Journal of Religion and Popular Culture

Vol. 24 (2012) through current issue

The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture is a web-based, peer-reviewed journal committed to the academic exploration, analysis and interpretation, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, of the interrelations and interactions between religion and religious expression and popular culture, broadly defined as the products of contemporary mass culture. The journal is based in Canada but is international in scope, and open to explorations of religion and popular culture in a variety of nationalities and cultures.

Published by: University of Toronto Press

Current Issue: Volume 29, Number 2, Summer 2017

Volume 29, 2017

Volume 28, 2016

Volume 27, 2015

Volume 26, 2014

Volume 25, 2013

Volume 24, 2012

E-ISSN: 1703-289X
Print ISSN: 1703-289X

Journal of Religion and Popular Culture

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Editorial Boards

Volume 29, Number 2, Summer 2017

The Editors

Dr. Scott Daniel Dunbar
Academic Editor (Humanities)
Assistant Professor in Religious Studies
School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies (SOPHIS)
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Email: scott.dunbar@monash.edu

Jennifer E. Porter
Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Associate Professor, Religion and Popular Culture
Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University
St. John's, NL, Canada
Email: jporter@mun.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis, Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher, Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler, Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham, Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent, Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen, Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer, Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge, Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan, Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Gordon Matties, Associate Professor
Canadian Mennonite University

Christopher Moreman, Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Erin Runions, Associate Professor & Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 29, Number 1, Spring 2017

The Editors

Dr. Scott Daniel Dunbar
Academic Editor (Humanities)
Assistant Professor in Religious Studies
School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies (SOPHIS)
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Email: scott.dunbar@monash.edu

Jennifer E. Porter
Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Associate Professor, Religion and Popular Culture
Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University
St. John's, NL, Canada
Email: jporter@mun.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis, Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher, Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler, Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham, Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent, Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen, Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer, Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge, Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan, Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Christopher Moreman, Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Jennifer Porter, Department of Religious Studies
Memorial Univrsity of Newfoundland

Erin Runions, Associate Professor — Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 28, Number 2-3, Fall 2016

The Editors

Dr. Scott Daniel Dunbar
Academic Editor (Humanities)
Assistant Professor in Religious Studies
School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies (SOPHIS)
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Email: scott.dunbar@monash.edu

Jennifer E. Porter
Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Associate Professor, Religion and Popular Culture
Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University
St. John's, NL, Canada
Email: jporter@mun.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis, Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher, Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler, Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham, Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent, Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen, Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer, Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge, Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan, Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Gordon Matties, Associate Professor
Canadian Mennonite University

Christopher Moreman, Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Erin Runions, Associate Professor — Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 28, Number 1, Spring 2016

The Editors

Dr. Scott Daniel Dunbar
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the History of Religion
Center for Religious Studies
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Phone: 011-61-03-9905-8748
Email: scott.dunbar@monash.edu

Jennifer E. Porter, (Social Sciences)
Associate Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University
St. John's, NL, Canada, A1A 2E9
Phone: (709)864-2469
Email: jporter@mun.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis, Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher, Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler, Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham, Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent, Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen, Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer, Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge, Faculty of Arts
University of Ottowa

Jeffrey H. Mahan, Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Christopher Moreman, Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Jennifer Porter, Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Erin Runions, Associate Professor — Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 27 , Number 3, Fall 2015

The Editors

Scott Daniel Dunbar, Academic Editor (Humanities)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4P3
Tel: (902) 566-6039
Email: sddunbar@upei.ca

Chris Klassen, Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Assistant Professor Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
Email: cklassen@wlu.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis,
Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher,
Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown,
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler,
Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham,
Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim,
Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent,
Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen,
Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer,
Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge,
Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan,
Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Gordon Matties,
Associate Professor
Canadian Mennonite University

Christopher Moreman,
Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Jennifer Porter,
Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Erin Runions,
Associate Professor - Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2015

The Editors

Scott Daniel Dunbar, Academic Editor (Humanities)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4P3
Tel: (902) 566-6039
Email: sddunbar@upei.ca

Chris Klassen, Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Assistant Professor Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
Email: cklassen@wlu.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis,
Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher,
Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown,
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler,
Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham,
Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim,
Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent,
Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen,
Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer,
Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge,
Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan,
Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Gordon Matties,
Associate Professor
Canadian Mennonite University

Christopher Moreman,
Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Jennifer Porter,
Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Erin Runions,
Associate Professor - Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 2015

The Editors

Scott Daniel Dunbar, Academic Editor (Humanities)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4P3
Tel: (902) 566-6039
Email: sddunbar@upei.ca

Chris Klassen, Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Assistant Professor Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
Email: cklassen@wlu.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis, Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher, Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler, Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham, Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent, Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen, Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer, Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge, Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan, Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Gordon Matties, Associate Professor
Canadian Mennonite University

Christopher Moreman, Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Jennifer Porter, Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Erin Runions, Associate Professor - Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 26, Number 3, Fall 2014

The Editors

Scott Daniel Dunbar, Academic Editor (Humanities)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4P3
Tel: (902) 566-6039
Email: sddunbar@upei.ca

Chris Klassen, Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Assistant Professor
Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
Email: cklassen@wlu.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis, Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher, Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler, Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham, Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent, Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen, Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer, Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge, Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan, Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Gordon Matties, Associate Professor
Canadian Mennonite University

Christopher Moreman, Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Jennifer Porter, Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Erin Runions, Associate Professor - Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 26, Number 2, Summer 2014

The Editors

Scott Daniel Dunbar, Academic Editor (Humanities)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE, Canada, C1A 4P3
Tel: (902) 566-6039
Email: sddunbar@upei.ca

Chris Klassen, Academic Editor (Social Sciences)
Assistant Professor
Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
Email: cklassen@wlu.ca

Editorial Advisory Committee

Mary Ann Beavis, Department of Religion and Culture
St. Thomas More College

Brenda E. Brasher, Department of Sociology
University of Aberdeen

Charles M. Brown, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Albright College (Book Review Co-editor, Social Sciences)

Robert M. Fowler, Department of Religion
Baldwin-Wallace College

Irving Hexham, Department of Religious Studies
University of Calgary

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Moravian Theological Seminary

Stephen A. Kent, Department of Sociology
University of Alberta

Chris Klassen, Department of Religion and Culture
Wilfrid Laurier University

Larry J. Kreitzer, Tutor of New Testament and Tutor for Graduates
Regent's Park College

Yves Laberge, Faculté de philosophie
Laval University

Jeffrey H. Mahan, Ralph E. and Norma E. Peck Chair in Religion and Public Communication
Iliff School of Theology

Gordon Matties, Associate Professor
Canadian Mennonite University

Christopher Moreman, Department of Philosophy
California State University (Book Review Co-editor, Humanities)

Jennifer Porter, Department of Religious Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Erin Runions, Associate Professor - Department of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 2014