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Leslie Dorrough Smith is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Avila University. Steffen Fuhrding teaches at the Department for the Study of Religion at Leibniz University Hannover. Adrian Hermann is Professor of Religion and Society at the Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW) of the University of Bonn.

• PrefaceLeslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Führding, and Adrian HermannSection 1: The Public Rhetoric of Good and Bad Religion1. Introduction: “And What Kind of Society Does That Create?” Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama2. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: Neo-Orientalism and the Study of Religion Aaron W.Hughes, University of Rochester3. Religious Studies and the Jargon of Authenticity Jason Ā. Josephson-Storm, Williams CollegeSection 2: PoliticsIntroduction to the Politics Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Führding, and Adrian Hermann4. Toward a Critique of Postsecular Rhetoric Naomi R. Goldenberg, University of Ottowa5. The Political Utility of the Past: The Case of Greek Fire-Walking Rituals VaiaTouna, University of Alabama6. Privatized Publics and Scholarly Silos: Gender, Religion, and their Theoretical Fault Lines K. Merinda Simmons, University of Alabama7. What’s Religious Freedom Got to Do With It? On the Niqab Affair in Canadian Politics Matt Sheedy, University of ManitobaSection 3: MediaIntroduction to the Media Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Führding, Adrian Hermann8. The Strange and Familiar Spiritual Journey of Reza Aslan Martha Smith Roberts, Denison University9. The Journalist-Ethnographer, Religious Diversity, and the Euphemisation of Social RelationsCarmen Becker, Leibniz University Hannover10. Scopophilia and the Manufacture of “Good” Religion Leslie Dorrough Smith11. Naturalizing the Transnational Capitalist Class: Reza Aslan’s Believer and the Ideological Reproduction of an Emerging Social Formation Craig Prentiss, Rockhurst University12. Authentic Religion – Or, How To Be A Good Citizen Steffen FührdingSection 4: UniversityIntroduction to the University Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Führding, Adrian Hermann13. ‘Bad Religion’ on the University Campus: “Political Correctness” and the Future of the Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion Adrian Hermann and Stefan Priester, University of Bonn14. Studying Religion in a Post-Truth World Stephanie Gripentrog, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel15. The Good, The Bad, and the Non-Religion: The Good/Bad Rhetoric in Non-Religion Studies Christopher R. Cotter, University of Edinburgh16. The Campus as a ‘Safe Space’? A Sociology of Knowledge Perspective on the New Student Protests David Kaldewey, University of BonnSection 5: ClassroomIntroduction to the Classroom Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Führding,Adrian Hermann17. What Teaching New Religions Tells Us about the Discourse on ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Religion David G. Robertson, The Open University18. Unintentionally Constructing ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Religions in Teaching ClassicalEuropean Social Theories at a Japanese University Mitsutoshi Horii, Chaucer College19. Good and Bad, Legitimate and Illegitimate Religion in Education Wanda Alberts, Leibniz University Hannover20. Benign Religion as Normal Religion Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University