The articles in this special joint issue of Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions and the Journal Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions were presented as papers at the joint BASR/JISASR conference Borders and Boundaries: ‘Religion’ on the Periphery held at Queen’s University Belfast from 3-5 September 2018.

This edition opens with the two keynote lectures from the conference given by Naomi Goldenberg and Gladys Ganiel, which are listed as jointly published by both journals.

Coordinating Editor of JBASR – Dr Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University
General Editor of JISASR – Dr James Kapaló, University College Cork  

Table of Contents

KEYNOTE LECTURES

'Religion' and its Limits – Reflections on Discursive Borders and Boundaries [pp 1-15]
Naomi GOLDENBERG

Power from the Periphery? ‘Extra-Institutional Religion’ and the Prospects for Change – Insights from the Life of Fr Gerry Reynolds [pp 16-34]
Gladys GANIEL 

ARTICLES IN JBASR

The Border, the Laggan and the Professor
Malcolm MACOURT

The Marginality of ‘Irish Mormonism”: Confronting Irish Boundaries of Belonging
Hazel O’BRIEN

Itako on the screen: using visual ethnography for understanding how these Japanese shamans are adapting to social change
Ilaria VECCHI

Post-lineage yoga: adventures in social media engagement
Theodora WILDCROFT

Marginalized centre: Wana people and the geography of power
Giorgio SCALICI

ARTICLES IN JISASR [click to view]

Before and after Science: Esoteric Traces in the Formation of the Freudian Psychoanalytic Subject [PDF]
John BOYLE

The Congregation as a Station for Social Integration: An Analysis of Congregants’ Personal Networks with an Interpretation Using Giddens’ Theory of Structuration [PDF], pp. 60-83
Adrian STRINGER

The Tradition of Segnature: Underground Indigenous Practices in Italy [PDF]
Angela PUCA