"Nineteenth Century Studies," the interdisciplinary journal of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, announces the contents of volume 17, which includes a special section on "Religion and Culture":

Special Section, guest edited by Elisabeth Jay:

• Elisabeth Jay, "Introduction: The Return of the Culturally Repressed--Religion and Women"
• Thomas Dixon, "Looking Beyond 'The Rumpus about Moses and Monkeys': Religion and the Sciences in the Nineteenth Century"
• Jane Garnett, "Where Their Treasure Was: Victorian Christianity and Money"
• David Jasper, "Cultural Studies and the Nineteenth Century: Theology and Literature"
• Nadia Valman, "'A Fresh-Made Garment of Citizenship': Representing Jewish Identities in Victorian Britain"
• Sarah C. Williams, "Victorian Religion: A Matter of Class or Culture?"

Also these feature essays:

• Silvana Colella, "Monetary Patriotism: 'The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther,' 'The Antiquary,' and the Currency Question"
• Bridget Heneghan, "The Pot Calling the Kettle: White Goods and the Construction of Race in Antebellum America"
• Christopher M. Keirstead, "Going Postal: Mail and Mass Culture in 'Bleak House'"
• Maria LaMonaca, "'Her Director, Her Priest, ... Her God': Victorian Women Writers on Confession"

And these review essays:

• Jadviga M. da Costa Nunes and Suzanne Donahue, Review of Recent Exhibitions: "Thomas Eakins: American Realist"; "Exposed: The Victorian Nude"; Signac, 1863-1935"
• Kathy Alexis Psomiades, "Scientific Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century"
• Christine Roth, "De-Ciphering the Victorian Child: Childhood, Gender, and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Studies"
• Chris Walsh, "The Shaping of Religious Identity in the Nineteenth Century: Some Recent Perspectives"

Available in August 2003. For subscription ($25, includes NCSA membership) and single-issue ($15) inquiries, please email the Editor, David Hanson, at dhanson@selu.edu.