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Nova Religio presents scholarly interpretations and examinations of emergent and alternative religious movements. Original research, perspectives on the study of new religions, literature reviews, and conference updates keep scholars well informed on a wide range of topics including:

• New religions;
• New movements within established religious traditions;
• Neo-indigenous, neo-polytheistic and revival movements;
• Ancient Wisdom and New Age groups;
• Diasporic religious movements;
• Marginalized and stigmatized religions.

The journal contributes to understanding unconventional religions in their particularities and in relation to the larger social contexts in which they are situated. Nova Religio is both multidisciplinary and international in its scope.

Submissions are welcome from across the academic disciplines concerning all parts of the world.

Subscription provides free access to all back issues.

Volume 15, Number 2, November 2011

Co-General Editors and David G. Bromley, Nova Religio and the World Religions and Spirituality Project

Gene R. Thursby, The Study of Hindu New Religious Movements

Karline McLain, Be United, Be Virtuous: Composite Culture and the Growth of Shirdi Sai Baba Devotion

Jennifer B. Saunders, Mantras and Mūrtis: Fluidity in Contemporary Ārya Samāj and Sanatān Dharm Practice

Helen Crovetto, Channeling a Tantric Guru: The Ananda Seva Reformation

Phillip Charles Lucas, When a Movement Is Not a Movement: Ramana Maharshi and Neo-Advaita in North America

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9th Annual Thomas Robbins Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements First Place Winner is: Paul Brian Thomas, “Revisionism in ET-inspired Religions,” in vol. 14, no. 2 (November 2010): 61-83. Second Place Winner is: Benjamin E. Zeller, "Extraterrestrial Biblical Hermeneutics and the Making of Heaven's Gate," in vol. 14, no. 2 (November 2010): 34-60. For previous Robbins Awards, click here. 1st Annual Helen Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements with Ties to South Asia Scott Lowe, "Transcendental Meditation, Vedic Science and Science," in 14, no. 4 (May 2011): 54-76.