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Religious Journals and Magazines

Note: As with other information on this Web site, I do not endorse all views expressed in the following journals. They are listed for research purposes.

AJS Review: The Journal of the Association of Jewish Studies
http://www.cambridge.org/us/journals/journal_catalogue.asp?mnemonic=AJS&rnd=09%2F01%2F2006+20%3A55%3A40
AJS Review publishes scholarly articles and book reviews covering the field of Jewish Studies, broadly defined, and representative of the Association for Jewish Studies. From biblical and rabbinic textual and historical studies to modern history, social sciences, the arts, and literature, the journal welcomes articles of interest to both academic and lay audiences around the world.

The Catholic Historical Review
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/catholic_historical_review/
The official organ of The American Catholic Historical Association, The Catholic Historical Review was founded at The Catholic University of America (CUA) and has been published there since 1915. It is the only scholarly journal under Catholic auspices in the English-speaking world devoted to the history of the universal Church. It publishes articles, review articles, book reviews, and lists of books received in all areas of church history.

The Chesterton Review
http://academic.shu.edu/chesterton/chestertonreview.htm
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute is the American distributor of the Chesterton Review. Edited by Ian Boyd, the Review is devoted to exploring the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most original thinkers-G.K. Chesterton. Past issues have also explored the work of writers like C.S. Lewis, Christopher Dawson, Charles Dickens, and George Grant, who share something of the Chestertonian romance with “orthodoxy.” Elegantly produced, the Chesterton Review is one of the most prestigious literary and cultural quarterlies published today.

Comparative Islamic Studies
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=52
Comparative Islamic Studies focuses on integrating Islamic studies into the more general theoretical and methodological boundaries of liberal arts disciplines with an emphasis on those disciplines most closely aligned with the contemporary study of religion (e.g. anthropology, art history, classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology). Particular attention will be given to articles and reviews which reflect how Islamic materials can challenge and contribute to generic categories, theories and questions of method in the general study of religion.

Conversations in Religion and Theology
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1479-2206&site=1
This is a book review journal with a significant difference. Conversations publishes substantial reviews of the best writing in theology and religious studies, immediately followed by the author's reply. The goal is a high quality exchange that explores the major themes in theology and religious studies.

CrossCurrents
http://www.aril.org/
CrossCurrents is a global network for people of faith and intelligence who are committed to connecting the wisdom of the heart and the life of the mind. In print, online and in real time, we bring people together across lines of difference.

Culture and Religion
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01438301.asp
Culture and Religion is an interdisciplinary journal seeking an engagement between scholars working across a range of disciplinary fields, including anthropology, cultural studies, critical theory and gender studies, and postcolonial studies. Lying at the interface between the study of religion and other academic studies of culture, Culture and Religion is a forum for exploring the perspectives of both anthropology and cultural studies. In particular, the journal will consider why cultural studies have hitherto neglected the significance of religious manifestations in cross-cultural perspectives, and define ways in which the discipline of religious studies needs to engage with other areas of contemporary critical, cultural, and anthropological theory.

Dialog
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0012-2033&site=1
Dialog is equally concerned with quality scholarship and with the mission of the church. Its primary denominational focus is Lutheran, though it has no official tie with a church. The journal addresses the frontiers of contemporary theological discussion, employing contemporary resources but also dealing with classical scriptural, confessional, and catholic resources, with the overall purpose of "enriching the life of the church."

Dialog: A Journal of Mormon Thought
http://www.dialoguejournal.com/
Dialog is an independent quarterly established to express Mormon culture and to examine the relevance of religion to secular life. It is edited by Latter-day Saints who wish to bring their faith into dialogue with the larger stream of world religious thought and with human experience as a whole and to foster artistic and scholarly achievement based on their cultural heritage.

Ecotheology: The Journal of Religion, Nature and the Environment
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=6
focuses on the nexus of interrelationships between religion and nature, particularly in the light of environmental and ecological concerns. It welcomes articles that are either from a theological perspective, including those from within a particular religious tradition, or from a religious studies perspective. The journal seeks to locate such discussion in the context of a multidisciplinary approach, including, for example, historical, philosophical, ecofeminist, sociological or anthropological analysis where relevant.

