Religious Studies is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

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 published by Cambridge University Press

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. It addresses problems of the philosophy of religion in the context of a variety of religious traditions. Issues were published approximately biannually from the journal's founding in 1965 until 1969, and have been quarterly since 1970.

Abstracting and indexing

Religious Studies is abstracted and indexed in Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Book Review Index

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, British Humanities Index

British Humanities Index

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, Current Contents

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/Arts & Humanities, Expanded Academic ASAP, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities International Index, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature

International Bibliography of Periodical Literature

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, International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature, MLA International Bibliography, New Testament Abstracts, Philosopher's Index, Rambi (Index of Articles on Jewish Studies), Religion Index One, Guide to Religious Periodicals, and Religious & Theological Abstracts.