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• Brethren Digital Archives - "Mission of the Brethren Digital Archives is to digitize some or all of the periodicals produced from the beginning of publication to the year 2000 by each of the Brethren bodies who trace their origin to the baptism near Schwarzenau, Germany in 1708"
• The Catholic News Archive - "thousand of newspaper pages from different cities over multiple years"
• Missionary Periodicals Database - " The database aims to record all periodicals on foreign missions published in Britain, between the eighteenth century and the 1960s, by missionary societies and commercial publishers, giving full bibliographical details, information on contents and locations."
• Reformed Presbyterian History Archives - open access fulltext of selected issues of Albany Quarterly, Reformed Prebyterian, Covenanter, Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter, Our Banner, Political Dissenter, Reformed Presbyterian Standard, Christian Nation, Herald of Mission News, Olive Trees, The Hebrew Messenger, America's Great Decision, Covenanter Witness, Minutes of Synod, RP Ministers and History, Blue Banner Faith and Life

• Acta Theologica - South African journal
• Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica
• AD 2000 - Australian monthly journal of religious opinion
• Aemaet:: Wissenschafliche Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie
• Affirmation & Critique: A Journal of Christian Thought (Living Stream Ministry)
• Alpha Omega: Rivista di Filosofia e Teologia dell'Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum
• American Missionary - 1878-1901
• American Theological Inquiry
• Andrews University Seminary Studies (The Journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary)
• Anglican and Episcopal History - contents only
• Anglican Journal - 1998 to the present. Can search issues by key word
• Anglican Theological Review - publisher site provides contents and selected full-text
• Antigüedad y Cristianismo - can browse by number or title or author
• Antithesis : a review of Reformed/Presbyterian Thought and Practice
• Anvil- An Anglican Evangelical Journal for theology and mission - contents and selected fulltext
• Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies
• At this point: theological investigations in church and culture
• Augustinian Studies - contents only - peer-reviewed
• Australasian Pentecostal Studies
• Australian Ejournal of Theology
• Baptist History and Heritage - contents only
• Baptist Quarterly - v. 1-3, 1922-27 / Contents only
• Baptist Review of Theology - v. 1-8, 1991-1998 (ceased)
• Baptist Studies Bulletin
• Benedictines Magazine
• Biblical Reflection on Modern Medicine - 1996-2000
• Biblisches Forum: Zeitschrift fur Theologie aus biblischer Perspektive - 1998-2004
• Binah - academic journal of the Caribeean Evangelical Theological Association, Jamaica Theological Seminary and Caribbean Graduate School of Theology. v. 1-2, 1996-97. Continued by the Caribbean Journal of Evangelical Theology
• Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice v.1 to v.9, 1996-2014
• Bulletin - Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français
Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society (continued by Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society) - v, 1 - 56, 1958 -2013
• Burning Bush - " theological journal of the Far Eastern Bible College". It is published bi-annually, and contains theological articles written by faculty/graduates/students, college news, and alumni reports."
• BYU Studies - " scholarly religious literature in the form of books, journals, and dissertations that is qualified, significant, and inspiring. We want to share these publications to help promote faith, continued learning, and further interest in our LDS history with those in the world who have a positive interest in this work."
• Caminhando (Faculdade de Teologia da Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo)
• Canadian Journal of Orthodox Christianity
• Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity
• Canadian Journal of Theology - contents and very selected full-text
• Caribbean Journal of Evangelical Theology - 2002-2006. Previously called Binah
• Heresis: revue d'hérésiologie médiévale - 41-46/47 , 31-40 , 21-30 , 11-20 , 1-10 - study of Catharism
• Catholic Social Science Review - 2009, 2011-2014 - interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that publishes orignal articles and reviews in the social sciences and the humanities. "It is the journal of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists and has an editorial focus on topics relevant to the social teachng of the Catholic Church."
• The Catholic World - 1865 - 1901 archive is fully searchable
• Cauriensia: Revista anual de Ciencias Eclesiasticas
• Centro Pro Unioine Bulletin - "The Centro Pro Unione, founded and directed by the Society of the Atonement, is an ecumenical research and action center. Its purpose is to give space for dialogue, to be a place for study, research and formation in ecumenism: theological, pastoral, social and spiritual."
