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Critical Research on Religion
Volume 14 Issue 1, April 2026

Table of Contents
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Editorial:

The weaponization of antisemitism
by Warren S Goldstein

Articles:

1. Confession and grooming: A risk analysis
by Simon Schmalen and Thomas Kron

2. Conspiracy theories, fetishism, and the spiritual crisis: Marx on religion revisited
by Siyaves Azeri

3. Inclusivist discourses among contemporary Shia religious scholars about people of other faiths
by Ali Akbar and Abdullah Saeed

4. Disinformation and misinterpretation: Deconstructing the politics of denialism on social media in Pakistan through Islamic feminism
by Azam Sarwar and Muhammad Safdar

5. Gendered vengeance: Gender, agency, and retribution in the Mahabharata
by Anjitha Anil and Sushant Kishore

6. Thus spoke the stone women, Ahalya and Galatea: A comparative study of classical myths and their modern feminist retellings by Kavita Kane and Madeline Miller
by Himanshi Shinde and Mamta Anand

Book Reviews:

1. Máté-Tóth András and Povedák Kinga, Religion as Securitization in Central and Eastern Europe
Reviewed by Csaba Fazekas

2. Trupia Francesco, Islamophobia in European Cities: Solidarities, Responses and Dilemmas for Young Balkan Muslims
Reviewed by Jefry Anggara

3. Gregorio Guitián, ed., Theology of Work: New Perspectives
Reviewed by Ustadi Hamsah

Corrigendum:

Corrigendum to Japanese divine light in Kinshasa: Transcultural resonance and critique in the religiously multiple city

Obituary:

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