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About RSR
Religious Studies Review (RSR) is a quarterly review of publications across the entire field of religion and related disciplines. RSR is the only publication that provides major review essays and short reviews for over 1,000 titles in religion annually. The editorial staff is composed of professors from all over the world.
Editorial Staff
Mark MacWilliams, Executive Editor - Major Reviews
St. Lawrence University
Spencer Dew, Short Reviews Editor
Wittenberg University
Anthony B. Pinn, Managing Editor
Rice University
Holly Walrath, RSR Coordinator
Rice University
Area Editors (by section)
Comparative Studies/Methodology and Theory
Brian Collins, Ohio University
Psychology of Religion
William Parsons, Rice University
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Danielle Dempsey, University of California, Riverside
Kathryn Phillips, University of California, Riverside
Jessica Rehman, University of California, Riverside
Religion and Science
Lisa Stenmark, San Jose State University
Theology
James Evans, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Christopher Stephenson, Lee University
Philosophy of Religion
Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College
Meredith Varie, Independent Scholar
Ethics
James P. Bailey, Duquesne University
Religion and Law
Richard Amesbury, Arizona State University
Spencer Dew, Wittenberg University
Pedagogy
Ken Derry, University of Toronto
Digital Materials and Media
J. Sage Elwell, Texas Christian University
Religion, Arts and Culture
Katelynn E. Carver, University of St. Andrews
Religion in Culture
Jeremy Biles, The School of Art Institute of Chicago
Ancient Near East
Tyler Mayfield, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Greece, Rome, Greco-Roman Period
Jenny Strauss Clay, University of Virginia
Christian Origins
Stan Harstine, Friends University
Patrick Gray, Rhodes College
History of Christianity: Early
Eric Wickman, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor University
Jesse Hoover, Baylor University
History of Christianity: Modern/Global
Nathanael Homewood, DePauw University
Jewish Thought
Claire Sufrin, Northwestern University
Judaism: Hellenistic through Late Antiquity
Jason Maston, Houston Baptist University
Judaism: Medieval/Early Modern Jewish Studies
Deborah Kaye, University of Arizona
Judaism: Modern
Claire Sufrin, Northwestern University
Islam
Whitney Bodman, Austin Seminary
Hamed Fayazi, University of Religions and Denominations
Junaid Quadri, University of Illinois at Chicago
Africa
Elias Bongmba, Rice University
Dianna Bell, Vanderbilt University
Oceania
No Editor
The Americas
Daniel Jones, Missouri State University
Nicholas Higgins, North Greenville University
New and Alternative Religious Movements
Lukas Pokorny, University of Vienna
South Asia
Stephen Linquist, Southern Methodist University
Gardner Harris, Hampden-Sydney College
East Asia
Lukas Pokorny, University of Vienna
Buddhism
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Steven Mitchell, Allegheny College
Inner Asia
Rory Lindsay, University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Theology
Stephen Wolfe, Louisiana State University
Get Involved
General inquiries about the journal can be made by contacting us at rsr@rice.edu. If you are interested in writing reviews for RSR, we encourage you to contact the area editor(s) of the sections in which you are interested. Please include a CV and possible titles you are interested in reviewing (see our list of books available for review). Please note, we prefer to review titles published in the last three years.
We accept books related to religion in our areas of focus for review. Please send all books for review to the RSR Editorial Office:
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