Critical Research on Religion 14(1), April 2026
Critical Research on Religion
Volume 14 Issue 1, April 2026
Table of Contents
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/CRR/current
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:
In memoriam: Francis Schüssler Fiorenza and Eduardo Mendieta
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