Equinox Publishing Ltd


Australian Religion Studies Review

Editors
Roxanne Marcotte

Reviews Editor
Please send books for review to:
Paul Fuller
Department of Studies in Religion, Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Australian Religion Studies Review is the leading peer-reviewed journal of the Pacific region dealing with all aspects of the academic study of religion. Now in its twentieth year, the journal is committed to presenting cutting edge research from the Pacific region and elsewhere from both established and new scholars. As well as articles it publishes book and film reviews, conference reports, and the annual lecture delivered to members of its partner organisation, the Australian Association for the Study of Religion. Every second issue is thematic and calls for papers for upcoming issues can be found below under “Announcements”.

Members of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion receive the Journal with annual membership. For details please contact Angela Coco, Membership Treasurer.

Recent Articles

  • Ivan Strenski Economic Globalization and Natural Law Theology Vol 16 (2)
  • Riaz Hassan On being Religious: A study of Christian and Muslim Piety in Australia Vol 15 (1)
  • Paul James God Bless America: From a National Covenant to the Global War on Terrorism Vol 16(2)
  • Mervyn F. Bendle Reflexive Spirituality and Metanoia in High Modernity Vol 16(1)
  • Majella Franzmann Old Masters and New Allies: The way forward for Studies in Religion Vol 17(1)
  • Marion Maddox All in the Family: Women, Religion and the Australian Right Vol 15(2)
  • Anne Pattel-Gray The Aboriginal Process of Inculturation Vol 17(1)
  • Philip Hughes, Alan Black, John Bellamy and Peter Kaldor Identity and Religion in Contemporary Australia Vol 17(1)
  • Vinay Lal India in the World: Hinduism, the Diaspora and the Anxiety of Influence Vol 16(2)


Published three times a year: April, September, December
ISSN: 1031-2943 (print)
ISSN: 1744-9014 (online)

Editorial Address: Send all queries to Roxanne Marcotte, School HPRC, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.

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Black Theology: An International Journal

Editor Dr. Anthony G. Reddie
The Queen's Foundation, Somerset Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2QH

Reviews Editor
Revd Dr Michael Jagessar
Please send Books for review in Black Theology to:
39 Mariner Avenue, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9DF

Black Theology: An International Journal provides a forum for the articulation and expression of issues of faith among Black people across the world. Contributions explore the nature of the Black religious experience in relation to African, Caribbean, American or Asian origins and other relevant contexts. The journal takes particular care to offer carefully researched articles relevant to the growing number of courses on Black studies in institutes of higher education while also being accessible and relevant to the wider pastoral community. Types of articles include theological reflection, ethnologies and qualitative surveys or historical analyses written from religious studies, theological, anthropological or other social science perspectives. Each issues includes book reviews and a listing of books received. Prior to 2003 the journal was known as Black Theology in Britain.

The journal provides:

  • A forum for theological expression by Black people
  • Education for church and community on Black concerns
  • Religious, social and cultural information on, and critique of, the Black experience across the many
    varied contexts where Black theological issues are discussed.
  • An avenue for the publication of research findings on Black issues
  • Reviews of relevant books, music and media.

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    Publication April, August, November
    ISSN 1476-9948 (print)
    ISSN 1743-1670 (online)

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    Buddhist Studies Review

    General Editor
    peter.harvey@sunderland.ac.uk

    Book Review Editor
    Alice Collett Please send books for review in Buddhist Studies Review to:
    Alice Collett
    Department of Theology and Religious Studies, York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York UK YO31 7EX

    Buddhist Studies Review is published by Equinox on behalf of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies. The Association was founded in 1996 and two years later took over publication of Buddhist Studies Review, which had been run since 1983 by Russell Webb and Sara Boin-Webb. Membership in the Association includes a subscription to the journal among other benefits.

    The journal seeks to publish quality, peer-reviewed articles on any aspect of Buddhism, covering the different cultural areas where Buddhism exists or has existed (in South, Southeast, Central and East Asia); historical and contemporary aspects (including developments in 'Western' Buddhism); theoretical, practical and methodological issues; textual, linguistic, archaeological and art-historical studies; and different disciplinary approaches to the subject (e.g. Archaeology, Art History, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative Religion, Law, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, Philology, Psychology, Religious Studies, Theology). It will consider articles from both established scholars and research students, from the UK or elsewhere.

    Articles of Note from Recent Issues

    K.R.Norman
    Translating the Suttanipāta, 2004, Vol.21
    Thich Huyen-Vi & Bhikkhu Pāsādika
    Ekottarāgama XXV-XXXIV, spread through Vols.16-21
    Peter Harvey
    Coming to be and Passing Away: Buddhist Reflections on Embryonic Life, Dying and Organ Donation, 2001 Vol.18
    Ann Heirmann
    The Parājikā Precepts for Nuns, 2003, Vol.20
    Robert Bluck
    The Path of the Householder: Buddhist Lay Disciples in the Pāli Canon, 2002, Vol.19
    Lance Cousins
    On the Vibhajjavādins, 2001, Vol.18
    Yoshinori Onishi
    Is the Astasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra really arguing against the Sarvāstivādins?, 1999, Vol.20
    Andrew Skilton
    An Early Mahāyāna Transformation of the Story of Kṣāntivādin- "The Teacher of Patience”, 2002, Vol.19
    Ian Harris
    Buddhist Sangha Groupings in Cambodia, 2001, Vol.18
    John Peacock
    The Ethics of Thoughtlessness: The Problem of Ethics in rDzogs Chen Thought, 2003, Vol.20
    Sam van Schaik
    The Great perfection and the Chinese Monk: rNying-ma-pa Defences of Hwa-Sang Mahāyāna in the Eighteenth Century, 2003, Vol.20
    T.H.Barrett Stūpa, Sūtra and Sarīra in China c. 656-706 C.E., 2001, Vol.18
    John Crook
    Language and Freedom: Meaning in Zen, 1999, Vol.16
    John Pickering
    On the Interaction of Buddhism and Psychology, 2003, Vol.20
    Richard Gombrich
    Fifty years of Buddhist Studies in Britain 2005, Vol.22


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    Publication and Frequency May and November
    ISSN: 0265-2897 (print)
    ISSN: 1743-1638 (online)

    Editorial Address: Peter Harvey, School of Art, Design, Media and Culture, Priestman Building, Green Terrace, Sunderland SR2 3PZ.

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    Bulletin for the Study of Religion

    Editor
     Craig Martin, St. Thomas Aquinas College

    The CSSR Bulletin is one of the oldest North American publications in the study of religion and has one of the largest circulations of any periodical in the discipline. It has been published by the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion for 38 years. It will move to Equinox in 2010 (volume 39) – with a slight change of title to Bulletin for the Study of Religion -- at the same time that the Council itself is disbanded.

    Under the continuing editorship of Craig Martin (St. Thomas Aquinas College, NY) the Bulletin will explore a wide array of topics and provide a space for interdisciplinary conversations. It will remain especially relevant to newcomers to the field who are interested in becoming aware of field-wide discussions. Articles address issues related to method and theory, pedagogical practice, the history of the field, all of which have stimulated critical reflection and debate. The Bulletin will also continue to showcase new innovations in the discipline and to feature the work of both seasoned and emerging scholars alike, as well as highlighting work carried out in graduate programs around the world.

    The Bulletin continues to publish a combination of invited "Essays on" which survey the field, regular commentaries, reviews and interviews. Future issues will include a Retrospective on Bruce Lincoln's Discourse and the Construction of Society and issues featuring essays on "Religion and War", "Religion and Secularism in Turkey", "Queer Pedagogy in the Discipline of Religion" and a special issue on "Religion in the Public Sphere". The Bulletin is also introducing a regular section, "Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion". To suggest a topic to be featured or a special issue, please contact the editor at the address below. The Bulletin also invites submissions for publication in its peer-review section. To submit an article, please go to the For Authors page and submit online.

    From 2010 the Bulletin will be published online as well as in print and in the course of 2010/2011 much of the back issue content will be digitized and added to the site. At the same time, more electronic features are added to ensure that the Bulletin remains ahead of the field and a lively resource for everyone with an interest in the academic study of religion.





    Publication Frequency: Feb, April, September and November
    ISSN: 2041-1863 (Print)
    ISSN: 2041-1871 (Online)

    Editorial Address:
    Craig Martin
    St. Thomas Aquinas College
    Sparkill, NY 10976
    USA

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    Comparative and Continental Philosophy

    Editor: David Jones,
    Kennesaw State University


    Associate Editors

    Michael Schwartz, Augusta State University
    Jason Wirth, Seattle University


    Review Editor: Jason Wirth, Seattle University



    Comparative and Continental Philosophy is a peer-reviewed and fully refereed journal that appears bi-annually and publishes leading edge papers by internationally respected scholars in comparative and continental philosophy. Sponsored by the Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle (www.comcontphilosophy.org), Comparative and Continental Philosophy is a seriously minded, yet interesting, academic journal that is accessible to a wide range of readers from various disciplines such as philosophy, religion, art history, comparative literature, critical theory, phenomenological psychology, and cultural theory. Although anchored in the discipline of philosophy and designed to provide a much needed niche in the natural development of continental philosophy into other nonwestern ways of thinking, submissions are welcomed from other disciplines as well and need not be necessarily comparative in nature. For comparative submissions, Asia is our primary focus, but we welcome papers devoted to any non-western region, especially Africa, and comparative continental and Anglo-American philosophy. The Journal also includes papers on critical spirituality that discuss inter-cultural encounters and address understanding through meditative thinking and papers on contemporary feminism.



