a conflict at the Branch Davidians’ Mount Carmel Center property outside Waco, Texas. After the shootout between ATF agents and Branch Davidians on February 28, 1993, FBI agents took over and presided over a siege that lasted fifty-one days. The siege ended on April 19, 1993 with the FBI’s tank and CS gas assault on the Branch Davidians’ residence for six hours that concluded in a massive fire. In this “Retrospective on Waco,” Texas journalist Dick J. Reavis, author of The Ashes of Waco (1995), shares his observations on the conflict at Mount Carmel Center, and on the recent book, Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage (2023), by Jeff Guinn. Despite all the books written since 1993, no definitive account of the complex events at Mount Carmel Center has been published.
{"title":"Retrospective on Waco","authors":"Dick J. Reavis","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.102","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:The year 2023 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the deaths of eighty-two Branch Davidians, including their twenty-two children, and four agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) in a conflict at the Branch Davidians’ Mount Carmel Center property outside Waco, Texas. After the shootout between ATF agents and Branch Davidians on February 28, 1993, FBI agents took over and presided over a siege that lasted fifty-one days. The siege ended on April 19, 1993 with the FBI’s tank and CS gas assault on the Branch Davidians’ residence for six hours that concluded in a massive fire. In this “Retrospective on Waco,” Texas journalist Dick J. Reavis, author of The Ashes of Waco (1995), shares his observations on the conflict at Mount Carmel Center, and on the recent book, Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage (2023), by Jeff Guinn. Despite all the books written since 1993, no definitive account of the complex events at Mount Carmel Center has been published.","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":"26 1","pages":"102 - 109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44464787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT:Ancestor veneration need not entail a focus on biological ancestry, but inclusive Heathens are troubled that white supremacists are attracted to Heathenry because of a perceived connection between ancestor veneration and pride in ancestry. The Canadian Heathens of Raven's Knoll identify themselves as inclusive, and endeavor to exclude racists from their groups and events. Previous research has often distinguished between folkish (often racist) versus universalist (not racist) practitioners of Heathenry or Ásatrú. Inclusive Heathens welcome people of all backgrounds so long as they do not discriminate against others on the basis of spurious categories such as race, gender, or sexual orientation. Inclusive Heathens venerate a variety of ancestors, not just ancestors of blood or biological ancestors, but also ancestors of affinity or imagination, and ancestors of place. This contributes to a sense of relatedness and moral community beyond the intrahuman, and the development of ecological conscience at Raven's Knoll.
{"title":"Inclusive Heathens Practice Ancestor Veneration, But Not Pride in Ancestry","authors":"B. J. Davy","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.30","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Ancestor veneration need not entail a focus on biological ancestry, but inclusive Heathens are troubled that white supremacists are attracted to Heathenry because of a perceived connection between ancestor veneration and pride in ancestry. The Canadian Heathens of Raven's Knoll identify themselves as inclusive, and endeavor to exclude racists from their groups and events. Previous research has often distinguished between folkish (often racist) versus universalist (not racist) practitioners of Heathenry or Ásatrú. Inclusive Heathens welcome people of all backgrounds so long as they do not discriminate against others on the basis of spurious categories such as race, gender, or sexual orientation. Inclusive Heathens venerate a variety of ancestors, not just ancestors of blood or biological ancestors, but also ancestors of affinity or imagination, and ancestors of place. This contributes to a sense of relatedness and moral community beyond the intrahuman, and the development of ecological conscience at Raven's Knoll.","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":"26 1","pages":"30 - 51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45848354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.127
C. Wessinger
{"title":"Review: Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon, by Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko","authors":"C. Wessinger","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.127","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44756878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.145
M. Bowman
{"title":"Review: Under the Banner of Heaven, by Dustin Lance Black","authors":"M. Bowman","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.145","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49289299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.116
Daniel Heifetz
{"title":"Review: Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment, by Renny Thomas","authors":"Daniel Heifetz","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46209575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.149
{"title":"Review: The Last Called Mormon Colonization: Polygamy, Kinship, and Wealth in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin, by John Gary Maxwell","authors":"","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.149","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45419953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.117
Blair Alan Gadsby
{"title":"Review: A Phenomenology of Indigenous Religions: Theory and Practice, by James L. Cox","authors":"Blair Alan Gadsby","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42907261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT:Jainism is a religious-philosophical system rooted in ancient India with diaspora communities around the world. One of the tradition's hallmarks is the philosophical commitment of nonviolence (ahiṃsā) toward all living beings. In this study I explore how Jains enact new transnational modes of "being Jain" in response to COVID-19. Drawing upon multimedia Jain resources created from March 2020 through July 2021, I argue that North American Jains approach the pandemic as an opportunity to reinterpret the "practical" value of the Jain commitment to nonviolence by (1) giving epistemic primacy to medical knowledge, complemented with spiritualized narratives of healing; (2) admitting a diversity of Jain philosophical perspectives on the present pandemic; (3) identifying the positive potential of the pandemic for personal and social development; (4) promoting sectarian unity and intergenerational adaptability among Jains; and (5) fostering public service and charitable work as a form of transcultural social-political belonging.
{"title":"Unifying, Globalizing, and Reinterpreting \"Practical Nonviolence\" through the COVID-19 Pandemic Response of North American Jains","authors":"Brianne Donaldson","doi":"10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.52","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Jainism is a religious-philosophical system rooted in ancient India with diaspora communities around the world. One of the tradition's hallmarks is the philosophical commitment of nonviolence (ahiṃsā) toward all living beings. In this study I explore how Jains enact new transnational modes of \"being Jain\" in response to COVID-19. Drawing upon multimedia Jain resources created from March 2020 through July 2021, I argue that North American Jains approach the pandemic as an opportunity to reinterpret the \"practical\" value of the Jain commitment to nonviolence by (1) giving epistemic primacy to medical knowledge, complemented with spiritualized narratives of healing; (2) admitting a diversity of Jain philosophical perspectives on the present pandemic; (3) identifying the positive potential of the pandemic for personal and social development; (4) promoting sectarian unity and intergenerational adaptability among Jains; and (5) fostering public service and charitable work as a form of transcultural social-political belonging.","PeriodicalId":44149,"journal":{"name":"Nova Religio-Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions","volume":"26 1","pages":"52 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48600248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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