Religious Studies Review

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.

About RSR

Editorial Staff

Mark MacWilliams, Executive Editor - Major Reviews
St. Lawrence University
Spencer Dew, Short Reviews Editor
The Ohio State 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

Brian Collins, Ohio University

Psychology of Religion
William Parsons, Rice University

Gender and Sexuality Studies
Danielle Dempsey, Oklahoma State University
Jessica Rehman, University of California, Riverside
Kimberly Diaz, University of California, Riverside

Religion and Science
Lisa Stenmark, San Jose State University

Theology

Christopher Stephenson, Lee University

Christopher Stephenson, Lee University

Nancy Bedford, Georgia Harkness Professor of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Nancy Bedford, Georgia Harkness Professor of Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Matthew Friedman, Subeditor, Missiology, Mission and Evangelism, Asbury Theological Seminary

Matthew Friedman, Subeditor, Missiology, Mission and Evangelism, Asbury Theological Seminary

Daniel Castelo, William Kellon Quick Professor of Theology and Methodist Studies, Duke University

Daniel Castelo, PhD, is the William Kellon Quick Professor of Theology and Methodist Studies. His areas of expertise include Christian theology, Wesleyan and Pentecostal spirituality, and Latinx theology.

Philosophy of Religion
Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College
Alexander Cavender, St. Olaf College

Ethics
James P. Bailey, Duquesne University

Religion and Law
Jeffrey Wheatley, Iowa State University

Jeffrey Wheatley, Iowa State University

Jeffrey Wheatley is a teacher and researcher who studies religion, culture, and politics with a historical focus on the United States. His current project is on religious fanaticism as an object of secular policing.

Pedagogy
Ken Derry, University of Toronto

Digital Materials and Media
Alessandra Vitullo, Sapienza University of Rome

Religion, Arts and Culture

Kristen Tobey, John Carroll University

Kristen Tobey, John Carroll University

Jeremy Biles, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Jeremy Biles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he teaches courses on religion, philosophy, and art. He is the author of Ecce Monstrum: Georges Bataille and the Sacrifice of Form; co-editor of Negative Ecstasies: Georges Bataille and the Study of Religion; and co-author of The Abyss, or Life Is Simple.

Ancient Near East
Tyler Mayfield, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Greece, Rome, Greco-Roman Period

Jenny Strauss Clay, University of Virginia

Jenny Strauss Clay is William R. Kenan Professor of Classics Emerita at the University of Virginia. Her publications have focused on early Greek literature and what she calls the theology of Homer, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymns.



Christian Origins

John Goodrich, Moody Bible Institute

John Goodrich, Moody Bible Institute

Patrick Gray, Rhodes College

Patrick Gray (Ph.D., Emory University) is Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. He received his Ph.D. in religion from Emory University. His research focuses on the Greco-Roman context of early Christianity and the history of biblical interpretation. He is editor of The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament (2021).

Stan Harstine, Subeditor, Johannine Literature, Friends University

Stan Harstine, Subeditor, Johannine Literature, Friends University

James Prothro, Subeditor, Augustine Institute

James Prothro, Subeditor, Augustine Institute

Daniel M. Gurtner, Subeditor, Gospel of Matthew, St. Mary's University, Twickenham

Daniel M. Gurtner, Subeditor, Gospel of Matthew, St. Mary's University, Twickenham

History of Christianity: Early

Ben C. Blackwell, Vice Principal and Professor of Early Christianity WTC Theology

Ben C. Blackwell, Vice Principal and Professor of Early Christianity WTC Theology

Laura Dingeldein, University of Illinois at Chicago

Laura Dingeldein is a historian of ancient Mediterranean religion, with expertise in the beginnings of Christianity. Her recent work has focused in particular on early Christians' use of philosophical concepts. She teaches at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she is a clinical assistant professor in the Religious Studies Program.

Sarah F. Porter, Gonzaga University

Sarah F. Porter is assistant professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA). She focuses on late antique Christianity, material culture, and affect.

Shawn J. Wilhite, California Baptist University

Shawn J. Wilhite, California Baptist University

History of Christianity: Modern/Global
Nathanael Homewood, Harvard University

Jewish Thought
Seeking Editor

Judaism: Hellenistic through Late Antiquity
Jason Maston, Houston Christian University

Judaism: Medieval/Early Modern Jewish Studies
Deborah Kaye, University of Arizona

Judaism: Modern
Jonathan Zisook, University of Pittsburgh

Islam
Hamed Fayazi, University of Religions and Denominations
Junaid Quadri, University of Illinois at Chicago
Walaa Quisay, Graduate of Oxford University

Africa
Seeking Editor

Oceania
Seeking Editor

The Americas
Daniel Jones, Missouri State University
Nicholas Higgins, North Greenville University

New and Alternative Religious Movements
Lukas Pokorny, University of Vienna

Lukas K. Pokorny, University of Vienna

Lukas K. Pokorny is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna. Large parts of his current research focus on millenarianism and esotericism (specifically the reception history of East Asia), new religious movements, as well as new, alternative, and Asian diasporic religions in Austria.

South Asia
Steven E. Linquist, Southern Methodist University, Associate Professor and Director of Asian Studies
Gardner Harris, Hampden-Sydney College

East Asia

Lukas K. Pokorny, University of Vienna

Lukas K. Pokorny is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna. Large parts of his current research focus on millenarianism and esotericism (specifically the reception history of East Asia), new religious movements, as well as new, alternative, and Asian diasporic religions in Austria.

Buddhism

Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania

Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania

Matthew Steven Mitchell, High Point University

Matthew Steven Mitchell is a visiting assistant professor of Religion at High Point University in North Carolina. His research is on early modern Japanese Buddhism.

Inner Asia
Rory Lindsay, University of California, Santa Barbara

Political Theology
Nicholas Higgins, North Greenville 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:
Religious Studies Review - MS 156
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
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