    In general, the editorial board of Comparative and Continental Philosophy takes seriously a broad array of contemporary engagements with texts that open discussions and welcomes innovative submissions from authors.



    Contents of Inaugural Issue



    ARTICLES


    Step Back and Encounter: From Continental to Comparative Philosophy

    Bret W. Davis



    Kuki Shūzō and the Question of Hermeneutics

    Ōhashi Ryōsuke



    Qui est le Zarathoustra de Nietzsche?

    Françoise Dastur (Translated by David Farrell Krell)



    Forever Younger: A Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone

    David Farrell Krell



    Sacred Syllogisms and Song for the Ecology of Mind

    Elizabeth B. Sikes



    The Demand of Freedom in Kant’s Critique of Judgment

    James Risser



    The Other of Contemporary Discourse about the Other:
    Plato’s (not the Platonic) Idea of the Good

    Burt C. Hopkins



    Plato Encounters Zen – atop the Mountain Peaks of Iran

    Joseph Lawrence



    BOOK REVIEWS


    Appeal and Attitude: Prospects for Ultimate Meaning by Steven G. Smith

    Reviewed by Verna Ehret



    Hegel on Hamann, translated from the German and with an introduction by Lisa Marie Anderson

    Reviewed by Jason Wirth




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    Published twice a year: May & November

    ISSN: 1757-0638 (print)

    ISSN: 1757-0646 (online)

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    Comparative Islamic Studies

    Editor: Brannon Wheeer

    Director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, United States Naval Academy

    Book Review Editor: Kathryn Kueny

    Please send Books for review to:

    Kathryn Kueny

    Fordham University

    Lincoln Center

    113 West 60th Street

    New York, NY 10023

    USA


    Comparative Islamic Studies focuses on integrating Islamic studies into the more general theoretical and methodological boundaries of liberal arts disciplines with an emphasis on those disciplines most closely aligned with the contemporary study of religion (e.g. anthropology, art history, classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology). Particular attention will be given to articles and reviews which reflect how Islamic materials can challenge and contribute to generic categories, theories and questions of method in the general study of religion. The journal provides the opportunity for expert scholars of Islam to demonstrate the more general significance of their research both to comparativists and to specialists working in other areas.



    Articles are to be explicitly comparative in their focus and scope, and should clearly articulate both the reasons for selecting to compare certain phenomena and the theoretical conclusions to be drawn from the comparison. Comparisons may be between Islamic and non-Islamic materials or within and among Islamic materials. Some examples include analyses of Bible and Quran along with Jewish, Christian and Muslim exegesis; studies of rituals, canonical texts, myths, and ideeologies; sociological categories investigating prophet figures, holy people, saints and sufis; and comparisons of theology, philosophy and mysticism.



    Attention to Islamic materials from outside the central Arabic lands is of special interest, as are comparisons which stress the diversity of Islam as it interacts with changing human conditions. Articles may also concentrate on the methodological and theoretical implications of doing comparative analysis.



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    Published: June and December

    ISSN:1740-7125 (print)

    ISSN:1747-9681 (online)



    Editorial Address:

    Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, 107 Maryland Avenue, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402-5044, USA

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    Communication & Medicine

    Editor
    Srikant Sarangi
    Cardiff University, UK


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    Since its inception in 2004, Communication & Medicine has been consistently interrogating the `black box’ of what is routinely characterised as `the communicative turn’ in healthcare practice in clinical and public health domains. It is now firnly established as a leading forum for these critical debates.



    Notice Regarding Volumes 1-4


    For print copies of Volumes 1-4 as well as online access for those issues please contact the former publisher, Mouton De Gruyter.




    Aims and Scope

    Communication & Medicine continues to abide by the following distinctive aims:



    • To consolidate different traditions of discourse and communication research in its commitment to an understanding of psychosocial, cultural and ethical aspects of healthcare in contemporary societies.



    • To cover the different specialities within medicine and allied healthcare studies.



    • To underscore the significance of specific areas and themes by bringing out special issues from time to time.



    • To be fully committed to publishing evidence-based, data-driven original studies with practical application and relevance as key guiding principles.



    • To be targeted at an interdisciplinary audience, which will include healthcare professionals and researchers and students in the medical, social and human sciences.



    • To promote a reader-friendly style and format, including engagements with debates and dialogues on crosscutting themes of topical significance.



    The editor is supported by an internationally acclaimed, interdisciplinary advisory board, selectively drawn to represent the well-established traditions of the medical, social and human sciences.



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    Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts

    MEDLINE

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    Publication and Frequency: May and November

    ISSN: 1612-1783 (print)

    ISSN: 1613-3625 (online)



    Professor Srikant Sarangi

    Health Communication Research Centre

    Cardiff University

    Humanities Building

    Colum Drive

    Cardiff CF10 3EU (UK)

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    Critical Horizons

    Editors
    Jay M. Bernstein, New School for Social Research,
    Jean-Philippe Deranty, Macquarie University
    Emmanuel Renault, Ecole Normale Supérieure
    John Rundell, University of Melbourne

    Coordinating Editor Danielle Petherbridge, University College Dublin

    Review Editors
    Jean-Philippe Deranty, Macquarie University
    Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University
    Books for review should be sent to:
    Critical Horizons
    Philosophy Department
    Macquarie University
    North Ryde
    NSW, 2109
    Australia

    Aesthetics Editor
    Alison Ross, Monash University

    Critical Horizons works at the intersection of philosophy, aesthetics and social and critical theory. It brings together a unique combination of perspectives to create a vibrant forum for critical analysis and creative dissonance. Critical Horizons is dedicated to publishing original analyses of contemporary social and cultural life from those working at the forefront of critical thinking as well as new generations of critical theorists from across a broad range of cultural contexts and theoretical traditions.

    Critical Horizons publishes articles from critical theorists working in social and political philosophy, aesthetics, spatial and urban theory, anthropology, history of ideas, film and art theory, gender studies, comparative literature, social and critical theory.

    Critical Horizons is an internationally refereed journal and has published the work of Etienne Balibar, Andrew Bowie, Fred Dallmayr, Manfred Frank, Agnes Heller, Dieter Henrich, Axel Honneth, Martin Jay, Richard Kearney, Alphonso Lingis, Paul Patton, Jacques Rancière, Emmanuel Renault, and Richard Rorty. The journal is published three times a year.

    Praise for Critical Horizons
    “Critical Horizons offers more cutting-edge research in social and critical philosophy than any other journal currently in circulation. Unlike other journals in its area, it covers the entire gamut of European critical theory and features a remarkably international cast of contributors, which includes world renowned thinkers as well as younger scholars who are making their mark in their respective fields. It is indispensable reading for anyone interested in social and critical theory.” – David Ingram, Loyola University, Chicago

    “It is an honour to be published by Critical Horizons, where all the active currents of contemporary critical theory find a perfect place to express their latest debates and confront their research programs.” – Etienne Balibar, Université de Paris X-Nanterre and University of California, Irvine

    “Critical Horizons is one of the very best journals in the field of critical thought, a meeting place for some of the best and most internationally renowned philosophers and theoreticians as well as a number of younger people with brilliant ideas.” – Albrecht Wellmer, Free University of Berlin

    “Critical Horizons is unique among philosophy and critical theory journals because it brings together the whole range of perspectives and traditions in contemporary critical thought. It has become the place to watch for new currents in critical and social thought, and also makes telling contributions to established debates. Critical Horizons is a must for everyone working in the humanities and social sciences.” – Andrew Bowie, Royal Holloway, University of London

    Publication Frequency: April, August, December

    ISSN: 1440-9917 (Print)
    ISSN: 1568-5160 (Online)

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    Expositions

    Senior Editors

    John Doody

    Villanova University, USA

    Kim Paffenroth

    Iona College, USA


    Book Review Editor

    John Paul Spiro
    Villanova University, USA
    Books for review should be sent to:

    Villanova Center for Liberal Education, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA


    Expositions is a journal where scholars from multiple disciplines gather as colleagues to converse about common texts and questions in the humanities. Instigating these conversations is the work of the Villanova Center for Liberal Education, which publishes the journal to serve its own thinking and that of comparable institutions across the globe. Acting on the Augustinian principle that nothing human is foreign to the sympathetic heart, we seek articles, interdisciplinary exchanges, and briefer “notes, insights, and flashes” that benefit teaching, research, and the life of the academy.




    Beginning with Volume 4 (2010), the journal will be published by Villanova University. Please consult the journal editors for more information.



    Editorial Address

    Peter Busch peter.busch@villanova.edu

    Villanova Center for Liberal Education, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA


    ISSN: 1747-5368 (print)

    ISSN: 1747-5376 (online)

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    Fieldwork in Religion

    Editors:
    andrew.dawson@lancaster.ac.uk
    geavesr@hope.ac.uk


    Book Reviews Editor:
    Please send Books for review in Fieldwork in Religion to:
    G.D.Chryssides@bham.ac.uk.
    University of Birmingham, Elmfield House, College Walk, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6LG



    Fieldwork in Religion is an internationally peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal. The journal publishes articles, review essays and book reviews relevant to the theoretical engagement with and practical undertaking of fieldwork in religion. Submissions are welcome from any disciplinary perspective, theoretical paradigm or methodological approach. Although the journal specialises in contemporary matters, historical treatments with direct relevance to modern-day fieldwork in religion will be considered for publication.


