This week, the joint meetings of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) are convening in Boston, MA from November 18-21. Whether or not you are attending #AARSBL17, we invite you read the following free sample issues from two of our journals in these disciplines, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions and Studies in Late Antiquity.
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
Special Issue: New Religions in Eastern Europe
Vol. 20, No. 3
Introduction: New Religions in Eastern Europe: New Forms, Recent Developments
Milda Ališauskienė
Baltic Paganis
Baltic Paganism in Lithuanian Neoshamanic Communities: Neoshamanic Interpretations of a Local Indo-European Religious Tradition
Eglė Aleknaitė
A Catholic Pyramid? Locating the Pyramid of Merkinė within the Religious Landscape of Lithuania
Milda Ališauskienė
Survival Strategies of New Religions in a Secular Consumer Society: A Case Study from Estonia
Ringo Ringvee
“What if it is actually true?” Vissarion’s Followers from Eastern Europe and their Path to the Last Testament Church Community in Siberia
Joanna Urbańczyk
Hit Gyülekezete: A Sectarian State Megachurch in Hungary
Holly Folk
Studies in Late Antiquity
Vol. 1, No. 1
Why Does the World Need a New Journal on Late Antiquity?
The Editor and Associate Editors
Community Matters
Elizabeth DePalma Digeser
Late Antiquity and World History: Challenging Conventional Narratives and Analyses
Chengpang Lee, Ling Han
How Perilous was it to Write Political History in Late Antiquity?
Anthony Kaldellis
From a Classical to a Christian City: Civic Evergetism and Charity in Fifth Century Rome
Michele Salzman
