''Review & Expositor'' is a

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History

''Review & Expositor'' was first published in 1904. Until 1996, it was published by the faculty of the

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The seminary was founded in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina, where it was at ...

, but after that it was published by an independent board, sponsored by three seminaries: McAfee School of Theology at

Mercer University Mercer University is a private research university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the state and enrolls more than 9,000 ...

Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) was a free-standing seminary in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded in March 1989 by Virginia Baptists related to the Southern Baptist Alliance (now the Alliance of Baptists) and Baptist General Assoc ...

and Truett Seminary at

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. After an issue of ''Review & Expositor'' in 2001 on the subject of sexuality was deemed by its faculty to be "irresponsible" and "contrary to sound theological scholarship", Truett Seminary cut its ties with the journal. Campbell University Divinity School became the third sponsor, but in 2019 BTSR closed due to financial problems.

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* Protestant studies journals Publications established in 1904 Quarterly journals English-language journals {{christian-journal-stub