    Publication: May and November
    ISSN: 1743-0615 (print)
    ISSN: 1743-0623 (online)


    Editorial Addresses
    Andrew Dawson
    Department of Religious Studies
    Bowland North
    Lancaster University
    Lancaster, LA1 4YN

    Ron Geaves
    Department of Theology and Religious Studies
    Liverpool Hope University
    Hope Park
    Liverpool, L16 9JD

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    Gender and Language

    Co-editors

    Bonnie McElhinny

    University of Toronto, Canada



    Ann Weatherall
    Victoria University of Wellington
    New Zealand



    For general inquries, please contact:General Inquiries




    Book Review Editor

    Chantal Tetreault

    Send Books for Review to: Gender & Language/Reviews
    Dept. of Anthropology, 247 Barnard
    University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    9201 University City Blvd.
    Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, USA




    There are many journals focused on gender and many devoted to language. Most of these sometimes publish articles on language and gender. There is, however, currently no single scholarly journal to which those interested in gender and language can turn as contributors looking for an audience sharing their focus or as readers seeking a reliable source for on-going discussions in the field. Gender and Language fills the gap by offering an international forum for research on and debates about feminist research on gender and language.Gender and Language showcases research on femininities and masculinities, on heterosexual and queer identities, on gender at the level of individual performance or perception and on gender at the level of institutions and ideologies.



    As a point of departure, Gender and Language defines gender along two key dimensions. First, gender is a key element of social relationships often loosely linked to perceived differences between the sexes. Gender relations are encoded in linguistic and symbolic representations, normative concepts, social practices, institutions and social identities. Second, gender is a primary arena for articulating power, intersecting in complex ways with other axes of inequality, like class, race, and sexuality. Gender is understood as multi-faceted, always changing, and often contested: the editors welcome discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of competing definitions of gender and of new analytical perspectives.



    The journal encourages discussion and debate about the implications of different definitions of gender and different approaches to analyzing the production and interpretation of texts and speech. It welcomes research employing a range of linguistic approaches (e.g. conversation analysis, discourse and text analysis, ethnography of communication, pragmatics, variationist sociolinguistics, interactional sociolinguistics, stylistics) and from a variety of disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, women and gender studies, education, philosophy, psychology, folklore, sociology, communication studies, queer studies, literary and cultural studies, as it aims to foster interdisciplinary discussion and dialogue among these disciplines.



    About IGALA
    Gender & Language is published in association with the International Gender & Language Association (IGALA).Learn more about the Association by going to IGALA. You can join IGALA as a regular member from the Equinox website by going to the subscription pages and chosing IGALA membership. Regular Membership includes a subscription to the journal.



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    Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents



    Publication Frequency: twice a year: January and June

    ISSN: 1747-6321 (print)

    ISSN: 1747-633X (online)

    First issue: Volume 1.1 (January 2007)

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    Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics

    Editor: Calum Mackellar, Scottish Council on Human Bioethics



    Associate Editors:
    Donna Dickenson, University of Bristol
    David Albert Jones St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham


    Book Review Editor: Rodney Taylor, St. Mary's University College
    Send books for review to:

    Centre for Bioethics & Emerging Technologies

    St Mary's University College

    Waldegrave Road

    Strawberry Hill

    TW1 4SX




    Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics fills the need for a publication that anticipates research trends while also informing an international public of the important issues and developments in these fields of bioethics. Beginning with Volume 16 (2010) it will be published by Equinox in print and online.



    The journal aims to encourage serious contributions on the ethical perspectives of human reproduction and genetics without specifications of discipline whether industry, philosophy, medicine, theology, ethics, natural science, jurisprudence or economy. All articles are accepted with the aim of bringing the contributions to as large a spectrum of interested people as possible.


    The journal was founded in 1995 as the European Journal of Genetics in Society (ISSN: 1023-9022) but changed to the current title in 1998.



    HRGE is one of the most important international journals in its field. It is indispensable to those seeking to discuss the ethical consequences of developments in human reproduction and genetics.




    Publication Frequency: May and November



    ISSN: 1028-7825 (Print)

    ISSN: 2043-0469 (Online)




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    Editorial Address

    Dr. Calum Mackellar

    Director of Research

    Scottish Council on Human Bioethics

    15 Morningside Road

    Edinburgh EH10 4DP

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    Implicit Religion

    Editor Edward Bailey
    Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion
    and Contemporary Spirituality (CSIRCS)

    Book Reviews
    Please send books for review to:
    CSIRCS, The Old School, Church Lane, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PY

    Implicit religion refers to those aspects of ordinary life which seem to contain an inherently religious element within them - whether or not they are expressed in ways that are traditionally described as 'religious'.

    This international journal welcomes papers on theory and evidence in the study of religion and secularity, and those which explore the relationship between the context and dynamism of religious and secular phenomena. It is particularly concerned with religious life outside the boundaries of the churches/organized religion in post-modernity. The aim of Implicit Religion is to enhance our general understanding of human behaviour, through the insights developed by the academic study of religion.

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    Publication: April, July and November
    ISSN 1463 9955 (print)
    ISSN 1743-1697 (online)

    Editorial Address
    CSIRCS, The Old School, Church Lane, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PY

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    International Journal for the Study of New Religions

    Editors


    Carole Cusack, University of Sydney, Australia
    Liselotte Frisk, Dalarna University, Sweden





    IJSNR is published in cooperation with The International Society for the Study of New Religions (ISSNR). The term “New Religions” can be defined in several ways. ISSNR and IJSNR has chosen to adopt a broad definition. In the narrow sense, “New Religions” is a term applied especially to religious phenomena that emerged in the West after the mid-1900s. More widely understood, the term can also include older religious movements or organizations that are “new” in a specific historical context. The term encompasses organized groups as well as less organized movements or observable trends. Many of these groups and movements are international and can be found in numerous countries. There are also new religious movements that are specific to a particular country or to a particular area of the world. In recent decades, new religions or new religious movements outside of the Western context have attracted attention. Additionally, the concept of New Religions includes less organized phenomena, such as the so-called New Age and alternative spirituality, as well as new expressions within established religions.



    The International Journal for the Study of New Religions considers submissions from both established scholars and research students from all over the world. Articles should be written for a general scholarly audience. All articles are refereed. Each issue includes articles and a number of book reviews.The editor will not consider manuscripts that are under consideration by another publisher. It is assumed that once submitted, to IJSNR, articles will not be sent to other publishers until a decision about inclusion has been reached. Material must not have been previously published in exactly the same format. The journal is published simultaneously in print and online.



    Publication and Frequency: May and November

    ISSN: 2041-9511 (print)

    ISSN: 2041-952X (online)

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    International Journal of Speech Language and the Law

    Editors


    Ron Butters, Duke University, USA

     Diana Eades, University of New England, Australia

    Peter French, JP French Associates & University of York, UK

    Michael Jessen, Bundeskriminalamt, Germany



    Reviews Editor
    Please send books for Review to:
    Philip Gaines

    Department of English

    Montana State University

    Wilson Hall 2-176

    Bozeman, MT 59717

    USA



    Ph.D Abstracts Editor Please send abstracts of Ph.D.theses for Notice to:

    Nicci MacLeod
    School of Languages & Social Sciences,
    Aston University,
    Aston Triangle,
    Birmingham,
    B4 7ET



    Once confirmed, abstracts will be freely accessible online and will appear in the printed edition of the journal.



    To submit an article to IJSLL you will need to register as an author.     Click here to begin the article submission process.



    Mission Statement



    The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on any aspect of forensic language, speech and audio analysis. Founded in 1994 as Forensic Linguistics, the journal changed to its present title in 2003 to reflect a broadening of academic coverage and readership. Subscription to the journal is included in membership of the International Association of Forensic Linguists and the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics.



    The journal also carries reports on legal cases, Ph.D abstracts, conference reports and book reviews.


    Recent articles include:


    • experimental investigations of phonetic parameters to assess their value in forensic speaker identification

    • experimental investigations of different recording media

    • experimental investigations of lay listeners’ perceptions of speech and non-speech sounds

    • analyses of court transcripts

    • analyses of talk in legal settings

    • demonstrations of software programs for analysis of plagiarism

    • demonstrations of analytic tools for tape authentication

    • discussions of the application of Bayesian statistics to language analysis

    • discussions of problems in transcription of spoken language

    • discussions of the use of language analysis in determining asylum claims



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    Publication and Frequency: June and December

    ISSN: 1748-8885 (print) (formerly Forensic Linguistics: 1350-1771)

    ISSN: 1748-8893 (online)

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    Jazz Research Journal

    Editors

    Catherine Tackley The Open University

    Tony Whyton University of Salford



    Jazz Research Journal explores a range of cultural and critical views on jazz. The journal celebrates the diversity of approaches found in jazz scholarship and provides a forum for interaction and the cross-fertilisation of ideas. It is a development and extension of The Source: Challenging Jazz Criticism founded in 2004 at the Leeds College of Music.



