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  1. Complex Religion, Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation, and Covid-19 in NSW, Australia

    Article • Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, February 2026, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  2. Religion and Postnationalism

    Article • December 2025, Wiley

    Professor Adam Possamai

  3. Preliminary Material

    Article • October 2025, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  4. Muslims in Contemporary Australia

    Article • October 2025, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  5. Placing the Continued Hyper-securitisation of Islam and Muslims in Australia in Global Context

    Article • October 2025, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  6. Being Muslim in an era of hyper-security

    Article • Social Compass, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  7. Muslim identities in an era of hypersecurity: Insights from two contrasting Australian communities

    Article • Social Compass, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  8. Involving the Salafi-Jihadist in Indonesia’s democratic system

    Article • Social Compass, September 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  9. Post-secularism as the secularism of the exit of secularism: Australia as a case study of passé secularism

    Article • Critical Research on Religion, June 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  10. Digital exorcism and morality

    Article • Journal of Sociology, September 2024, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  11. Religion and Post-Secular SDGs

    Article • Jurnal Ilmu Sosial Indonesia (JISI), June 2024, E-Journal System Portal of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

    Professor Adam Possamai

  12. Overseas Born ‘Religious Nones’ in Australia

    Article • Secularism and Nonreligion, January 2024, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Professor Adam Possamai

  13. Freedom of Religion and Fortress Christianity in Australia

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  14. The Sociology of Shari’a

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  15. Got sick of surveys or lack of social capital? An investigation on the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on institutional surveying

    Article • The Australian Educational Researcher, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  16. Ramadan: devotion, compassion, and purification in Sydney

    Article • Contemporary Islam, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  17. Religion, the i-zation of society and COVID-19

    Article • Social Compass, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  18. Nothing to Declare… Apart from Holy Water: Sacralizing Borders and Securitizing Spiritual Things in Fiji

    Article • Material Religion, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  19. The diffused religious choice when applying for a university degree in Sydney

    Article • Journal of Beliefs and Values, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  20. La mondialisation, l’i-zation de la société et le Covid-19

    Article • Diogène, November 2021, CAIRN

    Professor Adam Possamai

  21. Freedom of Religion in post-secular Australia

    Article • Social Compass, July 2021, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  22. An Analysis of Australian Research Council’s Grants in Religion

    Article • Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, July 2021, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  23. Religion, Modernity, Globalisation: Nation-state to Market by François Gauthier

    Article • Journal of Religion in Europe, December 2020, Brill

    Professor Adam Possamai

  24. Conventional and unconventional forms of religiosity: identifying predictive factors and wellbeing outcomes

    Article • Journal for the Study of Spirituality, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  25. Hyper-Securitisation and Belonging: Understanding the Plight of Young Muslims in Melbourne, Australia

    Article • Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  26. Reassessing the bounded affinity theory of religion and the paranormal: formative and ongoing religious rituals

    Article • Culture and Religion, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  27. An Italian-born Belgo-Australian Sociologist of Religion

    Article • Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, January 2020, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  28. The Social Scientific Study of Exorcism in Christianity

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  29. Shari’a in Cyberspace: An analysis of Australian and US Internet Sites

    Article • November 2019, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  30. New Spiritualities in Western Society

    Article • April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Adam Possamai

  31. The Reemergence of Magical Beliefs

    Article • Inference International Review of Science, March 2019, Inference: International Review of Science

    Professor Adam Possamai

  32. Shari‘a in Sydney and New York: A Perspective from Professionals and Leaders Dealing with Islamic Law

    Article • Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai, Bryan Turner, Malcolm Voyce

  33. Attachment to Australia, attachment to God, and quality of life outcomes among African Christian diasporas in New South Wales: A cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Cameron McAuliffe, Dr Victor Counted, Professor Adam Possamai

  34. Relational spirituality and quality of life 2007 to 2017: an integrative research review

    Article • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Victor Counted, Professor Adam Possamai

  35. The limits of multiculturalism in Australia? The Shari’a flogging case of R v. Raad, Fayed, Cifci and Coskun

    Article • The Sociological Review, April 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  36. The i-zation of Society, Religion, and Neoliberal Post-Secularism

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  37. Post-secularism in multiple modernities

    Article • Journal of Sociology, December 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  38. Shari’a in Everyday Life in Sydney: An Analysis of Professionals and Leaders Dealing with Islamic Law

    Article • Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, November 2017, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  39. Mastering the devil: A sociological analysis of the practice of a Catholic exorcist

    Article • Current Sociology, February 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  40. Representations of Sharia in Three Global Cities: Sydney, New York and Geneva 2008–2013

    Article • Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  41. Branding of Spiritual Authenticity and Nationalism in Transnational Sufism

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  42. Religions, Nations, and Transnationalism in Multiple Modernities

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  43. The over-policing of the devil: A sociology of exorcism

    Article • Social Compass, September 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  44. Muslim students’ cultural and religious experiences in city, suburban and regional university campuses in NSW, Australia

    Article • Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Peter E Hopkins, Professor Adam Possamai

  45. Muslim Students’ Religious and Cultural Experiences in the Micro-publics of University Campuses in NSW, Australia

    Article • Australian Geographer, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Peter E Hopkins, Professor Adam Possamai

