Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is a peer-reviewed journal, published by Blackwell Publishing in the United States of America under the auspices of the "Society for the Scientific Study of Religion", dedicated to publishing scholarly articles in the social sciences, including psychology, sociology and anthropology, devoted to the study of religion. It is not a theology journal, as its publications tend to be empirical papers in the aforementioned disciplines, rather than papers assessing the truth or falsity, or otherwise attempting to clarify, theological doctrines. That said, the eminent theologian Paul Tillich wrote a preface to the first edition, published in 1961. A former editor, Ralph Hood, is a major name in the psychology of religion, having published scales to assess religious experience and mystical experience. Hood was succeeded as editor in 1999 by Ted Jelen, the first ever political scientist to edit the journal. Jelen was later succeeded as editor by sociologist Rhys Williams. The current editor of the journal is Marie Cornwall.
The 2007 impact factor of the journal was 0.826, 35 of the 96 sociology journals in Journal Citation Reports.
External links
* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0021-8294&site=1 Journal home page]
* [http://www.sssrweb.org/ society home page]
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