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Journals: Religion and the
Professions
The journals listed
below were purchased with funds provided
by RPP. The journals, which cross many professions,
disciplines, and religious traditions, are
found at the MU
Libraries. These journals and others
to which the libraries already subscribe
are important resources related to religious
and cultural diversity, ethics, and values
in the professions. Visitors not affiliated
with MU are welcome to browse these journals
at the MU Libraries, but electronic editions
generally are licensed for MU-affiliated
patrons only. To see a concise list of the
titles, click here.
Baptist
History and Heritage
Publisher:
Baptist History and Heritage Society
Publisher's
Website: http://www.baptisthistory.org/journal/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal discusses contemporary and
historical topics relative to Baptist history.
Previous article titles have included "Baptists
in the White House", "Baptists and Women’s
Issues in the 20th Century", and "Religious
Pluralism".
Audience:
Scholars, students, and professionals wishing
to learn Baptist stances on important issues;
researchers in the fields of history and
religious studies
MU Owns:
v.39 no.1 (Winter 2004)-
Indexed:
America: History and Life; Historical Abstracts
Business
Ethics Quarterly
Publisher:
Philosophy Documentation Center
Publisher's
Website:
http://www.pdnet.org/beq/html
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal discusses many issues concerning
business and ethics.
Audience:
Business professionals, scholars, and students
MU Owns:
v.14 no.1 (Jan 2004)-
Indexed:
ABI Inform, Business Periodicals Index,
Religion One Index, Religion Two Index,
and Social Sciences Index
Ching
Feng: A Journal on Christianity and Chinese
Religion and Culture
Publisher:
Christian Study Centre on Chinese Religion
and Culture
Publisher Website:
N/A
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal contains research articles,
review articles, book reviews, and news
related to the understanding of Chinese
Christianity, Chinese religion, Chinese
culture, and the intersection and dialogue
between Christianity, Asian religions, and
other cultures.
Audience:
Scholars and students of Asian studies
MU Owns:
v.5 no.1 (Mar 2004)-
Indexed:
Bibliography of Asian Studies, Atla Religion
Database, Dialog
Canadian
Ethnic Studies
Publisher:
Canadian Ethnic Studies Association
Publisher's
Website: http://www.ss.ucalgary.ca/ces
Refereed:
Yes
Text language:
English and French
Scope:
This journal publishes interdisciplinary
scholarly articles, research notes, bibliographic
information on topics pertaining to Canadian
ethnicity, immigration, and intergroup relations
within Canada. Book and film reviews, opinions,
immigrant memoirs, primary source translations,
an index and an annual bibliography are
included.
Audience:
Ethnic organizations; students and scholars
of ethnicity; scholars of Canadian studies,
immigration, and intergroup relations
MU Owns:
v.35 no.1 (2003)-
Indexed:
America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts,
M L A International Bibliography of Books
and Articles on the Modern Languages and
Literatures, P A I S International In Print
(Annual), and Sociological Abstracts.
Cross
Currents
Publisher: Association
for Religion and Intellectual Life
Publisher's
Website: http://www.aril.org/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal presents essays, book reviews,
and poetry. Topics of previous issues have
included "Architecture, Ethics, Eugenics,
and the Construction of the Soul;" "Messianism,
Utopia, and the Future of History" and Queering
Church, Churching Queers."
Audience:
Humanities scholars, general public, individual
issues may include ethical topics of interest
to professionals
MU Owns:
v.53 no.4(winter 2004)-
Indexed:
Humanities Index, M L A International Bibliography
of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages
and Literatures, Modern Languages and Literatures
Cultic
Studies Review: An Internet Journal of Research,
News & Opinion
Publisher:
American Family Foundation
Publisher's
Website: http://www.culticstudiesreview.org
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal is composed of case studies,
essays, and articles pertaining to cults.
