Church History: Selected Journals

Electronic Journals available at Yale through Online Journals:

Christian History
Church History

Journal of Early Christian Studies
Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Journal of the History of Ideas

Journal of Religious History
The Journal of Southern Religion

The North Star: A Journal of African-American Religious History

Reviews in American History
Sixteenth Century Journal

 

Select Print Journals:

Church history.

Chicago : American Society of Church History

Divinity Stacks ZP C469

Journal of early Christian studies

(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1993)- )

Divinity Stacks ZP J8083

Continues The Second Century.

The official publication of the North American Patristics Society, this journal focuses on the study of Christianity in the context of late ancient societies and religions from the second through the seventh centuries. It is "...intended to be a forum for newer approaches to the study of the early church, using insights from 'social history, feminist studies, and literary and philosophical theory,' and [deals], too, with the oriental branches of the early church (Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, etc.). Articles representing more traditional approaches [are] also included, though there [is] less focus on the theology of the period" (Robinson 1.49). Each issue features an extensive book review section.

Journal of Ecclesiastical History

London : Faber and Faber
Divinity Stacks ZP J8084

The Second century: A Journal of Early Christian Studies

(Abilene, TX: Second Century Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1981)-v. 9, no. 4 (winter 1992))

Divinity Stacks ZP Se19

"The title is a little misleading, since its articles sometimes range beyond that period, though it does deal mainly with the Christian church in the second century. A few book reviews are usually included. Sometimes an issue will be devoted to a particular theme; other times the articles range widely. The editorial board has many of the leading early church historians... Articles by non-English writers are translated into English for the journal." (Robinson 1.52)

Sixteenth Century Journal

St. Louis, Mo. : Foundation for Reformation Research and the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference

Divinity Stacks ZP Si97

Vigiliae Christianae

(Amsterdam: North-Holland Pub. Co., vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1947)- )

Divinity Stacks ZP V683
Mudd M10 V683 [Current issues in SML Periodical Room]

"This journal generally carries one or two major articles in English in each issue (as well as articles in French and German). It is one of the major journals for the study of the early church in the period after the New Testament. About 50 book reviews are published each year, some of considerable length, and often a foreign language work will be reviewed in English." (Robinson 1.53)

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