The ''International Journal for the Psychology of Religion'' is a

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academic journal devoted to research on the psychology of religion. Its scope includes the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The current editor-in-chief is Heinz Streib ( Universität Bielefeld). As of 2020, the book review editors were Katarzyna Skrzypińska ( University of Gdańsk) and W. Paul Williamson ( Henderson State University).Editorial Board
(from journal website, accessed 23 Feb. 2020)

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in PsycINFO,

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(as of 2011). Beginning with volume 18 (2008), the journal is included in the databases of the Institute for Scientific Information. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 1.639, ranking it 37th out of 124 journals in the category "Psychology, Multidisciplinary".

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* Psychology of religion journals Religious studies journals Academic journals established in 1991 Quarterly journals Taylor & Francis academic journals {{reli-journal-stub