Esoterica: A Journal of Esoteric Studies
http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/main.html
This is an academic, peer-reviewed journal, and our goals are to act as a means for communication among existing scholars in the field, to be a resource for those in academia encountering this field for the first time and considering introducing their students to it, to encourage new scholars in this emerging discipline, and to offer a reliable source of knowledge to all who are interested in esoteric studies.

FARMS Review
http://farms.byu.edu/publications/reviewmain.php
The principal purpose of the FARMS Review is to help serious readers make informed choices and judgments about books published, primarily on the Book of Mormon. The evaluations are intended to encourage reliable scholarship on the Book of Mormon and the other ancient scriptures.

Fieldwork in Religion
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=55
The purpose of Fieldwork in Religion is to promote critical investigation into all aspects of the empirical study of contemporary religion. The journal is interdisciplinary in that it is not limited to the fields of anthropology and ethnography. Fieldwork in Religion seeks to promote empirical study of religion in all disciplines: religious studies, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, psychology, folklore, or cultural studies.

Gravitas: A Journal of Religion and Theology
http://www.gtu.edu/library/Gravitas/
Gravitas publishes reviews of current scholarly works in religious studies and commentary on timely issues affecting our communities. Poetry, songs, dramatic works and other creative forms are also encouraged.

History of Religions
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/HR/home.html
Established in 1961, History of Religions has since become one of the leading journals devoted to the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times, both within particular traditions and across cultural boundaries.

Implicit Religion
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=32
This international journal welcomes papers on theory and evidence in the study of religion and secularity, and those which explore the relationship between the context and dynamism of religious and secular phenomena. It is particularly concerned with religious life outside the boundaries of the the churches/organized religion in post-modernity. The aim of Implicit Religion is to enhance our understanding of human behaviour, through the insights developed by the academic study of religion.

Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion
http://www.religjournal.com/
IJRR aims to establish and sustain a very high quality interdisciplinary journal in order to help shape and encourage the growing new interest in religion in the various social sciences. The journal seeks original, previously unpublished articles of major significance within any of the social scientific disciplines: anthropology, economics, history, political science, religious studies, social psychology, and sociology.

International Journal of Frontier Missions
http://www.ijfm.org/
This journal seeks to promote intergenerational dialogue between senior and junior mission leaders; cultivate an international fraternity of thought in the development of frontier missiology; highlight the need to maintain, renew, and create mission agencies as vehicles for frontier missions; encourage multidimensional and interdisciplinary studies.

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0020-7047
The organ of no single institution or sectarian school, philosophical or religious, the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion provides a medium for the exposition, development, and criticism of important philosophical insights and theories relevant to religion in any of its varied forms. It also provides a forum for critical, constructive, and interpretative consideration of religion from an objective philosophical point of view.

Indo-Iranian Journal
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0019-7246/
Indo-Iranian Journal, in the three decades since its inception, has published leading and authoritative papers on ancient and medieval Indian languages, literature, philosophy and religion, ancient and medieval Iran, and papers on Tibet. Archaeological and specific historical studies are normally excluded.

Islamic Law and Society
http://taddeo.ingentaselect.com/vl=654466/cl=60/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/09289380/contp1.htm
Islamic Law and Society encourages discussion on all branches of Islamic law, with a view to promoting an understanding of Islamic law, in both theory and practice, from its emergence until modern times and from juridical, historical and social-scientific perspectives.

Jewish History
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0334-701X/
The purpose of Jewish History, the sole English language publication devoted exclusively to history and the Jews, is to broaden the limits of historical writing on the Jews. Jewish History publishes contributions in the field of history, but also in the ancillary fields of art, literature, sociology, and anthropology, where these fields and history proper cross paths.

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions
http://ninetta.ingentaselect.com/vl=22051581/cl=79/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/15692116/contp1.htm
The Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions (JANER) focuses on the religions of the area commonly referred to as the Ancient Near East encompassing Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, and Anatolia, as well as immediately adjacent areas under their cultural influence, from prehistoric times onward to the beginning of the common era. JANER thus explicitly aims to include not only the Biblical, Hellenistic and Roman world as part of Ancient Near Eastern civilization but also the impact of its religions on the western Mediterranean.

Journal of Beliefs and Values
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13617672.asp
Journal of Beliefs & Values maintains a specific interest in the scriptures of the major world faiths, especially their use in teaching within a multi-cultural context, in school, college and university. Particular emphasis is placed on the interface between the theory and practice of religion and education, including research in formative factors like gender, race and religious pluralism.