    The journal aims to represent a range of disciplinary perspectives on jazz, from musicology to film studies, sociology to cultural studies, and offers a platform for new thinking on jazz. In this respect, the editors particularly welcome articles that challenge traditional approaches to jazz and encourage writings that engage with jazz as a discursive practice.



    Jazz Research Journal publishes original and innovative research that either extends the boundaries of jazz scholarship or explores themes which are central to a critical understanding of the music, including the politics of race and gender, the shifting cultural representation of jazz, and the complexity of canon formation and dissolution.



    In addition to articles, the journal features a reviews section that publishes critical articles on a variety of media, including recordings, film, books, educational products and multimedia publications.



    Jazz Research Network members can subscribe to the journal at a discount.


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    Publication and Frequency May and November



    ISSN: 1753-8637 (print)

    ISSN: 1753-8645(online)

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    Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism

    Editor
    Andreas Önnerfors, University of Sheffield

    Reviews Editor
    Please send books for review to:
    Róbert Péter
    Dept. of History
    University of Sheffield
    Jessop West
    11 Upper Hanover Street
    Sheffield, S3 7RA

    We are pleased to announce the launch of The Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism, the first academic journal dedicated to scholarly contributions in an ever-growing area of research.

    The journey towards the establishment of research into freemasonry and fraternalism as an academic topic took more than two hundred and fifty years. When in 1717 four lodges in London decided to form the first Grand lodge, an amazing development in associational life in Europe began. Freemasonry in our understanding has however to be subsumed under a larger scope of analysis -- fraternalism, meaning an element of human culture and nature that represents the idea of organized community. Fraternal associations ranging from the garden of Epicure via the guilds of the Middle Ages to communities on the Internet share common features and inner dynamics. Freemasonry is a very well developed and documented fraternal organization and it makes sense to study it in its own right. However we will probably never reach a full comprehension of one of the most fascinating and thought-provoking phenomena in human culture if it is not properly contextualized. Hence we invite contributions in the special field of freemasonry as much as in the wider field of fraternalism.

    As freemasonry and related organizations attracted intellectuals it does not surprise that many of them had a deep interest in researching its history, origin and symbolism. In the first phase members of these organizations produced investigations and surveys on these topics, leading in the 19th century to the establishment of internal research organizations such as the lodge of research Quatuor Coronati in London. But it was a century later freemasonry eventually became an academic subject. It is thanks to the groundbreaking contributions by scholars during the last decades of the 20th century that Academia became aware of a long-neglected topic. Since then, academic chairs and centers devoted to freemasonry have been established and a growing number of researchers in various fields -- ranging from 18th century scholars to religious and art historians -- devote themselves to the fascinating world of fraternal organizations. They apply various methods and theories: analyze the roll of gender, music or initiation rituals, the implications for the formation of national identity in different parts of the world, the colonial history or the networks and membership structures of these organizations, to mention just a few of the approaches.

    The journal is intended to create a bridge between different traditions of scholarship and hence we welcome contributions in French as well as English.



    Academic Society for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism

    Click here for an application to join the ASRFF. Membership includes a subscription to the journal.



    Publication and Frequency March and September
    ISSN: 1757-2460 (print)
    ISSN: 1757-2479 (online)

    Editorial Address:
    Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism
    34 Gell Street
    Sheffield, S3 7QY
    U.K.

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    Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture

    Editor
    Bron Taylor,University of Florida
    Book Review Editor
    Lucas F. Johnston,Wake Forest University
    Send books for review to: Todd LeVasseur, c/o the JSRNC, Department of Religion, University of Florida, 107 Anderson Hall, POB 117410, Gainesville,
    FL 323611-7410, USA.

    From 2007, The Journal of Religion, Nature and Culture is the new title for Ecotheology which for more than a decade has been the leading forum for constructive and normative studies on the relationship between religion and ecology.The journal's expanded goals are to explore the relationships among human beings, their diverse religions, and the earth’s living systems and to explore-- without oversimplifying -- what constitutes an ethically appropriate relationship between our own species and the natural worlds we inhabit.

    The journal is the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. Members qualify for a membership discount on subscriptions to the journal. To join please visit the Society website.

    You can browse the contents and abstracts of all back issues of Ecotheology by clicking ";Browse Issues"; on the right side of this page. Authorized Users can also access the full text of back issues here (from Volume 9.1).


    Types of Articles and Special Issues

    Social Scientific and Cultural Studies
    Qualitative or Quantitative analyses spotlighting the religion variable in human/environment relations. Examples include:
    * Research grounded in cultural studies, ecological anthropology; environmental history, cultural geography, sociology, political science; historical ecology; and social movement theory (to name a few).
    * Analyses of the relationships between nature-related religious perceptions and values and human behaviors that impact nature, including the consumption of natural resources, breeding and fertility rates, lifestyle and livelihood choices, and social organization and forms of political mobilization.
    * Analyses of the role of nature-related religion in environmental degradation, protection or restoration; or in precipitating or exacerbating social conflict, or in ameliorating such conflict.
    Natural Science Studies
    Research exploring through any branch of the natural sciences the connections between humans and the living systems upon which they depend. Examples Include:
    * Research grounded in cognitive science or evolutionary biology.
    * Analyses of theories that purport to reveal the natural, evolutionary roots of religious and ethical beliefs, values and behaviors, such as “sociobiology.”
    * Analyses of the role of natural science in religious thought and behavior, such as those exploring how scientific narratives and cosmologies are being integrated into religious belief systems, and how environmental “conservation sciences” can assume a religious dimension in their formulation and practice.
    * Critical reflections on the theoretical, philosophical, practical aspects of ecological science for religious traditions and ethical debates.
    Constructive and Normative Studies
    Religious and ethical perspectives on human obligations to ecosystems and other living things. Examples include:
    * Research rooted in religious and philosophical investigations of a traditions understanding of what constitutes the proper relationships between human beings (and their social structures) and the Earth’s living systems.
    * Analyses or articulation of ethical arguments from one or more religious perspectives, including “world religions,” “nature religions,” “new religious movements,” “lived religion,” and so on. Such thematic issues and articles may explore any religious form of nature-related spirituality.
    * Perspectives on and debates engaging postmodern theory and the “social construction of nature;” and related to domestic and international law, political philosophies, and public policies.

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    Publication and Frequency: March, June,September, December
    ISSN: 1749-4907 (print)
    ISSN: 1749-4915 (online)

    (Ecotheology ceased with the completion of Volume 11.4)


    Editorial Address:
    Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
    PO Box 117410, Gainesville, FL 32611-7410 USA
    Phone: 352 392-1625 ext. 235; Fax: 352 392-7395.

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    Journal of Adult Theological Education

    Editor Alison Le Cornu



    Associate Editors

    (North America) Leona English

    Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada B2G 2W5



    (Asia) Namsoon Kang

    Texas Christian University, Brite Divinity School, TCU Box 298130, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA



    Review Editor (UK) Martin Adams


    Send Books for review to

    The Vicarage, Intake Lane

    Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk L39 0HW



    Publishers in North America should send books for review to

    Review Editor (North America) Cathy Zeph


    Loyola Institute for Ministry

    6363 St. Charles Avenue

    Box 67

    New Orleans, LA

    70118, USA




    The Journal of Adult Theological Education is an academic, peer-reviewed journal that promotes dialogue among those involved in adult theological education, whether aimed at the laity or ministry. Its perspective is both international and ecumenical. Its contribution to this field is both theoretical and practical. The journal welcomes articles and reviews or proposals for themed issues. Future issues are planned on globalization; theological education and local context; academy and church. The journal was formerly known as the British Journal of Theological Education. The change of name reflects an extension of the range and remit of the journal.


    JATE is affiliated to BIAPT, the British and Irish Association for Practical Theology BIAPT. organises an annual conference and is the primary professional network in the UK for those working in the field of Practical Theology. BIAPT members are eligible for a discounted subscription for the JATE. A membership form is available from the website.




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    Published: June and December

    ISSN: 1740-7141 (print)

    ISSN: 1743-1654 (online)

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    Journal of Applied Linguistics

    Editors:

    Christopher N. Candlin

    Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University/Open University, UK

    Srikant Sarangi

    Centre for Language & Communication Research, Cardiff University




    The Journal of Applied Linguistics was launched in 2004 with the aim of advancing research and practice in Applied Linguistics as a principled and interdisciplinary endeavour.

    The journal seeks material that highlights the evidence in establishing claims of relevance to practice in Applied Linguistics research and has a special concern for research methodology through a focus on research tools, cross-disciplinary contributions, issues of ethics and research participation. This focus underscores the point that methodological issues within Applied Linguistics need a different kind of airing to the ways these are discussed in cognate disciplines such as sociology, education, psychology. Language-specific methodological debates around case studies, and the call for a mixing of methodologies within Applied Linguistics more generally will serve a long-awaited need for younger scholars engaged in postgraduate and in funded research.


    Each annual volume also contains a selection of special features such as editorials; debates/dialogues on specific themes/keywords; interviews by specialists with key scholars; review articles; synopses of funded projects; doctoral research reports; book notices on specific domains. Please note that the journal does not publish book reviews per se.



