The beginnings of religion, with special attention to the North America board

This article outlines the genesis of the journal's name as ‘Religion: A Journal of Religion and Religions', Ninian Smart's recruitment and formation of an international North American editorial board in the late 1970s, its early struggles to establish a distinctive niche among longer-...

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Published in:Religion
Subtitles:Pasts
Main Author: Strenski, Ivan 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2020]
In: Religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Smart, Ninian 1927-2001 / Religion (Journal) / USA / Science of Religion / History 1979-1980
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Academic Press
B Ninian Smart
B religion as explicans
B Religious Studies
B Lancaster University
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article outlines the genesis of the journal's name as ‘Religion: A Journal of Religion and Religions', Ninian Smart's recruitment and formation of an international North American editorial board in the late 1970s, its early struggles to establish a distinctive niche among longer-lived, well-established, subsidized journals in the field, and the strategies that proved successful in its transformation into a commercially published quarterly.
ISSN:1096-1151
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1681123