  46. Shari’aand Everyday Life in Sydney

    Article • Australian Geographer, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Malcolm Voyce, Professor Adam Possamai

  47. Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y

    Article • April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  48. Chaplaincies in a “Post-Secular” Multicultural University

    Article • Fieldwork in Religion, August 2015, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  49. Popular and lived religions

    Article • Current Sociology, June 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  50. Sufism, spirituality and consumerism: the case study of the Nimatullahiya and Naqshbandiya Sufi orders in Australia

    Article • Contemporary Islam, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Milad Milani, Professor Adam Possamai

  51. Sociology of Religion in Australia

    Article • January 2015, Brill

    Emeritus Professor Gary D Bouma, Professor Adam Possamai

  52. The Sociology of Shari’a: Case Studies from around the World

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  53. Introduction: Legal Pluralism and Shari’a

    Article • October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  54. Perception of Shari’a in Sydney and New York Newspapers

    Article • October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  55. Shari’a and Multiple Modernities in Western Countries: Toward a Multi-faith Pragmatic Modern Approach Rather Than a Legal Pluralist One?

    Article • October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  56. Religion, “Non-Religion” and Indigenous Peoples on the 2011 Australian National Census

    Article • Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion, September 2014, British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR)

    Professor Adam Possamai

  57. Cultural Framing of Risk and Religion within Science Fiction Narratives

    Article • Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, January 2014, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  58. Defining the conversation about Shari’a: Representations in Australian newspapers

    Article • Current Sociology, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Malcolm Voyce, Professor Adam Possamai

  59. Cosmopolitan tensions: religious diversity in an Australian university

    Article • The Australian Educational Researcher, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adam Possamai

  60. Australian Aboriginal Muslims in Prison

    Article • Journal of Intercultural Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  61. Authority and liquid religion in cyber‐space: the new territories of religious communication

    Article • International Social Science Journal, September 2012, Wiley

    Professor Adam Possamai

  62. Handbook of Hyper-real Religions

    Article • March 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  63. Conclusion: The Future of Hyper-real Religions?

    Article • January 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  64. Battlefield Earth and Scientology: A Cultural/Religious Industry à la Frankfurt School?

    Article • January 2012, Brill

    Professor Adam Possamai

  65. Yoda Goes to Glastonbury: An Introduction to Hyper-real . Religions

    Article • January 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  66. Legal Pluralism, Family Personal Laws, and the Rejection ofShari'ain Australia: A Case of Multiple or “Clashing” Modernities?

    Article • Democracy and Security, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Malcolm Voyce, Professor Adam Possamai

  67. Hyper-real religions

    Article • Journal of Sociology, July 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  68. Political Culture, The Nation of Islam, The Nuwaubian Nation and the Muslim Brotherhood

    Article • Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review, January 2011, Philosophy Documentation Center

    Professor Adam Possamai

  69. Religious Belief across ‘Post-secular’ Sydney: the multiple trends in (de)secularisation

    Article • Australian Geographer, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  70. Islam

    Article • International Journal for the Study of New Religions, July 2010, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  71. Chapter Ten. Religion And Spirituality In Science Fiction Narratives: A Case Of Multiple Modernities?

    Article • January 2010, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  72. Religious and spirituality diversity at a multi-campus suburban university: what type of need for chaplaincy?

    Article • Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  73. The World's Religions

    Article • May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  74. Scientology Down Under

    Article • March 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Adam Possamai

  75. Australia's ‘shy’ de-secularisation process

    Article • September 2008, Policy Press

    Professor Adam Possamai

  76. ‘Secularisation’ and ‘Religion’ as Zombie Categories?

    Article • Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, October 2007, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  77. The Diffusion of New Age Practices and Beliefs among Australian Church Attenders

    Article • Fieldwork in Religion, September 2007, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  78. The Baha'i faith and Caodaism

    Article • Journal of Sociology, September 2007, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  79. Producing And Consuming New Age Spirituality: The Cultic Milieu And The Network Paradigm

    Article • January 2007, De Gruyter

    Professor Adam Possamai

  80. Ways and Means for the Third Millennium

    Article • Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, February 2006, Equinox Publishing

    Professor Adam Possamai

  81. Religion and Popular Culture

    Article • February 2005, Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers

    Professor Adam Possamai

  82. New religious movements and the fear of crime

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Religion, October 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  83. Alternative Spiritualities and the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

    Article • Culture and Religion, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adam Possamai

  84. Cultural Consumption of History and Popular Culture in Alternative Spiritualities

    Article • Journal of Consumer Culture, July 2002, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  85. A profile of New Agers: social and spiritual aspects

    Article • Journal of Sociology, December 2000, SAGE Publications

    Professor Adam Possamai

  86. Public Religions and the State: A Comparative Perspective

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Adam Possamai

  87. Introduction States, Consumption and Managing Religions

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Adam Possamai

  88. Hindu Normalization, Nationalism and Consumer Mobilization

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Adam Possamai

  89. Gramsci, Jediism, the Standardization of Popular Religion and the State

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Adam Possamai