Topics previously covered have been a psychoanalytic
look at recovered memories, therapists,
cult leaders, undue influence, Japanese
activities to counter cults, the psychometric
properties of the Spanish version of the
Group Psychological Abuse Scale, and Writing
down the pain: A case study of the benefits
of writing for cult survivors. Articles
appear to be written from a medical or psychological
perspective.
Audience:
Medical/mental health professionals and
people dealing with issues related to cults
Indexed:
No
MU Owns:
Online journal
Culture
and Religion
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher's
Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01438301.asp
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal has an interdisciplinary, international
focus combining the social sciences with
religious topics. The journal contains essays,
articles and book reviews. Previous issues
have discussed popular culture tandems,
the boundaries of religious studies, the
project of the self, cognition, society
and religion, new approaches to the study
of culture, scientific empathy, American
Buddhism, and the ethnography of religion.
Audience:
Social science scholars and students
MU owns:
v.5 no.1 (Mar 2004)-
Indexed:
Anthropological Literature; British Humanities
Index; Dietrich’s Index Philosophicus; I
B Z: Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes-und
Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur;
Religion Index One: Periodicals; Religion
Index Two: Multi-Author Works; and Religious
and Theological Abstracts.
Ethics
& Medicine
Publisher:
Bioethics Press
Publisher's
Website: http://www.ethicsandmedicine.com
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal, previously known as Ethics
and Medicine: an International Christian
Perspective on Bioethics, draws from
the Hippocratic tradition. Cloning, reproductive
technologies, euthanasia, stem-cell research,
nursing ethics, genetic ethics, contraception
and aging are just a few of the topics covered
in this journal. Examples of past articles
have included: "The new utopians and a truly
humane future", "Some Christian responses
to the genetic revolution", "The ethical
origins of the hospital in Judeo-Christian
tradition”, and "The ethics of advertising
strategies in the pharmaceutical industry."
Audience:
Professionals and students of medicine,
nursing, law, business, and applied sciences;
humanities scholars; and historians
MU Owns:
20(2004)-
Indexed:
Religion Index One; Religious and Theological
Abstracts; Philosopher’s Index
Fides
Et Historia
Publisher:
Conference on Faith and History
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.huntington.edu/cfh/cfh_fides.htm
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal focuses on the impact of Christianity
throughout history. Past issues have discussed
such topics as "Francis Grimke and the value
and limits of Carter Woodson’s model of
the progressive Black pastor", "Catherine
Beecher, America’s first female philosopher
and theologian", and "Kingdom’s expectations,
the Native American in the Puritan missiology
of John Winthrop and Roger Williams."
Audience:
Scholars and students interested in the
intersection of history and faith and the
intersection of the development of the Western
professionals.
MU Owns:
v.35 no.1 (winter/spring 2003)-
Indexed:
America: History and Life, Bibliography
of Asian Studies; Historical Abstracts;
ATLA: American Theological Library Association’
Database.
First
Things: The Journal of Religion and Public
Life
Publisher:
Institute of Religion and Public Life
Publisher Website:
http://www.firstthings.com
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal examines contemporary issues
at the junction of religion and public life.
First Things contains essays, articles,
and book reviews of an interdisciplinary
nature. Previous topics have included the
church as culture, ending of the pious wars,
Jane Austen: public theologian, Catholicism
as the other, and talking democracy.
Audience:
Scholars and students of religion in public
life
MU Owns:
no.140 (Feb 2004)-
Indexed:
Humanities Index; Periodicals Content Index
Guide
to Social Science & Religion in Periodical
Literature
Publisher:
National Periodical Library
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.nplguide.com/
Scope:
This guide indexed more than 100 journals
interested in social science and religion.
Every item in this guide is indexed by subject,
and each entry includes the name of the
periodical in which it was published, date,
volume and issue numbers, page number, author,
and the approximate number of words in the
article.
Audience:
Librarians, scholars, lay-persons, and students
MU Owns:
v.39 no.1-2 (2003)-
Indexed:
For the list of periodicals indexed, please
visit the publisher’s website at http://www.npl.com.