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    Published: April, August, November

    ISSN: 1479-7887 (print)

    ISSN: 1743-1743 (online)


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    Journal of Critical Realism

    General Editor

    Mervyn Hartwig


    Review Editor

    Jamie Morgan
    Send Books to: 34 Long Lane, Heath Charnock
    Chorley, Lancs PR6 9EQ, UK



    The Journal of Critical Realism (JCR) is the journal of the International Association for Critical Realism (IACR), established in 1997 to foster the discussion, propagation and the development of critical realist approaches to understanding and changing the world. It provides a forum for scholars wishing to promote realist emancipatory philosophy, social theory and science on an interdisciplinary and international basis, and for those who wish to engage with such an approach. Material should, as a rule, be directed at an audience across different disciplines with a shared interest in critical realism rather than a specialist disciplinary audience.



    The journal publishes articles, review essays, review symposia, book reviews, debates and postgraduate interventions that relate in some significant way to critical realist approaches to understanding and changing the world.



    For more information about IACR please go to International Association for Critical Realism


    Call for papers



    Please see the announcements at the bottom of this page for recent calls for papers for two special issues.

    JCR aims to publish scholarly articles on all aspects of critical realism as a multidisciplinary and emancipatory/ transformative movement, and to encourage debate between critical realist and other approaches. We are currently particularly interested in empirically based studies, papers exploring the applicability of critical realism in new areas, and in engagement with critical realism from the direction of mainline realism, social constructionism, hermeneutics, postmodernism, feminist theory, Hegelianism and Marxism.




    Recent Articles


    Petter Næss, Unsustainable Growth, Unsustainable Capitalism Vol. 5 (2)



    David Wilson and William Dixon, ‘Das Adam Smith Problem’: A Critical Realist Perspective Vol. 5 (2)



    Heikki Patomäki, Realist Ontology for Futures Studies Vol. 5 (1)



    Kieran Cashell, Reality, Representation and the Aesthetic Fallacy: Critical Realism and the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce Vol 8 (2)



    John Mingers, Discourse Ethics and Critical Realist Ethics: An Evaluation in the Context of Business Vol 8 (2)



    Gordon Brown, The Ontological Turn in Education: The Place of the Learning Environment Vol 8 (1)



    Karl Georg Høyer and Petter Naess, Interdisciplinarity, Ecology and Scientific Theory: The Case of Sustainable Urban Development Vol 7 (2)



    Seo MinGyu, Bhaskar’s Philosophy as Anti-Anthropism: A Comparative Study of Eastern and Western Thought Vol 7 (1)



    Alision Assiter and Jeff Noonan, Human Needs: A Realist Perspective Vol 6 (2)



    Ann Cecilie Bergene, Towards a Critical Realist Comparative Methodology: Context-Sensitive Theoretical Comparison Vol 6 (1)





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    Publication: February, June, October

    ISSN: 1476-7430 (print)

    ISSN: 1572-5138 (online)



    Editorial Address

    Mervyn Hartwig

    37 Stockwell Green

    Stockwell

    London

    SW9 9HZ

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    Journal of Film Music

    Editors
    William H.Rosar

    Reviews Editor
    Please send books for review to:
    Melissa Goldsmith
    P.O. 2028, Ellender Memorial Library
    Nicholls State University
    Thibodaux, Louisiana 70310, USA

    The Journal of Film Music is a forum for the musicological study of film from the standpoint of dramatic musical art. The analytical tools and methodologies of historical, systematic, cognitive, and ethnomusicology all are relevant and essential to this study, which seeks to both document and illuminate film practice through source studies, analysis, theory, and criticism. Film, though a product of late 19th century technological innovation, viewed historically as a dramatic art form, only emerged as such after the turn of the 20th century, with a musical practice that underwent almost continual development and changes throughout that time to the present day: The advent of sound in theatrical motion pictures precipitated an adaptation in silent film accompaniment, such that techniques were developed to combine it with onscreen music performance, dialog, and sound effects, while also placing increased value on original composition over the use or adaptation of existing music. The tradition and techniques of this practice carried over into radio, television, computer, and other communications media. In a historical framework, musicology examines film and its allied media not only in terms of its own shared tradition, but in terms of its roots, precursors, and parallels throughout music of the theater and other fields of music, both “classical” and popular, from which it has borrowed: incidental music for plays, 19th century stage melodrama, Vaudeville, opera and operetta, musical comedy, melodeclamation, ballet, dance and music hall, as well as forms of dramatic concert music such as oratorios, cantatas, and tone poems. The juxtaposition and clash of musical idioms from the traditions of Western theater and art music with those of popular music partly accounts for the eclecticism that has always characterized film since the silent days. Hybrid styles were born, for example, that which came to be widely known as the “Hollywood style,” in which jazz was combined with European art music (“classical” music). The wide ranging and multifarious background that has contributed to the development of music for Western cinema also influenced non-Western cinema as well, particularly because of the prevalent use of European- and American-published “photoplay music” throughout the world during the silent era which, in effect, produced a veritable international film practice, if one with regional variations, that persisted into the sound era. Systematic, cognitive, and ethnomusicological research endeavors to document and analyze these cultural differences as well as commonalities across cultures and time periods.

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    Published twice a year: April and September
    ISSN: 1087-7142(print)
    ISSN: 1758-860X (online)

    Editorial Address: Send all queries to William H. Rosar
    Department of Psychology
    University of California, San Diego
    Mandler Hall - Room 2541
    University of California, San Diego
    La Jolla, CA 92093-0109

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    Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders

    Editors
    Jack S. Damico
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    Martin J. Ball
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    The Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders aims to provide a unique forum for qualitative research relating to speech and language disorders, therapeutic and educational interactions, and for research into the contextual issues involved in these interactions. Additionally, the journal will include quantitative studies in the area of social interaction. The journal will publish wide-ranging, well-formulated clinical studies employing ethnographic methods, conversation analysis, grounded theory, case studies, phenomenology, biographical studies, and historical methodology. Research involving systemic functional linguistic theory or relevance theory, systemic and cognitive phonology, and interactional phonetics, is also encouraged.


    This journal is intended to fill a gap in the existing market of periodical literature. The journal will publish work that examines social interactions or institutional discourses that relate to clinical and educational populations and contexts. The emphasis will be on the areas of communication and socialization but this is seen as encompassing both verbal and non-verbal semiotic systems as well as issues of social roles and interactional dynamics. It is anticipated that research articles and reports will be the typical form of presentation in the journal. However, articles focusing on relevant theoretical issues and review articles will also have a place. Particularly in a journal with such cross-disciplinary potential, such extended reviews of certain background issues or theories may be very useful to the readership.

    Publication April and August
    ISSN 2040-5111(print)
    ISSN 2040-512X (online)

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    Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

    Editors:

    A. Bernard Knapp b.knapp@archaeology.arts.gla.ac.uk

    John F. Cherry john_cherry@brown.edu

    Peter van Dommelen p.vandommelen@archaeology.gla.ac.uk



    Reviews The Journal does not publish reviews.


    JMA currently operates as the most progressive and valid podium for archaeological discussion and debate in Europe

    European Journal of Archaeology



    Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology is the only journal currently published that deals with the entire multicultural world of Mediterranean archaeology. The journal publishes material that deals with, amongst others, the social, politicoeconomic and ideological aspects of local or regional production and development, and of social interaction and change in the Mediterranean. We also encourage contributions dealing with contemporary approaches to gender, agency, identity and landscape, and we welcome material that covers both the theoretical implications and methodological assumptions that can be extrapolated from the relevant archaeological data. In terms of its temporal scope, JMA welcomes manuscripts from any period of Mediterranean prehistory and history, from the Palaeolithic to the Early Modern. The geographical focus of JMA is the islands within, and the lands or regions that border the Mediterranean Sea, from Gibraltar and the Iberian Peninsula in the west, to the Jordan Valley and Egypt in the east; from the mountain chains that fringe the diverse coastal plains of northern Mediterranean to the Atlas Mountains of the Maghreb and the Saharan desert cultures that impact on the Mediterranean's southern shores.




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    Online access currently begins from Volume 17 and is available as part of all institutional subscriptions




    Published: June and December

    ISSN: 0952-7648 (print)

    ISSN: 1743-1700 (online)




    Editorial Address:

    Professor A. Bernard Knapp, Senior Research Fellow, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, 11 Andreas Demetriou, Nicosia 1066, Cyprus

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    Linguistics and the Human Sciences

    Editor:
    Jonathan J. Webster, City University of Hong Kong



    Associate Editor: Ahmar Mahboob, University of Sydney



    Review Editor:
    Geoff Williams, University of British Columbia

    Send books for review to:

    Geoff Williams
    Department of Language and Literacy Education
    University of British Columbia
    2034 Lower Mall Rd.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada V6T 1Z2



    Because no one discipline or theory in the human sciences can by itself tell the whole story of human existence, Linguistics and the Human Sciences is committed to fostering a dialogue of disciplines, in which linguistics figures prominently. This journal is devoted to the exploration of how understanding about language – our principal meaning making semiotic system – helps us understand about other phenomena in human experience, and vice versa. It aims to explore the relationships between linguistics and such areas of scholarly concern as history, sociology, politics, archaeology, religious studies, translation and the study of art in various semiotic modalities, in so much as these enterprises draw upon or contribute to a catholic understanding and development linguistics. “If there is to be a science of sciences in the twenty-first century,” writes M.A.K. Halliday “it will have to include linguistics – at least as a partner, and perhaps the leading partner, in the next round of man’s dialogue with nature.”



