My publications

Open access or available as per copyright agreements. Click on DOI link (yellow font on roll-over) or “PDF HERE.”

Here are my CV and Google Scholar citation counts.

Seminar/lecture videos

• IN ENGLISH: Borges, Cristina, Guaraci M. dos Santos, Alexandre Kaitel and Steven Engler. 2021. “Trilhas descoloniais: polifonia ritual e a narrativa brasileira do Orixa Ogum e São Jorge Guerreira” [Decolonial tracks: ritual polyphony and the Brazilian narrative of Orisha Ogum and Warrior-Saint George”). 1st Annual Symposium on Latin American Knowledge Production and Mobilization, The Rethinking Latin American Studies from the South Working Group of The Calgary Institute for the Humanities. My introduction: https://is.gd/fkUm8Q (1:46:30–1:50:30) – The video: https://is.gd/siBqau
• EM PORTUGUÊS: Engler, Steven. 2020. “Umbanda e esoterismo afro-diaspórico” [Umbanda and Africana Esotericism]. V Simpósio Internacional Culturas e Religiosidades Afro-Brasileiras, Universidade LaSalle (UNILASALLE), Brazil. (Video-conference: https://is.gd/hH8EBw beginning at 57’)
• EM PORTUGUÊS: Borges, Cristina, Guaraci M. dos Santos, Alexandre Kaitel and Steven Engler. 2020. “Polifonia ritual nas religiões afro-brasileiras.” Symposium posted at Descolonizações e Interculturalidades. https://is.gd/qbZkMx

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Engler, Steven. 2020. “Umbanda: Africana or Esoteric?” Open Library of Humanities 6/1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.469
• Engler, Steven. 2019. “Theory Building: Working the Data-Theory Spectrum.” Horizonte: Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião 17/53: 569–588. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2175-5841.2019v17n53p569
• Gardiner, Mark Q. and Steven Engler. 2019. “Davidsonian Semantic Theory and Cognitive Science of Religion.” Filosofia Unisinos 19/3: 311–321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2018.193.13
• Engler, Steven. 2018. “Theoretical Appliqué and Comparative Spirit Work in Cristina Rocha’s John of God.” Horizonte: Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião 16/49: 223–256. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2175-5841.2018v16n49p223-256
• Engler, Steven and Mark Q. Gardiner. 2017. “Semantics and the Sacred.” Religion 47/4. doi: 10.1080/0048721X.2017.1362784 Post-review author’s manuscript: PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2016. “Why Be Critical?: Introducing a Symposium on Capitalizing Religion.” Religion 46/3: 412–419. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2016.1192831
• Engler, Steven. 2012. “Umbanda and Africa.” Nova Religio:The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 15/4: 13-35.© 2012 by the Regents of the University of California. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven and Mark Q. Gardiner. 2012. “Re-mapping Bateson’s Frame.” Journal of Ritual Studies 26/2 (2012): 7-20. Thanks to the co-Editors of the Journal of Ritual Studies, Dr. Pamela J. Stewart (Strathern) and Prof. Andrew Strathern, for permission to post this article. PDF HERE.
• Gardiner, Mark Q. and Steven Engler. 2012. “Semantic Holism and the Insider-Outsider Problem.” Religious Studies 48/2: 239-255. © 2012 by Cambridge University Press. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2011. “A umbanda e a glocalização.” Debates do NER 12/20: 11-44. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2011. “‘Religion,’ ‘the Secular’ and the Critical Study of Religion.” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 40/4 (2011): 419–442. [SAGE] PDF HERE for Author’s Accepted Manuscript. Response to Fitzgerald: 456–460. PDF HERE – Author’s Accepted Manuscript.
• Engler, Steven. 2011. “Constitutional Secularization: Religious Pluralism and the Canadian Courts.” Horizonte: Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião 9/21: 220-241. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven and Mark Q. Gardiner. 2010. “Ten Implications of Semantic Holism for Theories of Religion.” Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 22/4: 283-292. [Brill] PDF HERE.
• Gardiner, Mark Q. and Steven Engler. 2010.“Charting the Map Metaphor in Theories of Religion.” Religion 40/1: 1-13. [T&F] PDF HERE – Author’s Accepted Manuscript.
• Engler, Steven. 2009. “Ritual Theory and Attitudes to Agency in Brazilian Spirit Possession.” Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 21/4: 460-492. [Brill] PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2009. “Umbanda and Hybridity.” Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 56/5: 545-577. [Brill] PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2007. “Time, Habit, and Agency in English Puritanism.” Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 19/3-4: 301-322. [Brill] PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2007. “Tipos de Criacionismos Cristãos” [Types of Christian Creationisms]. Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever) 7/2: 83-107. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2006. “Religious Studies in Canada and Brazil: Pro-pluralism and Anti-theology in Context.” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 35/3&4 (2006): 445-471. [SAGE] PDF HERE – Author’s Accepted Manuscript.
• Engler, Steven. 2004. “Constructionism vs. What?” Religion 34/4 (2004): 291-313. [T&F] PDF HERE – Author’s Accepted Manuscript.
• Engler, Steven. 2003. “‘Science’ vs. ‘Religion’ in Classical Ayurveda.” Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 50/4: 416-463. [Brill] PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2003. “Modern Times: Religion, Consecration, and the State in Bourdieu.” Cultural Studies 17/3&4: 445-467. [T&F] PDF HERE – Author’s Accepted Manuscript.

