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Journal of Religious History

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International double-blind peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality scholarship on the history of all religions & their relationship with human experience.

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Journal of Religious History @j-religioushist.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@j-religioushist. bsky.social is looking for a new co- editor! Applications are due to @megancw.bsky.social by 1 May 2026. #ReligiousHistory #skystorians

A call for a co-editor, which reads:

The Journal of Religious History is seeking expressions of interest in the role of co-editor of the Journal to work alongside Dr Celeste McNamara. The new co-editor will take over from Dr Miles Pattenden. The position would run for a three-year period, subject to a one-year probationary period, with potential for renewal for a second three-year term, if so desired. The JRH is published by Wiley and engages an Editorial Manager (Professor Paul Watt) to work on practical matters relating to the Journal, as well as benefiting from support from Wiley staff and an international editorial board. While the position is a voluntary one, the agreement between Wiley and the Religious History Association may allow for limited travel support each year to promote the journal, subject to the approval of the RHA executive committee. The tasks involved in editing JRH vary considerably from week to week some weeks we are only required to answer a few emails, other weeks require a full day's work making decisions on articles and proofreading. On average, each editor probably spends 4-6 hours per fortnight on the role. The main tasks involved are: representing the Journal at appropriate events attending committee meetings of the Religious History Association to report on the JRH working with the Editorial Manager to make initial decisions about sending articles for review keeping the database of reviewers updated making decisions on each article based on the reviewers' recommendations corresponding with authors about these decisions checking revisions for Early View proofreading and approving each issue approving the table of contents selecting an image for the cover shortlisting articles for the annual prize Applications (a letter outlining qualifications, experience and fit with the Journal and Association's general remit, and a brief CV) should be submitted by May 1, 2026, to: Professor Megan Cassidy-Welch mcassidywelch@divinity.edu.au

Journal of Religious History @j-religioushist.bsky.social · 2y ago

“The Sacrificial Economy: The Economic Conditions for the Development of Free Churches in Late Nineteenth-Century Sweden” by Anne Berg, now on early view (open access): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Sacrificial Economy: The Economic Conditions for the Development of Free Churches in Late Nineteenth‐Century Sweden*

Free church organisations were a vital part of Christian evangelical revivalism in the Nordic countries around the turn of the century in 1900. In this paper, a new piece is added to the puzzle regar....

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Journal of Religious History @j-religioushist.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Evangelical and Ecumenical? Irish Presbyterianism in the United Kingdom, 1938–47” by Matthew Houston, now on early view: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Evangelical and Ecumenical? Irish Presbyterianism in the United Kingdom, 1938–47

From 1938 to 1947, a period of escalating international tensions and armed conflict, Christian intellectuals in Great Britain formed and engaged in various discussion groups, debating responses to su...

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 2y ago

go.bsky.app/PGTCboR I’ve made a starter pack for people interested in literature and theology/religion - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!

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Journal of Religious History @j-religioushist.bsky.social · 2y ago

Statement from the Religious History Association condemning the Marsden fund cuts in Aotearoa New Zealand #humanities #highered #history

The Religious History Association states its unequivocal opposition to the disbanding of the Social Sciences and Humanities Panel of the Marsden Fund. This will remove funding for arts, humanities and social sciences researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The impact of this decision will be disastrous not only for researchers, but also for the reputation of Aotearoa New Zealand as a place where blue-skies research can flourish in all its disciplinary forms and where intellectually diverse thinking matters and is valued.

Aotearoa New Zealand has been a locus of outstanding scholarship in religious history, research which as well other other humanities, arts and social sciences fields is foundational for democratic and social cohesion.

The decision to cut funding is wrongly premised on the notion that tangible social impacts can only be found in the economic outcomes of STEM research. Already in Aotearoa New Zealand the fastest growing sector in its economy is the arts and creative sector. The disciplines and fields of research that constitute this sector are not siloed; they work with medicine, science, technology, economics, business and more to produce cutting-edge transdisciplinary research with critical social and economic outcomes. Cutting funding to arts, humanities and social sciences will only impoverish research and research outcomes everywhere.

Humanity's big questions can only be answered with the input of arts, humanities and social sciences research; a creative society can only flourish with support for the arts; societies can only cohere when our histories, ideas, languages and literatures are explored, questioned and able to flourish.

The Religious History Association condemns this ill-advised decision and calls for its reversal.

Professor Megan Cassidy-Welch President, Religious History Association, on behalf of the committee

Journal of Religious History @j-religioushist.bsky.social · 2y ago

We’re looking for a new co-editor to join @sistosesto.bsky.social for an initial 3-year term at the Journal of Religious History! Could this be you, or someone you know? Please share here and circulate across your networks. Deadline 17 Jan 2025.

Journal of Religious History: Call for Expressions of Interest in Position of Co-Editor The Journal of Religious History is seeking expressions of interest in the role of co-editor of the Journal to work alongside Dr Miles Pattenden. The new co-editor will take over from Associate Professor Sarah Irving-Stonebraker who is stepping down from this role after three years' service. The position would run for a three-year period, subject to a one-year probationary period, with potential for renewal for a second three-year term, if so desired. The JORH is published by Wiley and engages an Editorial Manager (Paul Watt) to work on practical matters relating to the Journal, as well as benefiting from support from Wiley staff and an international editorial board. While the position is a voluntary one, the Agreement between Wiley and the Religious History Association may allow for limited travel support each year to promote the journal, subject to the approval of the RHA executive committee. The tasks involved in editing JORH vary considerably from week to week - some weeks we are only required to answer a few emails, other weeks require a full day's work making decisions on articles and proofreading. On average, each editor probably spends 4-6 hours per fortnight on the role. The main tasks involved are:

* representing the Journal at appropriate events

* working with the Editorial Manager (Paul Watt) to make initial decisions about sending articles for review

* keeping the database of reviewers updated

* making decisions on each article based on the reviewers' recommendations

*corresponding with authors about these decisions

* checking revisions made by authors proofreading articles for Early View

*proofreading and approving each issue (which has been copyedited by a professional copyeditor)

* approving the table of contents selecting an image for the cover

* shortlisting articles for the annual prize

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