History of Religions (journal)
History of Religions (HR) is the first academic journal devoted to the study of comparative religious history. The journal was founded in 1961 by Mircea Eliade. It is currently published by the University of Chicago Press. HR publishes articles that set the standard for the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times, both within particular traditions and across cultural boundaries. In addition to major articles, the journal also publishes review articles and comprehensive book reviews. The journal also occasionally publishes special or theme issues. It is intended for historians of religion, anthropologists, comparative historians, and interdisciplinary scholars of religion.
- Abbreviation
- Hist. Relig.
- Abbreviation
- enHist. Relig.
- AcademicDiscipline
- History of Religion
- Comment
- enHistory of Religions (HR) is the first academic journal devoted to the study of comparative religious history. The journal was founded in 1961 by Mircea Eliade. It is currently published by the University of Chicago Press. HR publishes articles that set the standard for the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times, both within particular traditions and across cultural boundaries. In addition to major articles, the journal also publishes review articles and comprehensive book reviews. The journal also occasionally publishes special or theme issues. It is intended for historians of religion, anthropologists, comparative historians, and interdisciplinary scholars of religion.
- Country
- enUnited States
- Cover
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- Depiction
- Discipline
- enHistory of Religions
- Editor
- enChristian K. Wedemeyer and Paul Copp
- Editor
- Christian K. Wedemeyer
- FirstPublicationYear
- 1961
- Frequency
- enQuarterly
- FrequencyOfPublication
- Quarterly
- Has abstract
- enHistory of Religions (HR) is the first academic journal devoted to the study of comparative religious history. The journal was founded in 1961 by Mircea Eliade. It is currently published by the University of Chicago Press. HR publishes articles that set the standard for the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times, both within particular traditions and across cultural boundaries. In addition to major articles, the journal also publishes review articles and comprehensive book reviews. The journal also occasionally publishes special or theme issues. It is intended for historians of religion, anthropologists, comparative historians, and interdisciplinary scholars of religion.
- History
- 1961
- Homepage
- www.journals.uchicago.edu/hr
- Hypernym
- Journal
- Is primary topic of
- History of Religions (journal)
- Issn
- 0018-2710
- Issn
- 18
- Jstor
- 00182710
- Jstor
- 182710
- Label
- enHistory of Religions (journal)
- Lccn
- 64001081
- Lccn
- 64001081
- Link from a Wikipage to an external page
- www.journals.uchicago.edu/hr
- Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
- Academic journal
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
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- Category:Mircea Eliade
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- Category:Quarterly journals
- Category:Religion history journals
- Category:Religious studies journals
- Category:University of Chicago Press academic journals
- Christian K. Wedemeyer
- EBSCOhost
- History of Religion
- History of religions
- JSTOR
- Mircea Eliade
- Scopus
- University of Chicago Divinity School
- University of Chicago Press
- Web of Science
- Name
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- Publisher
- enUniversity of Chicago Press for the University of Chicago Divinity School
- Publisher
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- Category:Publications established in 1961
- Category:Quarterly journals
- Category:Religion history journals
- Category:Religious studies journals
- Category:University of Chicago Press academic journals
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