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| Discipline | Religious studies |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Michael Stausberg Steven Engler |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1971–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Religion |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0048-721X (print) 1096-1151 (web) |
| LCCN | 76615899 |
| OCLC no. | 186359943 |
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Religion is a peer-reviewedacademic journal in the field ofReligious studies, edited by the religion academic scholarsMichael Stausberg andSteven Engler. It was founded in 1971, with close ties to the Religious Studies program at theUniversity of Lancaster. That program was founded and chaired byNinian Smart, and he served as the chairman of the first editorial board. Four companies have published the journal over the years: Oriel Press (1971–72),Routledge & Kegan Paul (1973–80),Academic Press (1981–2000),Elsevier (2001–2010), and currentlyRoutledge.
Religion publishes academic work on all issues of Religious Studies, including the history, literature, thought, practise, material culture, and institutions of particular religious traditions from a variety of perspectives such as social scientific, humanistic, cognitive, economical, geographical, etc. (but excluding work that falls purely within the areas of theology or philosophy of religion). The journal has European and North-American editors (currentlyMichael Stausberg andSteven Engler) and a multi-national editorial board.[1]
The journal is abstracted in:[2][3]Arts & Humanities Citation Index, ATLA (American Theological Library Association), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Academic Search, Current Abstracts, Humanities International Index, New Testament Abstracts, Old Testament Abstracts, SocINDEX, TOC Premier, SCOPUS, Gale, Humanities Index, Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies, ProQuest, Current Contents.
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