Hedgehog
Review
Publisher:
Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
Publisher's
Website: http://www.virginia.edu/iasc/hedgehog.html
Refereed:
Yes
Scope: Hedgehog
Review was founded in 1999 by the Institute
for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University
of Virginia. Scholars from multiple disciplines,
mainly humanities and social sciences, bring
together diverse viewpoints on one specific
topic presented in each issue. Topics previously
covered have included: "The Commodification
of Everything", "America in the World",
"Technology and the Human Person", "Globalization",
and Pragmatism". Topic-specific bibliographies
are included in every issue and recently
have been annotated.
Audience:
Students, faculty, and professionals working
in the areas of technology, culture, education,
medicine, philosophy
MU owns:
Volume 1: 1999-current issue
Indexed:
Bibliographic Index; CSA Worldwide Political
Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts); MLA: International Bibliography
of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages
and Literatures and Sociological Abstracts.
Holy
Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Publisher:
Sheffield Academic Press
Publisher Website:
http://www.continuumjournals.com/journals/index.asp?jref=8
Refereed:
No
Scope:
Scholars from history, sociology, culture,
religion, politics, and archeology contribute
to this journal. Subjects covered include
discussions of the Holy Land as a geographical
and cultural meeting-place, social history
of the inhabitants, pilgrimages throughout
history, modern nationalism, Israel, the
Arab-Israeli conflict, the political economy
of Israel-Palestine, democracy, religious
pluralism, modernity and postmodernism,
and interfaith dialogue.
Audience:
Scholars and students from multiple disciplines
interested in any aspect of the Holy Land.
MU Owns:
v.2 no.1 (Sep 2003)-
Indexed:
Index to Jewish Periodicals
Indian
Life
Publisher:
Intertribal Christian Communications
Publisher’s
Website: http://community.gospelcom.net/Brix?pageID=6052
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This bimonthly newspaper is based in Canada.
Previous issues have discussed topics such
as "life changed by God", "enduring people
of the Artic", "Freedom River receives positive
response", "North American first nation’s
set stage from Peru’s reconciliation report",
and "the creator’s way." Both short news
items and personal narratives also are included.
Audience:
Scholars and students interested in Native
American Christianity
Indexed:
No
MU Owns:
v.24 no.4 (Jan-Feb 2004)-
Interculture
Publisher:
Intercultural Institute of Montreal
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.iim.qc.ca/
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal is multidisciplinary and international
in scope. The journal discusses contemporary
human issues, finding alternative approaches
to these issues. Past articles have included:
"The Hindu and Haitian youth of Montreal
speak... about their community, identity,
marginality and help seeking strategies",
"Worldviews in collision: The challenge
of genetic engineering", and "At the Threshold
of the African Soul, the Fulani-Minianka
Way: a village voice". Included in the journal
are articles, essays, and book reviews.
Audience:
Scholars and students in sociology, social
work, anthropology, cultural studies, and
religious studies
MU Owns:
N/A yet
Indexed:
Religion Index One, Religion Index Two
International
Journal for the Psychology of Religion
Publisher:
Lawrence Earlbaum Associates
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.leaonline.com/loi/ijpr
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
Includes book reviews, essays, quantitative
research, commentaries, and authors' responses.
Previous essays included "Death-specific
religious beliefs and bereavement", "belief
in an afterlife and continued attachment",
and "psychological outlook on the concept
of transcendent actualization".
Audience:
Scholars, researchers and students of psychology
Indexed:
PsycINFO, Psychological Abstracts
MU Owns:
v.14 no.1 (2004)-
Islamic
Law and Society
Publisher:
Brill Academic Publishers
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.brill.nl/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
Abstracts, bibliographies, and book reviews
are included in this journal. This journal
is a forum for comparative scholarly research
on the issue of Islamic Law in both Muslim
and Non-Muslim countries. Theory and the
practice of law as well as historical, juridical,
and social-scientific perspectives of Islamic
law are discussed.
