Religious Studies Review

Religious Studies Review is Rice University's quarterly review of publications across the whole field of religious studies and in related disciplines. RSR reviews over 1,000 titles annually in review essays and critical notes.

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RSR Editorial Staff

Executive Editor/ Review Essay Editor - Mark MacWilliams, St. Lawrence University
Short Review Editor - Spencer Dew, Denison University
Managing Editor - Anthony Pinn, Rice University
Coordinator - Jessica Davenport, Rice University

RSR Sections/Area Editors

Comparative Studies/Methodology and Theory
Brian Collins, Ohio University

Psychology of Religion
William Parsons, Rice University

Gender & 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 H. Evans, Colgate Rochester Divinity School

Philosophy of Religion
Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College
Meredith Varie, Independent Scholar

Ethics
James P. Bailey, Duquesne University   

Religion & Law
Richard Amesbury, Clemson University
Spencer Dew, Denison University

Pedagogy
Ken Derry, University of Toronto, Mississauga

Digital Materials and Media
J. Sage Elwell, Texas Christian University

Religion, Arts, and Culture
Katelyn E. Carter, University of St. Andrews

Religion in Culture
Jeremy Biles, The School of the 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

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 Presbyterian Theological Seminary 

Hamed Fayazi, University of Religions and Denominations

Junaid Quadri, University of Illinois at Chicago

Africa
Dianna Bell, Vanderbilt University
Elias Bongmba, Rice University

Oceania
No Editor

The Americas
Daniel Jones, Missouri State University
Stephen Wolfe, Louisiana State University

New Religious Movements
Lukas Pokorny, University of Vienna

South Asia
Steven Lindquist, 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 

Interviews
No Editor

Editorial Advisory Committee

Ellen Armour, Vanderbilt University
Erica Baffelli, The University of Manchester
Joseph O. Baker, East Tennessee State University 
Keri Day, Princeton Theological Seminary
Laura Grillo, Georgetown University 
Matthias Henze, Rice University
Sumner Twiss, Florida State University
Melissa Wilcox, University of California, Riverside