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    Published: April, August and December

    ISSN: 1742-2906 (print)

    ISSN: 1743-1662 (online)

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    PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements

    Editor
    Mark J. Cartledge, University of Birmingham

    Reviews Editor
    Michael Bergunder, University of Heidelberg

    PentecoStudies originated in 2002 as an expression of the research associated with the Hollenweger Centre at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam where it was edited by André Droogers. With the Emergence of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism, the journal migrated to the GloPent website in 2006. The growth of the network and the increased volume of research generated on the nature of global Pentecostalism means that the network is now able to take the next step forward by entering into a new partnership with Equinox.

    Two issues will be published annually from April 2010, with volume 9.1 signalling the beginning of this new stage with a collection of articles on transnational Pentecostalism in Europe.

    PentecoStudies offers a distinctly interdisciplinary forum for the study of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Authors from the social sciences, the humanities, cultural studies, religious studies and theology are all welcome to submit research on global expressions of Pentecostalism defined in its broadest sense. The journal invites work that attends to historical, contemporary and regional studies. In particular, it is interested in the global expansion of Pentecostalism, its mutations and impact on society, culture and the media, including its influence on traditional non-Pentecostal churches. Comparative research is encouraged, especially if it is based on different regional studies and contributes to our understanding of globalization and the role of Pentecostalism in post-colonial contexts. Attention to the lived experience of religion is important and studies that include empirical research are welcome, as well as theoretical studies. Theological contributions that assist our understanding of the beliefs and practices of Pentecostal Christians are essential and these are best placed if they engage in a dialogue with the broader traditions of philiosophy and theology, especially ecumenical dialogue. Finally, in this age of many faiths, it is important that the impact of Pentecostalism on other religious traditions is researched and vice versa. Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity ("Pentecostalisms") cannot be fully appreciated in isolation but must be understood in all its complexity when it is placed in multiple contexts and viewed through multiple lenses. The journal aims to fulfil this important research need.

    Published in April and September
    ISSN 2041-3599 (print)
    ISSN 1871-7691 (online)

    Editorial Address
    Mark Cartledge, Department of Theology & Religion
    University of Birmingham
    Edgbaston
    Birmingham B15 2TT
    United Kingdom

    Please send books for review in PentecoStudies to:

    Reviews PentecoStudies

    c/o Ellen Weinel

    Dept. History of Religions & Mission Studies

    University of Heidelberg

    Kisselgasse 1

    69117 Heidelberg

    Germany

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    Perfect Beat

    Editors
    Mark Evans, Macquarie University
    Denis Crowdy, Macquarie University

    Reviews Editor
    Shelley Brunt
    Please send books for review to: Shelley Brunt
    Dept. of Music
    P.O. Box 56
    University of Otago
    Dunedin, New Zealand

    Perfect Beat first appeared in July 1992. For many years supported by the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University -- and continuing that strong association into the future -- the journal will from 2009 be published by Equinox as a biannual publication in print and online.

    The journal's name derived from Afrika Bambaata and the Soul Sonic Force's 12-inch, 1983 single Looking for the Perfect Beat. The journal's association with the popular cultural quest and mixed, eclectic references of the song are reflected in the articles that have appeared so far which have often concerned themselves with 'world beat' and/or 'world music' and the marketing of non-western musics in the western market and the analysis of local music production. As befits a journal originating in Australia, the journal remains focussed on the popular music of the 'Pacific rim' and includes historical and contemporary studies with contributions invited from popular music studies, musicology, cultural studies and ethnomusicological perspectives.

    A common theme in many of the articles published has been the development of new styles of popular music by indigenous peoples and their relationships (beneficial and/or problematic) with the technologies and institutions of the 20th Century media and music industries.The principal contribution of indigenous musicians and cultural activists to the journal has been through their collaboration as interviewees and/or co-authors of individual studies. The editors of the journal have endeavoured to maintain a continuing relationship with musicians, communities and cultural groups who have been the subject of study - distributing copies of the publication to interested individuals and bodies, and publishing research updates on previous material (often at the invitation/instigation of the subjects of the preceding research).

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    Published twice a year: January and July
    ISSN: 1038-2909 (print)
    ISSN: 1836-0343 (online)

    Editorial Address: Send all queries to Mark Evans, Dept. of Media, Music and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109 Australia.

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    Political Theology

    Executive Editor:

    Graeme Smith Chichester University

    Editors:

    Julie Clague University of Glasgow

    Timothy Simpson University of North Florida

    David True Wilson College

    Review Addresses:

    This journal publishes reviews. Send books for review to:


    Luke Bretherton
    Department of Education and Professional Studies
    King's College London
    Franklin Wilkins Building
    Waterloo Road
    London SE1 9NH, UK





    Political Theology is a journal that investigates and examines religious and political issues. The journal is interdisciplinary, drawing on the disciplines of theology, religious studies, politics, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, social theory and economics. As such, it aims to reflect the diversity of religious and theological engagements with public and political life. Articles are welcome from scholars, practioners and clergy that address religion and political life in all its variety. The journal has a review section which embraces reflections upon religion, theology, politcal theory, political biography, film and fiction.




    The aims of the journal are to:


    • Deconstruct specific instances of political activity
    • Reflect upon the mechanisms of power in civil life
    • Examine the operation of alliances and coalitions, and the relationship betwen personal ambition and political vision
    • Analyse theological paradigms employed by those engaged with political disclosures
    • Explore power dynamics within and between nations


    Recent Articles have included the following:


    Rowan Williams
    Convictions, Loyalties, and the Secular State

    Gary Dorrien
    Consolidating the Empire: Neoconservatism and the Politics of American Domination

    Lisa Cahill
    Liberalism in Progress – From Equal Rights to Global Participation

    Susan L. Nelson
    Pride, Sensuality and Han: Revisiting Sin from the Underside

    Marcella Althaus-Reid
    ¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology

    Larry Rasmussen
    Was Reinhold Niebuhr wrong about Socialism?

    Mona Siddiqui
    Islam: Issues of Political Authority and Pluralism

    Julia Sudo
    Russian Nationalist Orthodox Theology: A New Trend in Political Life of Russia

    William T. Cavanaugh
    From One City to Two: Christian Reimagining of Political Space



    Recent Special Issues include a dialogue with Michael Walzer on ‘Politics and Passion’ with contributions from Harlan Beckley, Gilbert Meilaender, David Novak, Linda Hogan, Duncan Forrester and Lisa Cahill.




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    Publication: January, April, July and October

    ISSN: 1462-317X (print)

    ISSN: 1743-1719 (online)

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    Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies

    Editor

    Chas Clifton, Colorado State University-Pueblo



    Letters and Review Editor

    Christopher Chase
    Send Books for Review to Christopher Chase
    402 Catt Hall
    Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
    Iowa State University
    Ames, Iowa 50011-1302


    Editor Emeritus

    Fritz Muntean, Vancouver



    The Pomegranate is the first International, peer-reviewed journal of Pagan studies. It provides a forum for papers, essays and symposia on both ancient and contemporary Pagan religious practices. The Pomegranate also publishes timely reviews of scholarly books in this growing field. The editors seek both new interpretations and re-examinations of those traditions marked both by an emphasis on nature as a source of sacred value (e.g., Wicca, modern Goddess religions) as well as those emphasizing continuity with a polytheistic past (e.g., Ásatrú and other forms of 'reconstructionist' Paganism). The editors also seek papers on the interplay between Pagan religious traditions, popular culture, literature, psychology and the arts.



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    Publication and Frequency: May and November

    ISSN 1528-0268 (print)

    ISSN 1743-1735 (online)

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    Popular Music History

    Editor

    Robert Strachan, Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool



    Resources Editor

    Andy Linehan,The British Library

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    Andy Linehan

    Sound Archive

    The British Library

    Upper Ground Floor

    96 Euston Road

    London NW1 2DB



    Popular Music History publishes original historical and historiographical research that draws on the wide range of disciplines and intellectual trajectories that have contributed to the establishment of popular music studies as a recognized academic enterprise.



    Articles that challenge established orthodoxies in popular music studies, examine the formation and dissolution of canons, interrogate histories of genres, focus on forms of popular music that have existed below the "historical radar," and engage in archaeologies of popular music history, are particularly welcome.



    The philosophy of Popular Music History is to encourage research that is empirically grounded. However, the journal's historical orientation is not intended to be exclusive. Articles that concentrate on historical and historiographical issues that draw on music analysis, incorporate cultural theory, or engage in the ‘history of the present’, are also appropriate.



    In addition to the reviews section, a distinctive feature of Popular Music History is its section on Resources. Resources re-publishes articles of historical importance that have become difficult to find or unjustifiably obscure, report on archives, museums and scholarly collections of particular importance to writing popular music history, and serve as a forum for the discussion of issues of special interest to popular music histories.



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    Publication: April, August and December

    ISSN: 1740-7133 (Print)

    ISSN: 1743-1646 (Online)

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    Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts and Contemporary Worlds

    Editor: Elizabeth Castelli ecastell@barnard.edu




    Review Editor: This journal does not have a book review section. It occasionally publishes review essays.



    Postscripts is a new, fully refereed journal devoted to the academic study of scripture around the globe. The study of sacred texts has historically been a highly technical, specialized and elite practice, held in preserve by religious authorities and professional scholars. As important as this technical and specialized work is, it represents only a small proportion of the rich panoply of engagements with texts that are foundational in the lives of individuals and communities around the world -- texts that travel under the name of 'scripture' or 'sacred' text.