Audience:
Scholars, students, and practitioners of
law
MU Owns:
v.11 no.1(2004)-
Indexed: International
Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Japanese
Journal of Religious Studies
Publisher:
Nanzan Institute
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/jjrs.htm
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal is dedicated to publishing
scholarly research articles, essays, and
book reviews on Japanese religions. Topics
previously discussed include "theological
and scientific thinking about festivals",
"discussing the concept of upaya in Mahayana
Buddhism", "shamanism in Japan", and "what
religious concepts are in the Japanese folk
tale."
Audience:
Scholars, students of Religious Studies;
general readers wishing to learn more about
Asian religious practice
Indexed:
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Bibliography
of Asian Studies, Periodicals Contents Index,
Religion One Index, Religion Two Index
MU Owns:
N/A
Journal
of Comparative Sociology and Ethics
Publisher:
Universal Publications
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
social themes, the issue of ethics in an
information society, religion as a source
of information for comparative values in
post-industrial societies, and developing
economies
Audience:
Scholars and practitioners in public policy,
economics, and business
MU Owns:
Indexed:
ATLA Religion, Sociofile
Journal
of Communication and Religion
Publisher: The
Religious Communication Association
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rca/rcajournals.html
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal focuses on the intersection
of modes of communication and religion.
Past article titles have included "The humiliation
of the faith: Representation and evangelical
Christianity in the The Apostle", "Corresponding
Calvinism and capitalism: the letters of
Teunis van den Hoek", "The Quaker tapestry:
An artistic attempt to stitch together a
diverse religious community", and "Framing
social protest: The exodus narrative in
Martin Luther King’s Montgomery bus boycott
rhetoric."
Audience:
Students, scholars, and researchers of communication,
journalism, and religious studies
MU Owns:
N/A Yet
Indexed:
Family Index; Religion Index One
Journal
of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social
Work
Publisher:
Haworth Pastoral Press
Publisher's
Website: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/web/ECDSW/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal explores multicultural social
issues through research, theory, practice,
and the examination of social work policy.
Fields covered include social services,
health/mental health, education, economic
development and employment, social justice,
family, and children and the elderly. Quantitative
and qualitative empirical research is presented
along with theoretical articles associated
with social work issues, practices, and
problems related to ethnically diverse populations.
Book reviews are included.
Audience:
Researchers, students, and scholars of the
social sciences; educators; supervisors;
service providers; and social work practitioners.
MU Owns:
N/A yet
Indexed:
Social Work Abstracts, Ebscohost, PsycINFO,
Expanded Academic, Academic Search Elite,
and Sociological Abstracts
Journal
of Health Care Chaplaincy
Publisher: Haworth
Pastoral Press
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J080
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal addresses issues such as how
to perform effective pastoral care for patients
with dementia, chaplaincy and prison ministries,
working with administrators, the place of
forgiveness in health care, outpatient ministry
settings, how to collaborate with nurses
for the delivery of spiritual care, cost
and productivity issues for hospital chaplains.
The journal offers essays on current issues
concerning chaplains in the field of healthcare.
Audience:
Anyone who is interested in the intersection
between faith and healthcare.
