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About the Journal

The Journal of the American Academy of Religion is generally considered to be the leading academic journal in the field of religious studies. Now in volume 76 and with a circulation of over 11,000, this international quarterly journal publishes leading scholarly articles that cover the full range of world religious traditions together with provocative studies of the methodologies by which these traditions are explored. Each issue also contains a large and valuable book review section.

Abstracting and Indexing Services

Journal of the American Academy of Religion is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services:

ATLA Religion Database
Book Review Index
British Humanities Index
Bulletin signaletique: Histoire et sciences des religions
Current Contents
Elenchus
Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus
Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
Guide to Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature
Humanities Index
Internationale Zeitschriftenschau fur Bibelwissenschaft and Grenzgebiete
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
Magazines for Libraries
New Testament Abstracts
Religion Index One: Periodicals
Religious and Theological Abstracts
Religious Periodical Index
Revue d'Histoire Ecclesiastique
Social Science Citation Index
Social Services Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
Zeitschrerifteninhaltsdienst-Theologie