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
http://farms.byu.edu/publications/jbmsmain.php
The Journal of Book of Mormon Studies is a scholarly journal devoted to the latest research on the Book of Mormon, including articles on the geography, names, terms, and events in the Book of Mormon, as well as archaeological finds in the Old World and the New World. The Journal also highlights new scientific methods and technologies that may aid in Book of Mormon research.

Journal of Contemporary Religion
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13537903.asp
Journal of Contemporary Religion is an international journal concerned with the discussion and analysis of contemporary aspects of religion, focusing on significant trends, developments, and processes of the past 20-30 years. This includes material on older, more established religions, for example, the rise and impact of Islam and the appeal of Japanese Buddhist movements in the United States or Western Europe since 1960. Contributions on current forms of religiosity and spirituality, religious experience in contemporary society, new religions, contemporary fundamentalism, religion and environmental issues are welcome.

Journal of Early Christian Studies
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_early_christian_studies/
The official publication of the North American Patristics Society (NAPS), the Journal of Early Christian Studies focuses on the study of Christianity in the context of late ancient societies and religions from c.e. 100-700. Incorporating The Second Century (an earlier publication), the Journal publishes the best of traditional patristics scholarship while showcasing articles that call attention to newer themes and methodologies than those appearing in other patristics journals.

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/jfsr/
The Jounal of Feminist Studies in Religion is a channel for the publication of feminist scholarship in religion and a forum for discussion and dialogue among women and men of differing feminist perspectives.

Journal of Greco-Roman Chriatianity and Judiasm
http://divinity.mcmaster.ca/jgrchj/home


Journal of Law and Religion
http://www.hamline.edu/law/jlr/
The Journal of Law and Religion is an international, interdisciplinary forum committed to studying law in its social context, including moral and religious views of law and life.

The Journal of Liberal Religion
http://www.meadville.edu/jlr.htm
The Journal of Liberal Religion is an online publication through which Meadville Lombard Theological School seeks to promote significant dialogue and practical reflection on issues related to liberal religion.

Journal of Religion
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JR/home.html
The Journal of Religion promotes critical and systematic inquiry into the meaning and import of religion. Not limited by ideological orientation, the Journal embraces all areas of theology (biblical, historical, ethical, constructive) as well as other types of religious studies (literary, social, psychological, philosophical).

Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/index.html
The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture is a web-based, peer-reviewed journal committed to the academic exploration, analysis and interpretation, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, of the interrelations and interactions between religion and religious expression and popular culture, broadly defined as the products of contemporary mass culture.

Journal of Religion and Health
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0022-4197/
Journal of Religion and Health explores the most contemporary modes of religious thought with particular emphasis on their relevance to current medical and psychological research. Using an eclectic approach to the study of human values, health, and emotional welfare, this journal provides a scholarly forum for the discussion of topical themes on both a theoretical and practical level.

Journal of Religion & Society
http://www.creighton.edu/JRS/
The Journal of Religion & Society has been established to promote the cross-disciplinary study of religion and its diverse social dimensions through the publication of research articles, essays and opinions, review articles, and book reviews.

Journal of Religion in Africa
http://zerlina.ingentaselect.com/vl=2253539/cl=39/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/00224200/contp1.htm
The Journal of Religion in Africa was founded in 1967 by Andrew Walls. In 1985 the editorship was taken over by Adrian Hastings, who retired in 1999. It is interested in all religious traditions and all their forms, in every part of Africa, and it is open to every methodology. Its contributors include scholars working in history, anthropology, sociology, political science, missiology, literature and related disciplines.

Journal of Religious Ethics
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0384-9694
The Journal of Religious Ethics is committed to publishing the very best scholarship in religious ethics, to fostering new work in neglected areas, and to stimulating exchange on significant issues. Emphasizing comparative religious ethics, foundational conceptual and methodological issues in religious ethics, and historical studies of influential figures and texts, each issue contains independent essays, commissioned articles, and a book review essay, as well as a Letters, Notes, and Comments section.

Journal of Religious History
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-4227
The Journal of Religious History is an international, fully refereed journal which publishes articles and reviews current work in the history of religions and their relationship with all aspects of human experience. With high quality international contributors, the journal explores religion and its related subjects, along with debates on comparative method and theory in religious history.