    Postscripts takes seriously a broad array of historical and contemporary engagements with such texts and aims to open up the discussion of sacred texts by crossing traditional boundaries, bringing different disciplinary tools to the process of analysis, and opening up a sustained dialogue between and among scholars and others who are interested in religion, textuality, media and mediation and the contemporary world.



    Publication and Frequency: April, August and November

    ISSN: 1743-887X (print)

    ISSN: 1743-8888 (online)



    Editorial Address:
    Elizabeth Castelli, Associate Professor of Religion, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 USA

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    Practical Theology





    Editor Zoe Bennett

    Cambridge Theological Federation

    & Anglia Ruskin University

    Assistant Editor Charles Hampton

    Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford


    Reviews Editor Cecelia Clegg



    In 2008 CONTACT changed its title to: Practical Theology

    Please send Books for review in Practical Theology to:


    Cecelia Clegg, Director

    Centre for Theology and Public Issues

    University of Edinburgh

    New College

    Mound Place

    Edinburgh EH1 2LX




      "Contact is an excellent resource in a field where
      there seem to be few signposts. It is not only
      interdisciplinary but international in its focus, and keeps the horizons
      of pastoral studies without sacrificing depth and rigour."




      The Most Rt Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

    Practical Theology, the new name of the official journal of the UK and Irish Association for Practical Theology, is published on behalf of the Contact Pastoral Trust. It has been published since 1960 and plays a vital role for those who are involved in pastoral practice and for those who reflect on practical theology within an academic context. From 2008 the journal is published by Equinox, with an increased pagination and, for the first time, online as well as in print.




    The journal's mission has always been to contribute to the development of pastoral studies and practical theology by publishing creative articles which report good practice, and which offer fresh theoretical and practical insights in this area. It is multidisciplinary, with contributions drawn from counselling, social work, psychology, sociology, ethics, as well as pastoral and practical theology. Variety to cater for all tastes is a hallmark, from monograph-length articles which have always proved such an important feature of Contact, through research reports of about 5000 words, to much shorter accounts of practice, responses to events, interviews, book reviews, short stories or poems. The audience for the journal are those practioners and students doing masters courses and professional doctoral work in practical theology as well as traditional readers of the journal who have found it a continuing source of enrichment for their day to day practice of ministry.





    Members of the following organizations receive a subscription to Practical Theology as part of their membership:


    British & Irish Association for Practical Theology


    Bridge Pastoral Foundation

    Scottish Association for Pastoral and Spiritual Care & Counselling





    Publication April, August and December
    ISSN 1756-073X (print)
    ISSN1756-0748(online)



    Editorial Office Wesley House, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, UK CB5 8BQ



    Back Issues To obtain back issues of the journal, please email journals@equinoxpub.com with your order or query.

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    Reformation and Renaissance Review

    Editor
    Ian Hazlett, University of Glasgow, UK

    Deputy-Editor and Review Editor
    Nick Thompson, University of Auckland,
    Send books for review to:
    Dr N.J. Thompson School of Theology
    Private Bag 92019,
    Auckland Mail Centre

    Auckland 1142

    NEW ZEALAND


    Click here for a list of books available for review  http://www.reformationstudies.org/reviews/current.htm



    Reformation & Renaissance Review, (founded 1999) is the journal of the Society for Reformation Studies (founded 1993) that sponsors an annual, open, three-day conference at the University of Cambridge. The Society pays special attention to the dimensions and contexts of religion in the long era of Renaissance and Reformation. Its Presidents have been Peter Stephens, Ian Hazlett, Bruce Gordon, Gerald Hobbs, David Bagchi, and Tony Lane. Current office-bearers include Jon Balserak and Charlotte Methuen.Members of the Society are entitled to a reduced subscription to R&RR.


    A peer-reviewed journal of three Issues per year, online and in print, R&RR provides an international platform for scholars, established and emerging, to publish research Articles on any aspect of religious thought and life, theology and culture, from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. This embraces Christian Humanist, Roman Catholic, Protestant as well as various other alternative approaches to reform, change and continuity in church and society. It may also include interaction with other religions in Europe. Contributions from cognate disciplines or related fields of enquiry that bear on faith, its practice and on cultural religious phenomena are also sought. While welcoming studies in national, regional, local or biographical contexts, the Review aims especially to encourage work on the Reformation and Catholic reform as pan-European movements with an ambivalent relationship to Renaissance humanism. Journal Issues contain contributions offering fresh perspectives, developments or evidence as well as reappraisals of current consensus on a topic of interest.


    In addition, the R&RR has a section for Book Reviews to alert readers to wider research outcomes and to encourage critical discussion.


    Accompanying articles and book reviews, the scope of the journal now includes a section of edited Texts and Documents. This includes fifteenth- to seventeenth-century sources published originally in various languages (or republished) between c. 1500 and our own century, but here in English translation for the first time. Such material may be anything, very small or fairly large, and extends to bibliographical presentations. Less well-known, early modern, English language texts can also be offered in a modernized form. Selections from manuscript archival material in a variety of languages with accompanying translations are also envisaged.


    While the normal language of the journal is English, the Editorial Team is prepared to consider the occasional publication of an article written in French or German when an English translation of sufficiently high quality cannot be provided.




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    Publication:April, August, December
    ISSN 1462-2459 (print)
    ISSN 1743-1727 (online)

    Editorial Address
    Prof. Ian Hazlett, School of Divinity
    University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK

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    Reformation

    Editor

    John N. King The Ohio State University

    164 West 17th Avenue (Room 421)

    Columbus, OH 43210-1370

    USA



    From Volume 15 (2010), the Editor will be Hannibal Hamlin, The Ohio State University



    Book Review Editor and Associate Editor


    Helen Parish



    Books for review should be sent to:

    Helen Parish

    Department of History

    University of Reading

    Whiteknights

    Reading RG6 6AA

    United Kingdom





    Mission Statement


    Founded in 1996, Reformation is a leading English-language journal for the publication of original research in scholarship of the Reformation era. It is sponsored by The Tyndale Society. Members of the Society receive the journal as part of their annual membership benefits. Please contact the Society to join or for other enquiries.

    The journal will be published annually by Equinox starting with Volume 11, 2006 (December) in print and online. The Stationers Company (Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers) grants Reformation an annual award of £150 for the best submitted essay each year.



    Past contributors include David Daniell, Diarmaid McCulloch, Willy Maley, Helen Parish, Judith H. Anderson, Patrick Collinson, Christopher Hill, Greg Walker, Anne Lake Prescott, David Norton, Andrew Hadfield, and many other distinguised scholars.

    Reformation welcomes submissions on any aspect of the Reformation, broadly considered. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, theology, church history or religious matters -- Protestant, Catholic or radical; English and Continental literature; social, political and intellectual history; art history and architecture; music; the Bible, biblical scholarship and translation; scholarship, and education more generally.




    Highlights of Recent Issues



    Simon McKeown
    'A Reformed and Godly Leader: Bartholomaeus Huslius's
    Typological Emblems in Praise of Gustavus Adolphus', in 5 (2000),
    pp.55-101 (prize winner).



    Robert Walinski-Kiehl
    'Pamphlets, Propaganda and Witch-Hunting in
    Germany c.1560-c.1630', in 6 (2001/2), pp.49-74 (prize winner).



    Alec Ryrie
    'Divine Kingship and Royal Theology in Henry VIII's
    Reformation', in 7 (2002), pp.49-77 (prize winner).



    Thopmas Festa
    'Milton's Christian Talmud', in 8 (2003), pp.79-115
    (prize winner)




    Published annually: December

    ISSN: 1357-4175 (print)

    ISSN: 1752-0738(online)

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    Religions of South Asia

    Editors

    Anna King, Winchester

    Dermot Killingley, Newcastle

    Book Review Editor

    Please send Books for review in Religions of South Asia to:

    Lynn Foulston Newport

    Subject Leader, Religious Studies and Philosophy, University of Wales, Newport, Caeleon Campus, PO Box 179, Newport, NP18 3YG, UK


    Religions of South Asia is a development of the work of the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions which has been meeting (in recent years in Oxford) since the mid 1970s and is supported by the Spalding Trust. For a number of years papers from the Symposia were published as annuals but from 2007 they form part of the contents of a new, peer-reviewed journal which appears bi-annually.



    ROSA publishes papers by internationally respected scholars on some of the most vibrant and dynamic religious traditions of the world. It includes the latest research on distinctively South Asian or Indic religions - Hindu, Jaina, Buddhist and Sikh - religions which continue to influence the patterns of thought and ways of life of millions of people. These are traditions which are integral not only to the development of the cultural identities of India and South Asia, but to those of many diaspora communities globally. The Journal also includes papers on those religions originating from outside the sub-continent - Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Zoroastrian traditions and newly emerging religions like the Baha'i tradition, which are developing a significant presence in South Asia. Papers are particularly welcomed that discuss the confluence of religious cultures and inter-cultural encounters.