Other journal articles

• Stausberg, Michael and Steven Engler. 2020. “Religion at 50: Pasts and Futures.” Religion 50/1: 1–11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2020.1703309
• Engler, Steven. 2019. “Editorial: Theories of Religion” Horizonte: Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião 17/53: 562–568. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2175-5841.2019v17n53p562
• Engler, Steven. 2018.“A Gringo Studies Umbanda: Lessons for Theory and Method.” 2015. Estudos de Religião 29/1: 205–214 DOI: PDF HERE
• Engler, Steven. 2014. “Bibliometrics and the Study of Religion\s.” 2014. Religion 44/2: 193–219. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2014.893680
• Engler, Steven and Mark Q. Gardiner. 2013. “‘God(s)’ as a Comparative Category.” DIN – Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 2013/1: 120-132. [Posted with permission of Novus forlag] PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven and Mark Q. Gardiner. 2010. “A filosofia semântica e o problema insider-outsider” [Philosophical Semantics and the Insider-Outsider Problem] (with Mark Q. Gardiner). Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever) 10/3: 89-105. PDF HERE.
• Gardiner, Mark Q. and Steven Engler. 2008. Review Essay of Nancy K. Frankenberry (Ed.) Radical Interpretation in Religion (2002). Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 20/2: 185-190. [Brill] PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2005. “Two Problems with Constructionism in the Study of Religion.” Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever) 5/4: 28-34. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2004. “Teoria da religião norte-americana: alguns debates recentes [Theory of Religion in North America: Recent Debates].” Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever) 4/4: 27-42. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven and Irene Naested. 2002. “Using Images in the Religious Studies Classroom.” Teaching Theology & Religion 5/3: 161-168. PDF HERE – pre-peer reviewed version; published in final form here.
• Engler, Steven and Benjamin Berger. 2000. “Reading in Colors: Highlighting for Active Reading in Religious Studies.” Teaching Theology & Religion 4/1: 27-31. PDF HERE – pre-peer reviewed version; published in final form here.

Book chapters

• Engler, Steven. 2011. “Grounded Theory.” In Michael Stausberg and Steven Engler, Eds. The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion. London and New York: Routledge, 256-274. Posted by permission of Routledge (London). PDF HERE.
• Stausberg, Michael and Steven Engler. 2011. “Introduction.” In Michael Stausberg and Steven Engler, Eds. The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion. London and New York: Routledge, 3-20. Posted by permission of Routledge (London). PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven, Anatilde Idoyaga Molina, Renée de la Torre, Pablo Barrera Rivera and Sylvia Marcos. 2008. “Latin America.” In Gregory D. Alles, Ed. Religious Studies: A Global View. London and New York: Routledge, 269-300. Posted by permission of Routledge (London). PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2005. “Discourse.” In Kocku von Stuckrad, Ed. (with C. Auffarth, J. Bernard and H. Mohr). The Brill Dictionary of Religion. Leiden & Boston: Brill. 1: 516-519. © 2005 by Brill. Posted with permission. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2005. “Tradition” In Kocku von Stuckrad, Ed. (with C. Auffarth, J. Bernard and H. Mohr). The Brill Dictionary of Religion. Leiden & Boston: Brill. 4: 1907-1911. © 2005 by Brill. Posted with permission. PDF HERE.
• Engler, Steven. 2005. “Translation.” In Kocku von Stuckrad, Ed. (with C. Auffarth, J. Bernard and H. Mohr). The Brill Dictionary of Religion. Leiden & Boston: Brill. 4: 1916-1920. © 2005 by Brill. Posted with permission. PDF HERE.

Book Reviews

• 2019. Peter Berger and Justin Kroesen, eds., Ultimate Ambiguities: Investigating Death and Liminality. Reading Religion
• 2018. Steven W. Ramey, ed., Fabricating Difference. Reading Religion
• 2017. Henry Glassie and Pravina Shukla, Sacred Art: Catholic Saints and Candomblé Gods in Modern Brazil. Reading Religion
• 2017. Corinne G. Dempsey. Bridges between Worlds: Spirits and Spirit Work in Northern Iceland. Reading Religion
• 2017. Michael Jimenez, Remembering Lived Lives: A Historiography from the Underside of Modernity. Reading Religion
• 2016. Marc Gidal, Spirit Song: Afro-Brazilian Religious Music and Boundaries. Reading Religion
• 2014. Christina Rocha and Manuel A. Vásquez, eds.,The Diaspora of Brazilian Religions. Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever) 14/1: 324–326.
• 2013. Aaron W. Hughes, Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History. Estudos de Religião 27/2: 306–311.
• 2013. Yvonne C. Zimmerman, Other Dreams of Freedom: Religion, Sex, and Human
  Trafficking. Estudos de Religião 27/1: 259–265.
• 2005. Peter Antes, Armin W. Geertz, and Randi R. Warne, eds., New Approaches to the Study of Religion. Volume 1: Regional, Critical and Historical Approaches and Volume 2: Textual, Comparative, Sociological and Cognitive Approaches (2004). Revista de Estudos da Religião (Rever)

Academic Blog Posts

• Gardiner, Mark Q. and Steven Engler. 2020. “Webs without Borders” The Religious Studies Project
• Engler, Steven. 2016. “‘Revolutionary Love’ as Interdisciplinary Therapeutic” Religion Bulletin
• Engler, Steven. 2016. “If I Only Knew Then … Tenured Scholars on Professionalization: Steven Engler” Religion Bulletin
• Engler, Steven. 2013. “Eight Tips on Writing Efficiently while Overloaded with Teaching, Service and Kids” The Professor Is In