CrossCurrents
Edited by S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate

Frequency: March, June, September, December
Latest Issue: Volume 73, Number 2 (June 2023)
Size: 6 x 9
Bibliographic Information: ISSN: Print 0011-1953; Digital 1939-3881
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Editor
S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College, USA
Cultural Connections Editors
Rosalind Hinton, Independent scholar, USA
Hussein Rashid, Independent scholar, USA
Associate Editors
Amanullah de Sondy, University College Cork, Ireland
Timothy K. Beal, Case Western Reserve, USA
Melanie Barbato, University of MuÌnster, Germany
Editorial Board
Fatimah Ashrif, Rumiâs Circle; Muslim Institute, UK
Julia Watts Belser, Georgetown University, USA
Joy Bostic, Case Western Reserve, USA
ClaÌudio Carvalhaes, Union Seminary, USA
Judy Chen, Buddhist Council of NY and the American Buddhist Confederation, Canada
Robbie B. H. Goh, National University Singapore, Singapore
Henry Goldschmidt, Interfaith Center of New York, USA
Nikky-Guninder Singh, Colby College, USA
Scott Holland, Bethany Seminary, USA
Jonathan Homrighausen, Duke University, USA
Erling Hope, Artist, USA
Amir Hussain, Loyola Maymount University, USA
Robert P. Jones, Public Religion Research Institute, USA
BjoÌrn Krondorfer, Northern Arizona University, USA
J. Shawn Landres, Jumpstart Labs, Santa Monica, USA
Laura Levitt, Temple University, USA
Peter Manseau, Smithsonian Institute, USA
Andrea Miller, Writer, Editor at Lionâs Roar
Shabana Mir, American Islamic College, USA
Jolyon Mitchell, University of Edinburgh, UK
Diane L. Moore, Harvard University, USA
Harold Morales, Morgan State University, USA
Vanessa Ochs, University of Virginia, USA
Laurie L. Patton, Middlebury College, USA
Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University, USA
Christian Scharen, St. Lydiaâs Church, Brooklyn, USA
Randall Styers, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Kayla ReneÌe Wheeler, Xavier University, USA
Pamela Winfield, Elon University, USA
Homayra Ziad, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Table of Contents
VOLUME 73, Number 2
Articles
Our Sounds Reach the Other World: Sacred Musical
Instruments and Their Spiritual Roles
Cara R. Schreffler
A Brief History of Jewish Victimhood Identity
Marc J. Rosenstein
Setting the Table: A BahĂĄâi geographer reflects
on faith, fieldwork, and farmworkers
Anisa Kline
Echoes of a Method: Inductive Christian Social Ethics,
Social Practices, and the Radical Social Gospel
Aaron Stauffer
Short Story
A Sacred Disease
Robin Root
Cultural Connections
Being Jain: South Indian Art Meets Climate Ethics
at Zurichâs Rietberg Museum
Reviewed by Melanie Barbato
The Brooklyn Museumâs Arts of the Islamic World
Reviewed by Rayyan Mikati
Guillermo del Toroâs Pinocchio: What It Takes to Craft a Life
Reviewed by Irina Sheynfeld
Emily Dumler-Winckler, Modern Virtue:
Mary Wollstonecraft and a Tradition of Dissent
Reviewed by Elizabeth Ursic
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