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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