• Chafer Theological Seminary Journal - contains articles in biblical studies and theology
• Chinese Theolgoical Review
• Chrétiens et Sociétés : XIe - XXIe siècles
• Christian Apologetics Journal
• Christian Brethren Review - v. 31-40, 1982- 1989
• Christian Brethren Research Fellowship Journal - v. 1- 30, 1963-1980
• Christian Century - contents and selected fulltext
• Christian Ethics Today
• Christian History Magazine - contents and selected open access full-text
• Christian Perspectives in Education
• Christian Research Journal - contents only
• Christian Scholar's Review - contents and abstracts only "medium for communication among Christians who have been called to an academic vocation"
• Christianity Today - contents only
• Christus: Vivre l'experience spirituelle aujourd hui - contents and very selected open access fulltext
• Church and Society in Asia Today ( Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore) - articles from a Christian perspective. 2011-2013. Contents only
• Church History
• Churchman - contents and selected open access issues to v. 127, 2013 - " Churchman, the quarterly journal from Church Society, has been in production since 1879. In that time it has established its place as essential reading for Christians who wish to gain a Biblical perspective on a range of matters. Leading writers deal with current issues, historical themes, and the Evangelical doctrine in which we believe."
• La Civilta' Cattolica - browse contents back to 2001 can also search articles
• Common Ground Journal: Perspectives on the Church in the 21st Century
• Commonweal - "an independent journal of opinion edited & managed by lay Catholics. Twenty-two issues a year" - contents and selected full-text
• Concilium Medii Aevi - essyas on the history, art and culture of the Middle Ages and Early Modern world - v.1 to date
• Concordia Journal - articles "from a confessionally Lutheran perspective"
• Concordia Theological Quarterly
• Conspectus - "scholarly publication that is evangelical in its theological orientation"
• Contemporary Church History Quarterly
• Contra Mundum: the journal
• Coptic Church Review
• CRS Quarterly (Creation Research Society Quarterly Journal)- abstracts and selected articles - "emphasis on scientific evidence supporting: intelligent desighn, a recent creation and a catastrophic worldwide flood)
• Criterion (University of Chicago Divinity School) - journal contains Alumnus of the Year lecture, sermons, lectures from conferences
• Crosscurrents - contents and selected full-text
• Crucible: Theology & Ministry: An on-line journal of peer-reviewed articles and other resources on Christian Life and Thought
• Currents in Theology and Mission: The Theological Journal of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Wartburg Theological Seminary
• Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research
• Denver Journal: An Online Review of Current Biblical and Theological Studies - includes book reviews and review articles
• Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
• Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
• Didache: Faithful Teaching -" an interdisciplinary academic journal offered on-line that explores the intersections of Christian conviction, culture and education for the Church of the Nazarene and other international Wesleyan communities in higher education"
• Direction: a Mennonite Brethren Forum - open access to the articles is available 6 months after publication
• Discernment Newsletter (Discernment Ministries)
• Doxology: A Journal of Worship
• East Asian Pastoral Review (East Asian Pastoral Institute) - "addresses itself to the new situations, insights and initiatives which affect the churches of Asia and the Pacific"
• East-West Church Ministry Report - open access full-text for all issues exc;uding current year - Christianity in Russia and Central and East European countries
• Ecclesia: Revista de cultura catolica
• Ecclesiology Today: Journal of the Ecclesiological Society
• Ecumenical Review - contents only
• Elpis (Department of Orthodox Theology, University of Bialystok) - objective is to" present contemporary Orthodox theology and to propagate the work of theologians, historians and philologists in their fields associated with Orthodoxy"
• Estudos Teológicos (Progama de Pós-Graduaçāo em Teologia )
• E- Theologos. Theological Review of Greek Catholic Theological Faculty
• Etudes d'histoire religieuse
• Etudes theologiques et religieuses - contents and abstracts only
• European Journal of Science and Theology - open access for all but issues for current year
• European Journal of Theology - contents and selected open access full-text
• Evangel - The British Evangelical Review - contents and selected open access full-text
• Evangelical Studies Bulletin - selected open access full-text
• The Evangelical Quarterly - contents and selected open access full-text
• Evangelical Review of Theology (World Evangelical Fellowship) - contents and very selected open access full-text
• Faculty Dialogue Issues: 8 (Winter 1987) to 20 (Winter 1993/94), 24 (spring 1995) and 25 (Fall 1995) Issues: 9 (Fall 1987), 24 (Spring 1995), 25 (Fall 1995) and 26 (Winter 1996)
