Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
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| Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft |
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| Abbreviated title (ISO) |
MRW |
| Discipline |
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft |
| Language |
English |
| Edited by |
Claire Fanger and Richard Kieckhefer |
| Publication details |
| Publisher |
The University of Pennsylvania Press (United States) |
| Publication history |
2006 to present |
| Frequency |
Semiannually |
| Indexing |
| ISSN |
1556-8547 (print)
1940-5111 (web)
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Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft is a peer-reviewed academic journal which focuses on magic scholarship published semiannually by the University of Pennsylvania Press. As of 2011[update] the editors are Claire Fanger, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, and Richard Kieckhefer, a professor of religion and history at Northwestern University. It is available online through Project MUSE.
The journal is affiliated with Societas Magicas, an organization of scholars interested in magic.
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Categories:
- Anthropology journals
- Publications established in 2006
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