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

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devoted to research on the

psychology of religion Psychology of religion consists of the application of List of psychological research methods, psychological methods and interpretive frameworks to the diverse contents of Religion, religious traditions as well as to both religious and Irreligion, ...

. 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

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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)

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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 ''

'', the journal has a 2011

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of 1.639, ranking it 37th out of 124 journals in the category "Psychology, Multidisciplinary".

References

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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