Theology Digest (1953–2010) summarized selected recent articles from over 400
theological journals. Some were in the form of formal summaries, approved by the authors of the articles, while some were briefer abstracts for whose accuracy the editors assumed responsibility.
The digest was published quarterly. In each year, three issues contained the abstracts and summaries, and the fourth contained selected lectures from the series of
Bellarmine Lectures Bellarmine may refer to:
*Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621), a Cardinal and saint of the Catholic Church
*The schools named after him:
**Bellarmine University, in Louisville, Kentucky
**Bellarmine College Preparatory, in San Jose, California
**Bellar ...
and elsewhere. All issues contained a book survey as well, covering over 200 books per issue.
The Digest was founded by Cyril A. Vollert, S.J., and Gerald F. Van Ackeren, S.J., at the Jesuit divinity school,
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
Australia
*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
in Kansas in 1953, but those of other denominations became involved as well.
Theology Digest was based at Saint Louis University from 1967 until 2010.
See also
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List of theological journals
Theological journals are academic periodical publications in the field of theology. WorldCat returns about 4,000 items for the search subject "Theology Periodicals" and more than 2,200 for "Bible Periodicals". Some journals are listed below.
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External links
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history of the van Ackeren family
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
* http://www.vanackeren.fr
Religious studies journals
Academic journals established in 1953
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