MU Owns:
volume 13 issue 1-
Indexed:
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials,
MEDLINE, Social Work Abstracts and CINAHL
(Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health
Literature)
Journal
of IMA / Islamic Medical Association of
North America
Publisher:
Islamic Medical Association of North America
Publisher Website:
http://www.imana.org/jima.html
Refereed:
Scope:
articles range from the purely medical to
articles discussing the Islamic dimensions
of medical treatment
Audience:
Muslim medical professionals and students
and those seeking Muslim perspectives on
practical health care issues
MU Owns:
2001--
Indexed:
N/A
Journal
of Media and Religion
Publisher:
Erlbaum
Publisher Website:
http://www.leaonline.com/loi/jmr
Refereed:
No
Scope:
Journalism
Audience:
Faculty and students in the social sciences,
especially journalism and communications;
practicing journalists
MU Owns:
v.1 (2002)--
Indexed:
Psychinfo
Journal
of Multicultural Nursing and Health
Publisher: The
Center for the Study of Multiculturalism and
Health
Publisher’s
Website: http://www2.cecomet.net/eestar/jmcnh/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal offers research articles, analytical
reviews, commentaries, and analysis of political
issues pertaining to multiculturalism in
nursing education or health. The goal of
the journal is to serve as a vehicle for
the publication of culturally competent
research, conference proceedings, policy
decisions, and educational practices in
health care; add to the knowledge-base of
culture, language, health, and culture competency
in health care; stimulate the production
of ideas and exchange of information for
improving health care; and contribute to
the continuous total quality improvement
and acceptability of health care for minorities,
immigrants, ethnically diverse communities,
and society at large.
Audience:
Nurses, students, scholars, and healthcare
professionals
MU Owns:
volume 9 (2003) issue 3-
Indexed:
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and
Allied Health Literature), MEDLINE, Index
Medicus, and Nursing Abstracts.
Journal
of Religion & Abuse
Publisher: Haworth
Pastoral Press
Publisher's
Website: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J154
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal provides an interdisciplinary
forum for the development, dissemination,
and analysis of ideas and practical applications
which seek to respond to the widespread
realities of sexual and domestic violence.
Issues addressed include rape, sexual abuse
of children, incest, sexual harassment,
battering, child abuse and sexual abuse
by clergy and religious leaders. Articles
addressing these issues are included, as
are essays on sacred writings, liturgy,
theology, ethics, history, and book reviews.
Audience:
Religious leaders, healthcare practitioners,
students, and scholars interested in the
intersection of faith and abuse
MU Owns:
N/A yet
Indexed:
IBZ, Social Service Abstracts, Social Work
Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts
Journal
of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work
Publisher: Haworth
Pastoral Press
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/web/JRSSW/
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal (formally titled Social
Thought) provides social work professionals
with the latest research focusing on methods,
theories, and techniques relating to issues
of religion, social policy, and social work
practice. Articles topics have included
sectarian and nonsectarian approaches to
spirituality and ethics, justice and peace,
philosophically oriented aspects of religion
in the social services, conceptual frameworks,
and the philosophy of social work. Literature
reviews are also included.
Audience:
Human services practitioners, administrators,
students, and educators
MU Owns:
N/A yet
Indexed:
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts
(ASSIA), CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing
& Allied Health Literature), IBZ, Social
Service Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts,
Sociological Abstracts
Journal
of Religion in Africa
Publisher: The
African Association for the Study of Religion
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/trs/jra/aims.htm
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal focuses on religious traditions
and ritual practices in all parts of Africa.
It presents a multidisciplinary approach
(history, anthropology, political science,
sociology, missiology, literature) focusing
on theoretical analysis of African religions.
Book reviews are included.
Audience:
Scholars and students in religious studies,
literature, history, and the social sciences
MU Owns:
N/A
Indexed:
N/A
Journal
of Religion, Disability & Health
Publisher: Haworth
Publisher's
Website: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/web/JRDH/
Refereed: Yes
Scope:
This journal provides an interfaith, interdisciplinary
forum supporting people with disabilities
and their families by providing religious,
spiritual, clinical, educational, and scientific
perspectives. This journal focuses on research,
policies, and practices that combine religious
practitioners with healthcare professionals
and researchers to develop more holistic
supports and inclusive communities for people
with disabilities. Articles include research,
clinical and pastoral reflections, theory
and theology, and other media for spirituality
such as poetry, sermons, prayers, and stories.
