The Marburg Journal of Religion is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 online

Electronic journal

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes articles on empirical and theoretical studies of religion

Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

. It is believed to be the oldest internet journal devoted to the study of religions, the first issue having appeared in April 1996. The original concept was developed by Michael Pye together with his assistant Richard Böhme, who was the first Web Editor. The editorial team was broadened in 1999 to include Peter Antes (Hannover

Hanover

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) and Andreas Grünschloß

Andreas Grünschloß

Andreas Grunschloss is German scholar and the current Professor of Religious Studies at Göttingen University. An ordained Protestant pastor, he is the author of books and scholarly articles about interfaith matters and new religious movements...

 (Göttingen

Göttingen

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) and in 2007 Edith Franke (Marburg

Marburg

Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...

). Doreen Wohlrab became Web Editor in 2002. The first separate Reviews Editor was Monika Schrimpf (from 2001) and this role was taken up by Katja Triplett from 2003.

Papers published in the Marburg Journal of Religion are documented and abstracted in the bibliographical journal Science of Religion, now published by Brill Publishers

Brill Publishers

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 in Leiden. The abstracts published in the Marburg Journal of Religion itself may be published elsewhere on condition that full documentation of the article is provided.