Journal of Religious Leadership
http://www.christianleaders.org/JRL/
The Journal of Religious Leadership is a semi-annual publication sponsored by the Academy of Religious Leadership.

Journal of Southern Religion
http://jsr.fsu.edu/
Welcome to the first scholarly journal devoted to the study of religion in the American South. The Journal of Southern Religion is a fully peer-reviewed academic journal reflecting the best traditions of objective and critical scholarship in the study of religion.

Journal of the American Academy of Religion
http://www3.oup.co.uk/jaarel/
The Journal of the American Academy of Religion is generally considered to be the top academic journal in the field of religious studies. Now in volume 68 and with a circulation of over 10,000, this international quarterly journal publishes top scholarly articles that cover the full range of world religious traditions together with provocative studies of the methodologies by which these traditions are explored.

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0021-8294&site=1
Drawing on a rich interdisciplinary cross-section of scholarship -- including religion, sociology, political science, and psychology -- the journal offers perspectives on national and international issues such as brainwashing and cults, religious persecution, and right wing authoritarianism. An exciting and timely publication to keep readers current with the role and impact of religion in today's world.

Journal for the Study of Judaism
http://puck.ingentaselect.com/vl=1574653/cl=66/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/00472212/contp1.htm
The Journal for the Study of Judaism is a leading international forum for scholarly discussions on the history, literature and religious ideas on Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman period. It provides biblical scholars, students of rabbinic literature, classicists and historians with essential information.

Marburg Journal of Religion
http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/welcome.html
The purpose of this journal is to publish empirical and theoretical studies of religion of normal article length. In particular a place will be found for contributions which help in some way to stabilise the identity of "Religionswissenschaft" as a discipline. Editorial policy will not be narrowly conceived. However the journal does not promote any particular religion, or carry theological discussions within the frame of reference of any one religion.

Mental Health, Religion and Culture
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13674676.asp
The journal publishes empirically-based work which explores the relationships between mental health and aspects of religion and culture, and discusses conceptual and philosophical aspects.

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
http://www.as.ua.edu/naasr/mtsr.html
MTSR has become the preeminent site for international scholars who are interested in the role played by theory and criticism in the academic study of religion. MTSR publishes original articles, commissioned essays, unsolicited responses to past MTSR articles, conference proceedings, interviews, review symposia, review essays, and book reviews.

Mission Studies
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/mist
The aim of Mission Studies is to better enable the International Association for Mission Studies to expand its services as a forum for the scholarly study of biblical, theological, historical and practical questions related to mission.

Modern Judaism
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_judaism/
Modern Judaism provides a distinctive, interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the modern Jewish experience since the Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment. Its contributors address topics pertinent to the understanding of Jewish life today and the forces that have shaped that experience, including the Zionist movement and the establishment of the State of Israel, the socio-political role assumed by literary works of art, and the rise of modern anti-Semitism and its devastating climax in the Holocaust.

Muslim World
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0027-4909&site=1
The Muslim World is dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of scholarly research on Islam and Muslim societies and on historical and current aspects of Christian-Muslim relations. The journal includes research articles, book reviews, notices and surveys of periodicals.

Nova Religio
http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/nr/
Nova Religio publishes articles, critiques new books, and reports current events on the study of alternative and emergent religious movements and communities. The journal provides a comprehensive interpretation and examination of alternative religious movements, which are often misrepresented and misinterpreted in both public and scholarly forums.

Numen
http://zerlina.ingentaselect.com/vl=2253539/cl=39/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/00295973/contp1.htm
Numen - the official journal of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) - is one of the world's leading journals devoted to the academic study of religions. It covers the full breadth of current international scholarship in the field, featuring articles on contemporary religious phenomena as well as on historical themes, theoretical contributions besides more empirically oriented studies.

Pastoral Psychology
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0031-2789/
Pastoral Psychology, sponsored by the Princeton Theological Seminary, brings the best of psychological and behavioral science research into relation and dialogue with the work of the ministry. Distinguished contributors thoughtfully examine and discuss pastoral counseling, along with other dimensions of the profession and the changing contours of the field.

Perspectives in Religious Studies
http://www.baylor.edu/prs/
Established in 1972, Perspectives in Religious Studies is a publication produced for the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion. This journal is now published quarterly and began with the first issue appearing in 1974.