Audience:
Individuals interested in learning more
about the intersection between disabilities,
health and religion; professionals who work
with the disabled
MU Owns:
N/A yet
Indexed:
Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts,
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied
Health Literature), IBZ, Social Services
Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts, Sociological
Abstracts
Journal
of Religious Gerontology
Publisher: Haworth
Publisher's
Website: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J078
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal offers an interdisciplinary,
interfaith perspective on the needs, aspirations,
and resources of the elderly. Topics include
spiritual insight, ethical issues, grief
and death, longterm care for the elderly,
and support systems for families of the
elderly. The journal aims to inform religious
leaders, educators, chaplains, lay spiritual
care leaders, and pastoral counselors about
developments in the field of religious gerontology.
Audience:
Religious professionals, pastors, religious
educators, chaplains, pastoral counselors,
social workers, and medical professionals
working with older adults
MU Owns:
NA
Indexed:
N/A
Journal
of the Society of Christian Ethics
Publisher: Georgetown
University Press
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.press.georgetown.edu
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal provides articles of interest
to scholars of religion, the social sciences,
and philosophy; professionals in law, medicine,
politics, and human services; and the clergy
and others working in Christian education
and social action programs. In every issue
includes a section devoted to bibliographic
resources.
Audience:
Scholars, students, and professionals
MU Owns:
v.23 no.1 (spring-summer 2003)-
Indexed:
Arts and Humanities Index, Religion One,
Religion Two, Philosopher’s Index, Current
Contents
Journal
of Religious Gerontology
Publisher: Haworth
Publisher's
Website: http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J078
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal offers an interdisciplinary,
interfaith perspective on the needs, aspirations,
and resources of the elderly. Topics include
spiritual insight, ethical issues, grief
and death, longterm care for the elderly,
and support systems for families of the
elderly. The journal aims to inform religious
leaders, educators, chaplains, lay spiritual
care leaders, and pastoral counselors about
developments in the field of religious gerontology.
Audience:
Religious professionals, pastors, religious
educators, chaplains, pastoral counselors,
social workers, and medical professionals
working with older adults
MU Owns:
NA
Indexed:
N/A
Journal
of Transcultural Nursing
Publisher:
Sage
Publisher Website:
http://www.sagepub.com/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
Serves as an international forum for researchers
who desire to share their ideas on culturally
congruent health care delivery
Audience:
Nurses and other health professionals; nursing
and medical students
MU Owns:
v. 11 (2000)--
Indexed:
CINAHL, Medline, Psychinfo
Mental
Health, Religion, and Culture
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13674676.asp
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal highlights current scholarly,
quantitative, and qualitative research in
the areas of mental health, religion, and
culture. Book reviews are included.
Audience:
Healthcare professionals, scholars, and
students
MU Owns:
v.1 no.1 (Mar 2004)-
Indexed:
PsycINFO, Social Sciences Index, Sociological
Abstracts and the Cumulative Index to Nursing
and Applied Health Literature (CINAHL)
Modern
Age
Publisher: Intercollegiate
Studies Institute Inc.
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.isi.org/journals/modern_age.html
Refereed:
No
Scope:
Modern Age is published quarterly
and contains book reviews, essays, and reconsiderations.
It was founded in 1957 by Russell Kirk and
promotes a conservative outlook on contemporary
issues.
Audience:
Scholars and students
MU Owns:
v.1(1957)-35, 36 no.1-2,4, v.45 no.3 (summer
2003)-
Indexed:
America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts,
Humanities Index, MLA
National
Guide to Funding in Religion
Publisher: Foundation
Center
Publisher's
Website: http://www.fdncenter.org
Refereed:
N/A
Scope:
This reference tool provides detailed fundraising
information on grant makers. Over 8,400
grant makers are included, as well as accompanying
addresses, contact names and financial data,
giving potential, giving statements, and
limitations, application guidelines and
the name of key officials and more.
Audience:
Anyone interested in obtaining grants in
the areas of religion
MU Owns:
7th (2003)-
Indexed:
N/A
National
Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
Publisher:
National Catholic Bioethics Center
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.ncbq.com/
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal covers all issues relating
morality and health care. It also addresses
the ethical, philosophical, and theological
questions raised by modern medical and technological
progress. Colloquy, essays, notes and abstracts,
and book reviews are included.