    Publication: June and December

    ISSN: 1751-2689 (Print)

    ISSN: 1751-2697 (Online)

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    Religious Studies and Theology

    Editor
    Earle Waugh

    Book Review Editor
    James Linville
    Send Books for Review to:
    Department of Religious Studies
    University of Lethbridge
    4404 University Drive
    LethbridgeT1K 3M4 Canada

    Religious Studies and Theology is a peer-reviewed journal concerned with presenting fresh scholarship in both theology and religious studies, particularly those that use the resources of the world's religious traditions or are concerned with 'lived' religion, The journal also maintains a commitment to interdisciplinary research. While international in scope and intention, and welcoming international submissions, the journal has always played a major role in bringing a Canadian perspective to recent debates. In addition to open issues, the journal publishes thematic issues, most recently, (Volume 27.1) dealing with Religion in Poland. Each issue includes book reviews or reviews of digital media.


    Recent articles have included:

    Michael Frishkopf
    Changing Modalities in the Globalization of Islamic Saint Veneration and Mysticism (Vol. 20.1, 2001) pp. 1-49

    Jane Samson
    The Problem of Colonialism in the Western Historiography of Christian Mission (Vol. 23.2, 2004) pp. 3-25


    Publication and Frequency: June and December
    ISSN: 0829-2922 (print)
    ISSN:1747-5414 (online)

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    Rural Theology: international, ecumenical and interdisciplinary perspectives

    Editor
    Leslie Francis, University of Warwick

    Book Review Editor
    Keith Littler
    Send books for review to: Rural Theology/Reviews c/o Dr. Mandy Robbins
    Warwick Religions & Education Research Unit
    Institute of Education
    University of Warwick
    Coventry, CV4 7AL
    United Kingdom

    Rural Theology: international, ecumenical and interdisciplinary perspectives is the journal of The Rural Theology Association. To join or find out about activities or future meetings of The Rural Theology Association, please visit their website. The members’ Newsletter, published twice a year, also has this information.

    The principal aims of the journal are to promote theological reflection on matters of rural concern, to enhance the ministry and mission of rural churches, and to bring rural issues to the forefront of church and government agenda. The journal is committed to embracing a wide range of theological perspectives, to encouraging interdisciplinary dialogue, and to stimulating ecumenical and international exchange on matters of relevance to religious, political, social and economic aspects of rurality.

    Publication May, November
    ISSN 1470-4994 (print)
    ISSN 2042-1273 (online)

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    Sociolinguistic Studies

    Editors

    Fernando Ramallo,University of Vigo

    Xoán Paulo Rodríguez-Yáñez, University of Vigo


    Reviews Editor

    Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck College
    Please submit books for review to:

    Jean-Marc Dewaele

    School of Languages, Linguistics
    and Culture
    Birkbeck College, University of London
    43 Gordon Square
    London WC1H 0PD
    United Kingdom



    Sociolinguistic Studies is the new title of Estudios de Sociolingüística, a journal founded in 2000 at the University of Vigo (Galicia, Spain) which offers a linguistic and cultural bridge between sociolinguistic research in the Romance world – especially the Spanish and Latino-American world – and the English-speaking research community.



    All articles in Sociolinguistic Studies are peer-reviewed and may be in English, Spanish, Portuguese or French (75% of the contents are in English). It takes an ecumenical approach to the different schools, methodological principles or research orientations within sociolinguistic research and also accepts contributions from related fields such as pragmatics, discourse analysis, conversational analysis, interactional linguistics, language acquisition and socialization, linguistic anthropology, ethnomethodology and the ethnography of communication. Papers may examine any issue in sociolinguistic research including, but not limited to,styles and registers, communicative situations and speech events, politeness, bilingual conversation and code-switching, gender and discourse, language attitudes, language ideologies, the diversity of the worldwide linguistic situation, bilingualism and multilingualism, diglossia, pidgins and creoles, language and culture and language and identity.



    Sociolinguistic Studies also pays special attention to minority language and cultures, language contact and change, language maintenance, shift and loss, language and social inequalities and language planning and policy.

    The journal publishes substantial research papers, discussion notes, reviews and review articles and regularly publishes thematic issues.




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    Published three times a year from 2007: April, August, December

    ISSN: 1750-8649 (print) (formerly 1576-7418)

    ISSN: 1750-8657 (online)

    Current volume: 1

    Next issue: 1.2

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    Theology and Sexuality

    Editors
    Gerard Loughlin Durham
    Elizabeth Stuart Winchester

    Reviews Editor
    Please send books for review to:
    Gerard Loughlin
    Department of Religion and Theology
    Durham University
    Abbey House, Palace Green
    Durham DH1 3RS
    UK




    Commencing with Volume 15.1 (January 2009), Theology & Sexuality will be published by Equinox. The publication schedule is moving to calendar year from 2009. For information concerning subscriptions prior to Volume 15, please contact Sage.



    For fifteen years, the journal has been the primary vehicle for those undertaking theological studies of sexuality and gender issues. It is an international, peer reviewed journal that also aims to be accessible to those with a non-professional interest in the field such as those engaged in counselling. The themes addressed by the journal include theological constructions of sex and gender, marriage, models of the family, deconstructive and reconstructive approaches to traditional Christian (and other traditions) teaching on sexuality, sexuality and violence and oppression, and the ethics of personal relationships.



    The Journal acknowledges the support of The Centre for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality whose members receive the journal as part of their annual membership.



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    Publication and Frequency
    January, May and September
    ISSN: 1355-8358 (print)
    ISSN: 1745-5170 (online)

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    Writing & Pedagogy

    Editor
    Martha Pennington, Georgia Southern University

    Book Review Editor
    Laura Valeri
    Please send books for review in Writing & Pedagogy to:
    Laura Valeri
    Department of Writing & Linguistics
    Georgia Southern University
    P.O. Box 8026
    Statesboro, GA 30460, USA

    E-Sphere Editor
    Vance Stevens, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi



    Writing & Pedagogy seeks to provide a new forum for discussion and dissemination of knowledge focused on both writing and the teaching of writing. It is innovative in being both international in scope and in spanning across all levels of education, from K-12 through doctoral level. The journal aims to provide information and stimulate conversations that can advance the theory and practice of writing pedagogy in first- and second-language environments by revealing similarities and differences in the practices and concerns regarding writing and the teaching of writing across different contexts and educational systems. The journal solicits submissions in the categories of essays, research reports, pedagogical reflections, discussion of technology, and book reviews. Although the primary focus is on the teaching of English writing within formal education, the journal welcomes articles on writing outside of English education, such as the teaching of writing in other languages, the writing needs of specific workplace contexts, and issues of a theoretical or practical nature involving the nature of writing or research on writing.



    The intention of the journal for the first four volumes (2009-2012) will be to publish twice yearly, in Spring and Autumn, with the first issue each year being an “open topic” issue and the second being a “special topic” issue.



    Types of Articles


    W&P seeks both full-length and short articles on the theory and practice of teaching writing, pedagogical issues and practices of writing in the disciplines, teaching writing to speakers whose primary language is other than English, writing technologies and online contexts, administration of writing programs, assessment of writing, and book reviews.



    Research Matters

    Full-length articles (7500-9000 words) describing original research, critically reviewing research studies, or otherwise discussing issues of theory and research related to writing and pedagogy. Articles reporting any type of research (linguistic, comparative, ethnographic, survey, historical) are welcome. Evidence of adherence to research guidelines such as review by institutional review board (IRB) may be requested where relevant.



    Reflections on Practice

    Mid-length articles (2000-4000 words) addressing practical concerns related to writing and pedagogy or describing and critically reflecting on original teaching practices and setting these in a larger context of educational issues or writing theory. We are particularly interested in reflections on teaching ideas that have been refined over a period of time in response to circumstances, or that compare different approaches in relation to actual effects on the students or other outcomes.



    From the E-Sphere

    Short articles (1000-1200 words) describing online developments and applications (computer-assisted language learning, web-based applications, wikis, blogosphere, multiliteracies).


    New Books

    Readers’ reviews of books in any area included in the journal; normally 1000-1200 words but longer comparative or theoretical review articles will be considered. Potential reviewers should first contact the Review Editor to discuss available books for review. Reviewers should aim for an informative and balanced review that includes: an overview of the content of the book, reflections on both its strengths and weaknesses, and an assessment of its audience and value.



    Themed Issues


    W&P will also publish themed issues, and proposals for these are welcomed.


    The special topic issues for the first three volumes are:


    Vol. 1(2) 2009 Postgraduate Writing In final editing

    Vol. 2(2) 2010 Plagiarism in the Academy Submission deadline
    extended to 30 June 2009

    Vol. 3(2) 2011 Multiliteracies



    The contents and authors of the Multiliteracies issue have been agreed with the Guest Editors, Jim Cummins (Ontario Inst. of Studies in Education, Univ. Toronto) and Sherry Taylor (Univ. Western Ontario). We are seeking further special topics issues for Vol. 4 and beyond, and we are especially interested in: Teaching Creative Writing, Teaching Writing in Elementary School, Teaching Writing in Content Areas, Changing Needs for Writing in the Twenty-First Century, Writing Assessment, Education and Professional Development of Writing Teachers. These are also topics for which we would welcome individual contributions to the journal in the genres of essay, research, and reflections on practice.




    May and November
    ISSN: 1756-5839 (print)
    ISSN: 1756-5847 (online)

    Editorial Address:
    Department of Writing and Linguistics
    Georgia Southern University
    P.O.Box 8026
    Statesboro, GA 30460, USA

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