Pneuma
http://juno.ingentaselect.com/vl=2088366/cl=20/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/02720965/contp1-1.htm
The Journal became a major medium for the international discussion of scholarly issues related to Pentecostal and Charismatic studies. Articles have appeared over the years on matters related to the special interest groups of the SPS, namely, biblical studies, history, theology, missions, praxis, ecumenism, and religion and culture. The Journal has cherished an ecumenical and an international vision as well.

Political Theology
http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=17
Political Theology is an international journal aiming to resource and promote theological engagement with mainstream political life. It brings together theology, political theory and cultural studies in order to analyse the complex and ever-changing landscape of politics. Politics is about changing the world. Theology is also about social transformation. Both speak the language of values, ethics and foundational philosophies. Both address macro-missionary strategies, while also seeing the need for attention to the minutiae of practical change.

Prooftexts
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/prooftexts/
For sixteen years, Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History has brought to the study of Jewish literature, in its many guises and periods, new methods of study and a new wholeness of approach. A unique exchange has taken place between Israeli and American scholars, as more work from Israelis has appeared in the journal.

Religion and American Culture
http://caliber.ucpress.net/loi/rac


Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation
http://www.iupui.edu/~raac/journal/home.html
This semiannual publication explores the interplay between religion and other spheres of American culture. The journal embraces a diversity of methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives. Although concentrated on specific topics, articles illuminate larger patterns, implications, or contexts of American life. Religion and American Culture is devoted to promoting the ongoing scholarly discussion of the nature, terms, and dynamics of religion in America.

Religion and Literature
http://www.nd.edu/~randl/noframe.html
R&L is a forum for discussion of the relations between two crucial human concerns, the religious impulse and the literary forms of any era, place, or language. We publish scholarly articles, review essays, and book notices three times a year.

Religion and the Arts
http://ninetta.ingentaselect.com/vl=22465606/cl=22/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/10799265/contp1.htm
Religion and the Arts promotes the development of discourses for exploring the religious dimensions of the verbal, visual and performing arts.

Religion in the News
http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/RIN.htm
Religion has, in short, become a major topic of discussion in the American public square. The purpose of Religion in the News is to track the discussion through the news media.

Religious Studies
http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/journal_catalogue.asp?mnemonic=RES
Religious Studies is an international journal devoted to the problems of the philosophy of religion as they arise out of classical and contemporary discussions and from varied religious traditions. More than 25 articles are published each year, but the journal also contains an extensive book review section.

Review of Rabbinic Judaism
http://ceres.ingentaselect.com/vl=1012947/cl=51/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/15684857/contp1.htm
The Review fills the gap in the study of Judaism, which is left by the prevailing division of Rabbinic Judaism among the standard historical periods (ancient, medieval, modern) that in fact do not apply; and by the common treatment of the Judaism in bits and pieces (philosophy, mysticism, law homiletics, institutional history, for example). No journal in "Jewish studies" focuses upon the study of religion, let alone upon the single most important Judaism of all time.

Sacred Tribes: Journal of Christian Missions to New Religious Movements
http://www.sacredtribes.com/
Sacred Tribes is an evangelical Christian e-journal concerned with mission to new religious movements. It has four main purposes. First, it operates as a forum for writers to explore, advocate and demonstrate contextual mission approaches to dialogue and evangelism with devotees of new religious movements. Second, it is designed so practitioners of contextual mission approaches can discuss the street-life realities of their ministries in reaching adherents of new religious movements. Third, Sacred Tribes will, from time to time, have special focus editions where missionary-apologists directly engage in outreach and dialogue to specific movements. These special editions will, by extension, provide readers with a practical demonstration of how the craft of contextual mission with new religions adherents operates. Fourth, this e-journal promotes healthy discussion and peer review of methodological issues where apologetics and missions intersect.

Science & Christian Belief
http://www.scienceandchristianbelief.org/
Science & Christian Belief is a journal concerned with the interactions of science and religion, with particular reference to Christianity.

Zygon - Journal of Religion & Science
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0591-2385&site=1
Zygon® focuses on the questions of meaning and values that challenge individual and social existence today. It brings together the best thinking of the day from the physical, biological, and social sciences with ideas from philosophy, theology, and religious studies. The journal's contributors seek to keep united what may often become disconnected: values with knowledge, goodness with truth, religion with science.