Audience:
Scholars and students, medical professionals,
and medical ethicists
MU Owns:
v.4 no.1 (spring 2004)-
Indexed:
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
New
Review of Bioethics
Publisher:
Carfax Publishing
Publisher's
Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17400287.asp
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal presents a multidisciplinary
forum for the discussion of the ethical,
legal, social, and political issues associated
with bioethics. Each issue takes a different
theme that reflect on the relation between
ethical theory and practice, the role of
social science and empirical research, and
the relationship between the disciplines
of bioethics.
Audience:
Mental Health Professionals, scholars and
students
MU Owns:
N/A
Indexed:
No
Parabola
Publisher:
Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition
Publisher's
Website: http://www.parabola.org/
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This periodical offers current research
and discussion centering on the concepts
of myth and traditions. Each issue takes
one specific topic and approaches it from
a multidisciplinary stance. Contemporary
essays and images are included. Every month
a new thematic issue is presented. One issue
entitled "Marriage" included articles such
as "The Tale of Baucis and Philemore: A
look at Ovid’s Story", "The Dame and the
Knight: women, men and the need for sovereignty",
and "Standing under the Mountain: to enter
a binding covenant." Book reviews, epicycles,
and letters to the editor are included.
Audience:
Scholars and students
MU Owns:
v.29 no.1 (spring 2004)-
Indexed:
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Humanities
Index, MLA, Periodicals Contents Index,
Religion One Index, Religion Two Index,
and Social Sciences Index
Pneuma
Publisher:
Brill Academic Publishers/Society for Pentecostal
Studies
Publisher’s
website: http://www.sps-usa.org/pneuma/index.html
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal includes scholarly articles,
essays, and book reviews on Pentecostal
and Charismatic churches.
Audience:
Scholars and students
MU Owns:
N/A
Indexed:
Religion Index One, Religion Index Two
Research
News and Opportunities in Science and Theology
Publisher:
Self-published
Publisher Website:
http://www.researchnewsonline.org/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This monthly international newspaper reports
on the latest research findings, funding
opportunities, and discussions on the relationship
between religion, science, and health.
Audience:
Those interested in science, health, and
religion; nurses, physicians, and other
medical professionals
MU Owns:
2003 issues
Indexed:
--
Sophia
Publisher:
Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.ashgate.com/subject_area/religion_theology/religion_journals.htm
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This international journal for philosophy
of religion, metaphysical theology and ethics
covers the broad spectrum of philosophy
of religion, including cross-cultural issues,
feminist theology, ethics, indigenous justice,
and eco-theology.
Audience:
Scholars and students
MU Owns:
N/A
Indexed:
Philosopher’s Index, Religion Index One,
Religion Index Two
Studies
in Religion/Sciences Religieuses
Publisher:
Canadian Corporation for the Studies in Religion
Publisher's
Website: http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This bilingual (English/French) Canadian
academic journal serves a wide range of
subfields in religious studies and theological
studies. Previous article titles have included
"Be kind to the Antichrist: Millenariansism
and religious tolerance in the Edict of
Pskov", "Points of contact: a Wachian reappraisal
of the African Orthodox Church and the early
steel industry of Sydney, Nova Scotia",
"Exhibiting the sacred: material objects,
religious history, and the Canadian Mueseum
of Civilization", "Leo Strauss and the politics
of biblical religion", and "Is Kai Nielsen
becoming a Wittgensteinian fideist?"
Audience:
Scholars and students of religious studies,
historians, professionals dealing with an
international clientele
MU Owns:
N/A
Indexed:
Bibliography of Asian Studies, MLA, Arts
and Humanities Citation Index
Studies
in World Christianity
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Publisher’s
Website: http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/Newweb/journals/WorldChris/
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This intercultural and interdisciplinary
journal highlights issues relative to Christianity
in a global environment. Studies in World
Christianity discusses new forms of
Christianity, new challenges, new forms
of non-Western religious cultures, and reviews
of relevant publications in this field.
