Membership of the RHA is governed by its Constitution. There are two kinds of members: Ordinary Members and Fellows – as well as a Committee of Management.
Ordinary Members
You can become a member of the RHA in two ways. Either take out an RHA Membership Subscription to the Journal of Religious History through the Wiley website. In addition to all membership benefits, you will receive a subscription to the Journal of Religious History. Or, for AUS$25.00, you can subscribe through Register Now as an Ordinary Member. This entitles you to receive TheRHA, the Religious History Association newsletter, vote and participate in RHA meetings, and receive discounts to attend RHA workshops and conferences.
Fellows
Fellows are chosen in recognition of outstanding contributions to the purposes of the Association. They are elected for life after nomination by two members of the Association to the Secretary and confirmation by a quorum in attendance at the annual general meeting.
Committee of Management
The committee of management consists of the president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and the editor(s) of the Journal of Religious History and two ordinary members of the Association. It meets at least twice a year to discuss RHA business.
For 2016–2020, the committee consists of:
Constant Mews (President)
Glen O’Brien (Vice President)
Katharine Massam (Secretary)
Michael Champion (Treasurer)
Kirk Essary
Leigh Penman
Miles Pattenden (Co-editor of the Journal of Religious History)
Saran Irving-Stonebraker (Co-editor of the Journal of Religious History).
Editors of the Journal of Religious History
The editor(s) of the Journal of Religious History is appointed for a two-year term by the Committee of Management and serves a maximum of four continuous two-year terms. The current editors are Miles Pattenden and Sarah Irving-Stonebraker. The reviews editor is Celeste McNamara. Paul Watt is the Editorial Manager.
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Journal of Religious History
The Journal of Religious History was established by a group of historians at the University of Sydney in 1959. The first issue appeared in 1960. The Journal is now published on behalf of the Religious History Association by Wiley whose web site includes information on current issues, the editorial board and guidelines for submissions.
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Editors-in-Chief:
Miles Pattenden
Dr Miles Pattenden, MA BD (Cantab), MA (Toronto), DPhil (Oxon), FRHistS, is Programme Director of The Europaeum, Oxford and a researcher at Deakin University. Miles is a historian of the Catholic Church and of the political history of Italy and Spain from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.
He has written a book about papal elections and is particularly interested in the relationship between Church and state in Catholic societies.
Sarah Irving-Stonebraker
Associate Professor Sarah Irving-Stonebraker, is a Lecturer in the Western Civilisation Program, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University. Sarah’s work focuses on the history of Britain and the colonial world, especially the intersection of religion, science, and politics.
She was awarded her PhD in History from Cambridge University (2007), where she was a Commonwealth Scholar at King’s College. Her first book, Natural Science and the Origins of the British Empire, was awarded The Royal Society of Literature and Jerwood Foundation Award for Non-fiction. Her current research project is a history of the idea of religious liberty in Australia from 1788.
AIMS & SCOPE
‘The Journal of Religious History is an international, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish high quality, impactful scholarship and research that makes original and significant contribution to the field of religious history. The scope of the journal is the history of all religions and their relationship with the human experience across all time periods; the journal explores religion and its related subjects, along with debates on comparative method and theory in religious history. It publishes and invites original research articles, review articles, notes and documents, and book reviews.’
The new directions for the journal are introduced by our editors here: JRH – EDITORIAL NOTE . Please check out our ‘New Directions’ talk on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UO0sOpdVc0&t=10s
The structure as well as 2 ‘open access’ articles for Volume 44, Issue 3, mentioned in the editorial note, can been accessed here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679809/2020/44/3
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Style Guide
The Journal of Religious History follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Contributors may also refer to Kate L. Turabian’s short guide to the Chicago style, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations, 6th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).
Spelling
The Journal of Religious History publishes in British English. For word usage and word division, please refer to the Oxford Concise English Dictionary.
Abbreviations
Please follow the Oxford Classical Dictionary.
Authors wishing to submit to the Journal of Religious History please refer to our Author-Submission Guidelines here and for more information at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9809/homepage/ForAuthors.html
Book Review Editor
Celeste McNamara
Dr Celeste McNamara is Assistant Professor of history in the School of History and Geography, Dublin City University, Ireland. She is a specialist in early modern Italian history, Catholic Reform, and religious culture. She is the author of The Bishop’s Burden: Reforming the Catholic Church in Early Modern Italy (The Catholic University of America Press, 2020). Currently she is working on a project entitled Sin in the Serenissima: Illicit Sexuality in Early Modern Venice, which examines the policing of sexual morality by both secular and ecclesiastical officials.
Book Reviews
For book reviews please contact Celeste McNamara at email: [email protected]
PUBLISHERS WISHING TO SOLICIT BOOK REVIEWS:
We request that Publishers do NOT post review copies directly to the Journal Office.
PUBLISHERS wishing to solicit BOOK REVIEWS please contact, by email, the office of the Journal of Religious History who will provide full postal and contact details of suitable academic reviewers.
You can download our Book Review style guide here: Book Review Author General & Style Guide-JRH_2020
Social Media Editor
Christopher White
Chris White is a PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland, Australia. His thesis is entitled ‘The Expression of Didactic Normativity in Tales of the Non-Mundane’.
Chris’s interests lie in the religious history of the Latin West, especially in regard to the social networks that emerged or were maintained by the Church, understanding the use of symbol in medieval wonder tales, and the use of the unusual as a didactic tool. He spends most of his time reading about ghosts, werewolves, and monsters.
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TheRHA. Newsletter of the Religious History Association
TheRHA carries news of the Association and reports from state and international representatives about publications, grants and events. Submissions for consideration in TheRHA should be sent to the editor:
Inquiries
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Archive
Back issues of RHesiS: Newsletter of the Religious History Society (1999-2010), and TheRHA
RHesiS 1 (1999) – 2 (2001) – 3 (2003) – 4 (2004) – 6 (2006) – 7 (2007) – 10 (2008) – 11 (2009) – 12 (2010)
TheRHA 13(2011) [New Series]: 1 (2012) – 2 (2013) – 3 (2014) – 4 (2015) – No 5 – 2016
Newsletter TheRHA-No 6 March 2017 – Newsletter TheRHA-No 7 March 2018
Newsletter TheRHA-No 8 March 2019 – Newsletter TheRHA-No 9 March 2020
Newsletter TheRHA_10_March 2021 –
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