The ''Marburg Journal of Religion'' is a

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that publishes articles on empirical and theoretical studies of

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. The first issue having appeared in April 1996. The original concept was developed by

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together with his assistant Richard Böhme, who was the first Web Editor. The editorial team was broadened in 1999 to include Peter Antes (

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) and

Andreas Grünschloß Andreas Grunschloss (German: Grünschloß) (born 1957) is German scholar and the current Professor of Religious Studies at University of Göttingen. An ordained Protestant pastor, he is the author of books and scholarly articles about interfaith ...

(

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) and in 2007 Edith Franke (

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). Doreen Christen 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

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

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