Articles, essays, and book reviews are included.
Audience:
Scholars and students of Christianity; professionals
dealing with international or immigrant
clientele and/or colleagues
MU Owns:
N/A yet
Indexed:
Religion Index One
Technology
in Society
Publisher:
Pergamon
Publisher's
Website: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/384/description#description
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This journal focuses on the role of technology
in society, including articles on economic,
political, and cultural issues and the social
forces that shape technological decision
making.
Audience:
Sociologists, social scientists, professionals
in various fields who make decisions regarding
technology
MU Owns:
v.26 no.1 (Jan 2004)-
Indexed:
Social Science Citation Index, Communication
Abstracts, Bibliography of Asian Studies,
and Psychological Abstracts
Theology
Today
Publisher:
Princeton Theological Seminary
Publisher's
Website: http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
This a quarterly ecumenical journal of Christian
theology publishes articles on a wide range
of classical and contemporary issues. Previous
issued have discussed Bible translations,
business and religion, campus ministry,
Christian education, cultural anthropology
and theology, modernism and postmodernism,
cultural theology, hermeneutics, and newer
theologies. Articles, essays, poetry, book
notes, and book reviews are included in
each issue.
Audience:
Scholars, students, and theologians
MU Owns:
1(1944)-2,4-33,35-56,v.60 no.4 (Jan 2004)-
Indexed:
IBZ, Religion One Index, Religion Index
Two, Social Sciences Citation Index, and
the Humanities Index
Tikkun
Publisher:
Institute for Labor and Mental Health
Publisher's
Website: http://www.tikkun.org
Refereed:
No
Scope:
Tikkun began publication in 1986
as "the liberal alternative to the voices
of Jewish conservatism…and as the spiritual
alternative to the voices of materialism
and selfishness in Western society." Tikkun
provides a forum for both affiliated and
non-affiliated Jews who seek to renew their
Judaism and a space for Jews and non-Jews
alike to shape a politics out of spiritual
values. "Tikkun" means to transform, heal
and repair in Hebrew. In each issue, Tikkun
prints articles which show a path for renewing
Jewish spiritual practices, along with three
supplemental worksheets on practical-religious
topics. Website reviews, book reviews, articles,
and essays are included in each issue.
Audience:
Scholars, students, and practitioners
MU Owns:
March-April 2004 19:2
Indexed:
NA
Voices
from the Third World
Publisher:
Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians
Publisher’s
Website: N/A
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal takes a thematic approach to
presenting quantitative and qualititative
scholarly articles. Previous topics have
included war and globalization and interreligious
and gender issues.
Audience:
Scholars and students interested in religious
perspectives from third world countries
MU Owns:
December 2003 26:2
Indexed:
N/A
Well
Being Journal
Publisher:
Well Being Incorporated
Publisher's
Website: http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/
Refereed:
No
Scope:
This journal publishes articles on natural
healing, nutrition, herbs, and spirituality
and its relation to health. Previous articles
have included "Choose Your Fats Wisely",
"ADD: What Are We Doing to Our Children?",
"Take the Fear Out of Eating Healthy Fats,"
"Pack It in Potato, Upgrading to Pasture-Fed,
Irradiated Food in School Lunches", and
"Soul Nutrition: Power vs Force".
Audience:
Practitioners who would like learn about
"alternative" health (some of which is spiritual)
and health ethics
MU Owns:
March-April 2004 13:2-
Indexed:
N/A
Worldviews:
Environment, Culture, Religion
Publisher:
Brill
Publisher Website:
http://www.brill.nl
Refereed:
Yes
Scope:
Interdisciplinary journal on the environmental
understandings, perceptions, and practices
of different cultures and religious traditions
Audience:
Environmental engineers, social scientists,
students, lay readers interested in environmental
ethics
MU Owns:
Indexed:
NA
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