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| International Journal for Philosophy of Religion | |
|---|---|
| Title | International Journal for Philosophy of Religion |
| Abbreviation | Int. J. Philos. Relig. |
| Discipline | Philosophy of Religion |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| History | 1970–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Issn | 0169-8638 |
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion is a peer-reviewed academic periodical devoted to analysis and debate in philosophy of religion, comparative theology, and related metaphysical inquiry. It publishes articles, critical notes, and book reviews addressing figures and debates from antiquity through contemporary scholarship. The journal connects discussions that involve thinkers, institutions, and movements across Europe, North America, and Asia.
Founded in 1970 amid renewed interest in analytic theology and continental studies, the journal emerged during the intellectual milieu shaped by figures like Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Early editorial directions engaged controversies involving Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, René Descartes, and Baruch Spinoza. During the 1970s and 1980s it intersected with debates associated with institutions such as Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Chicago, and University of Notre Dame. The journal later featured dialogues resonant with work by Alvin Plantinga, Richard Swinburne, Gilbert Ryle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Paul Tillich.
The periodical covers metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and hermeneutical topics tied to persons and texts such as Anselm of Canterbury, Blaise Pascal, William Paley, John Locke, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. It situates contemporary contributions alongside scholarship on movements and institutions including the Council of Trent, Second Vatican Council, Protestant Reformation, Enlightenment, and Oxford Movement. Articles often engage authors like Søren Kierkegaard, W. V. O. Quine, Donald Davidson, Richard Rorty, and Charles Taylor, while addressing themes linked to organizations such as the American Philosophical Association, British Academy, National Endowment for the Humanities, and European Research Council.
The editorial board historically included scholars affiliated with Princeton University, University of Cambridge, King's College London, University of Toronto, and Australian National University. Editors have liaised with publishers and series editors at firms such as Springer Science+Business Media, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Blackwell Publishing. Advisory members have come from departments connected to figures like J. L. Mackie, Wilfrid Sellars, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Mircea Eliade.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in bibliographic services and databases referencing journals associated with organizations like Scopus, Web of Science, Philosopher's Index, ATLA Religion Database, and ProQuest. It appears in catalogs maintained by libraries such as the Library of Congress, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, National Diet Library (Japan), and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Notable contributions have dialogued with texts by Thomas Reid, Joseph Butler, Henry Sidgwick, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James. Special issues have focused on themes tied to personalities and events such as Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope John Paul II, Mahātmā Gandhi, and Buddha (Gautama Buddha), and on commemorations of anniversaries like the bicentenary of Immanuel Kant or centenaries of publications by Bertrand Russell. The journal has hosted symposia responding to works by Alasdair MacIntyre, Stanley Cavell, Richard Dawkins, and Peter Singer.
Manuscript submissions follow procedures parallel to those adopted by academic journals at institutions such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Springer Nature. Submissions are evaluated through double-blind peer review by scholars connected to universities including Columbia University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Duke University, King's College London, and University of Edinburgh. Editorial decisions reference standards practiced by professional bodies such as the Modern Language Association and the American Philosophical Association.
The journal is cited in works published by academic presses including Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan. It has been discussed in forums and conferences organized by entities such as the International Association for the History of Religions, World Congress of Philosophy, American Academy of Religion, Society for Pentecostal Studies, and European Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Reviews and citations demonstrate engagement with scholarship that involves figures like John Hick, Eleonore Stump, Nancy Cartwright, Martha Nussbaum, and Gavin Flood.
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