• Le Fait Missionnaire (LFM) - contents and some open access full text - " publishes articles and manuscripts in French and English. It looks at religion at large, with a strong emphasis on Christian missions and their legacy. Geographically, it focuses on the African continent and tries to compare the latter with other areas. It offers a wide range of analytical perspectives, with contributions from disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, political science and theology. "
• Faith and Thought (formerly Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute - contents and selected open access full-text
• First Things
• Fohat (Edmonton Theosophical Society)
• The Founders Journal (Founders Ministries) "committed to historic southern Baptist principles"
• Franciscanum (University of San Buenaventura, Bogota) - theology and philosophy
• Global Journal of Classical Theology: An Online Journal of Evangelical Theology
• Global Missiology
• Gouden Hoorn : Tijdschrift over Byzantium - Journal about Byzantium - v.1-7, 1993-1999
• Grace Theological Journal
• Hapag: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research
• Harvard Divinity Bulletin - 2003 to date
• Heythrop Journal - contents and select open access articles
• Hispania Sacra: Revista de Historia Eclesiastica
• Hokhma: Revue de réflexion théologique - fulltext for a few of the earlier issues - subject/author indexes
• Homiletic
• Homiletic and Pastoral Review
• Horizonte ( Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Religião)
• HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies - previously known as Hervormde Teologiese Studies
• Hugoye: Journal of Syriac studies
• Humanitas: Revista de Antropologia y cultura Cristiana (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
• In Communion - Orthodox Peace Fellowship
• In Die Skriflig /In Luce Verbi - "accredited journal that serves as the official journal of the Reformed Theological Society. Aims to further Reformational Theology on a scientific basis and thus serving the Church and the kingdom of God"
• Indian Journal of Theology - contents ( not available for all years) and selected open acess full-text
• Ignaziana: Rivista di Ricerca Teologica - "intent to stimulate and stregthen research in the Christian tradition inaugurated by St. Ignatius of Loyola"
• IBMR Journal (International Bulletin of Mission Research)
• International Journal of Christianity & Education - contents only except for a few editorials
• International Journal of Frontier Missions
• International Journal of Orthodox Theology
• Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology - contents only
• The Japan Christian Review
• The Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry
• Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
• Journal for Christian Theological Research
• Journal of Adventist Theological Society
• Journal of Aggressive Christianity
• Journal of Analytic Theology
• Journal of Applied Missiology
• Journal of Asian Mission (AGST Philippines)- " seeks to provide a forum to assess theories and practices of mission applied in the past or proposed for the future, and to encourage reflective thinking among Christian leaders training Asians for missionary task and those working toward the evangelization of Asia." v. 1 to 7. 1999-2005
• Journal of Baptist Studies
• Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine - covers 1987-1997
• Journal of Catholic Education - formerly Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice
• Journal of Church and State - contents only
• Journal of Early Christian History Continued by Acta Patristica et Byzantiana - full-text is only available to sub-Saharan countries
• Journal of Ecumenical Studies - contents only
• Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies - all except recent two volumes are available for free download
• Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology - "published under the auspices of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States"
• Journal of Icon Studies - published by Museum of Russian Icons
• Journal of Jesuit Studies - Jesuits from the 16th century to date
• Journal of Liberal Religion (Meadville Lombard Theological School)
• Journal of Lutheran Ethics
• Journal of Maronite Studies (The Maronite Research Institute - history, liturgy and theology of the Maronites
• Journal of Moral Theology
Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling - Formerly called Journal of Pastoral Care
• Journal of Psychology and Christianity
• Journal of Psychology and Theology
• Journal of Southern Religion
• Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture - " is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting our understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith. Contributions dealing with all aspects of these texts and their contents are invited, including textual, historical, cultural, archaeological, and philological studies. Submissions must be consistent with a faithful Latter-day Saint perspective, and make a significant contribution to our understanding, to be considered for publication." Now called Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
• Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (formerly the Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society )- all but most recent two years are available open access
• Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society
• Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics
• Journal of the Lutheran Historical Conference
• Journal of Theology for Southern Africa - contents only
• Journal of Welsh Ecclesiastical History - v. 1 -9, 1984-1992. All published issues
• Journal of Welsh Religious History
• Kairos: Evnelical Journal of Theology
• Tà katoptrizómena, das Magazin für Kunst, Kultur, Theologie und Ästhetik
• Laval théologique et philosophique
• LFM: Social Sciences and Missions - " LFM. Social Sciences Missions is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of the social and political influence of Christian missions in Africa and other parts of the (former) colonial world. Since 2007 it is published by E.J Brill (Leiden) under the title Social Sciences and Missions / Sciences sociales et mission." - contents and select open access articles
• Literature and Belief: A semiannual publication of the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature
• Living Tradition - journal of the Roman Theological Forum
• Logia : a journal of Lutheran theology - contents with a very few articles in full-text
• Logos: A Journal of Cathlic Thought and Culture - contents and a very few articles in full-text
• Lonergan Studies Newsletter
• Lonergan Workshop - annual publication of papers from this Workshop
• Lutheran Theological Review - published by Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, Brock University
• Marian Studies - Summary list of articles in Marian Studies 1950-2010
• Mariologisches Jahrbuch - 1997 - 2015
• The Master's Seminary Journal
• Melanesian Journal of Theology
• Mennonite Historian (Mennonite Heritage Centre and the Centre for MB Studies in Canada)
• Mennonite Historical Bulletin
• Mennonite Life
• Mennonite Quarterly Review - contents with selected full text / search the index 1926-2000
• The Merton Annual - contents and selected articles open access
• Method: Journal of Longeran Studies - contents only
• Methodist History Journal
• Methodist Review: A Journal of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies
• Ministerial Formation (World Council of Churches) - 2000-2008 - focus on theological education
• Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology
• Modern Reformation
• Monastic Research Bulletin
• Mormon Studies Review - contents only
• Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif / Dutch Reformed Theological Journal - now called Stellenbosch Theological Journal
• New Theology Review - "is a Catholic online, open-access journal of theology and ministry published by the Catholic Theological Union through the Paul Bechtold Library. Its mission is to serve the Church by providing, through the publication of articles, a forum for theologians and pastoral ministers to engage the Catholic tradition in respectful, constructive and critical dialogue. Its primary intent and direction is to promote a deeper understanding of the Christian faith and the mission of the Church."
• Newsletter of the Association of Contemporary Church Historians - 1995 to 2009
• La Nouvelle Revue Théologique - open access for articles 1958-2003; contents only for later volumes
• Oliviana: Mouvements et dissidences spirituels, IIIe - XIVe siecles
• L'Osservatore Romano - current weekly issue only
• Pastoral Music - open access to all volumes up to September 2012
• Paedagogia Christiania
• Peregrinations (International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art )
• Perichorresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University - "only government-accredited Baptist university in Europe"
• Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
• Polonia Sacra (Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawla II, Krakow
• Poznanskie Studia Teologiczne (Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University)
• Practical Matters: A journal of religious practices and practial theology
• The Princeton Review - 1831-1882
• Princeton Seminary Bulletin
• Protestant Reformed Theological Journal - includes book reviews
• Protestantismo em Revista
• Psaltiki: The Online Journal -"promotes the advancement of the Hellenic Psaltic Art also known as Byzantine and post-Byzantine Chant and Hymnology"
• Quaderns de Cristianisme i Justica (Quaderns CJ)
• Reformation and Revival
• Relat - Revista electronica latinoamericana de teologia - particularly useful for liberation theology
• Renascence : essays on values in literature - listing of special issues only - Christian focus
• Review of Ecumenical Studies (Institute for Ecumenical Research, Ucian Blaga University of Sibiu)
• Revista Catalana de Teologie
• Revista de cultura teologica - theology and philosophy
• Revista de teologia
• Revue de Theologie et de Philosophie - contents only
• Revue d'Etudes Augustiniennes et Patristiques - contents and abstracts
• Revue d'Histoire et Philosophie Religieuses - full text available open access from 2002 up to three years after date of publication - can also search articles and books reviews by author, keyword, reviewer etc.
• Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes - 1955-1976
• Revue des Sciences Religieuses
• Revue Theologique de Louvain
• Rose +Croix Journal - "focuses on topics that relate to the sciences, history , the arts, mysticism and spirituality, especially interdisciplinary topics" - published by the Rosicrucian Order
• Sacred Architecture
• Salvationist : The Voice of the Army
• Science and Christian Beliefs - open access fulltext available for volumes order than 5 years.
• Science et Espri -v. 51, 1999- present
• Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology
• Scriptura: International Journal of Bible, Religion and Theology in Southern Africa
• Scripta Theologica (Facultad de Teologia, Universidad de Navarra)
• Slovo: Journal of Old Church Slavonic Institute
• Sobornost - contents only
• Southwestern Journal of Theology
• The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
• Southern Seminary Magazine
• Southwestern Journal of Theology - v. 48, no. 2 to current
• Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
• Stellenbosch Theological Journal - continues Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif/Dutch Reformed Theological Journal
• Stone-Campbell Journal - contents with selected full-text open access
• Studia Redemptorystowskie/Redemptorist Studies: Scientific yearbook of the Warsaw Province of Redemptorists - majority of articles in Polish some in English - see Theology section
• Studia Swendenborgiana
• Studia Warminskie - see section for Theology
• Studies in Christian- Jewish Relations
• Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits
• Svenska exegetiska arsbok - contents only
• The Tablet - open acess for last 2 years
• Teoliteraria: Revista de Literaturas e Teologieas
• Teologia i Człowiek
• Teologia y cultra
• Teologia y Vida - 2000 to date; in Spanish with English abstracts
• Theological Forum (Theological Faculty, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn)
• Theological Studies
• Theologus: Theological Review (Greek Catholic Theological Faculty University of Presov, Slovakia) - some of the articles are in English
• Theology in Scotland
• Theoforum - " bilingual, peer-reviewed journal produced by the Faculty of Theology of Saint Paul University in Ottawa. It continues Église et Théologie, which appeared from 1970 to 1999. Appearing three times a year, it publishes articles in all fields of theology." contents only
• Theologica Xaveriana (Faculty of Theology Javeriana University Bogota (Colombia)
• theologie.geschichte: Zeitschrift für Theologie un Kulturgeshichte
• Theologiques - " Founded in 1993 and headed by an interdisciplinary team, this scientific journal looks at current theological questions in dialogue with the other human sciences. Each issue's theme is examined by writers from different fields reflecting upon a common subject. Théologiques explores the contribution of theological research to the great ethical, social and cultural debates of our day. Open to a diversity of religious and theological traditions and lines of thought, the journal participates in advancing the discourse on God and on believers' experiences. It also studies the ongoing reconstruction of the different fields of knowledge and their impact on the theological process. Most articles are in French; a few appear in English." Open access for all issues except for current year
• Themelios - geared to theological students and pastors - "international, evangelical, peer-reviewed theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith"
• Touchstone : a journal of Mere Christianity
• Trinity Journal - contents only ; more complete contents list and selected full-text from www.biblicalstudies.org
• Truth Journal - "an inter-disciplinary, non-specialized journal for the academic community (students, professors, scholars) with a distinctively Christian perspective"
• Tyndale Bulletin -open access full text for all articles from v.1 to 3 from present
• Verbum et Ecclesia: Academic Journal of the Centre for Ministerial Development - funded by the Centre for Ministerial Development of the Dutch Reformed Church, University of Pretoria
• Rivista Via Spiritus
• Vidimus - articles on and images of medieval stained glass
• Vincentian Heritage - "dedicated to promoting a living interest in the historical and spiritual heritage of the wide-ranging Vincentian family under the patronage of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) and Saint Louise de Marillac (1591-1660)."
• Vita Spiritus: Revista de Historia da Espiritualidade e do Sentimento Religioso
• Vox Evangelical
• War Cry Magazine (Salvation Army)
• Wesleyan Theological Journal - includes title and author index. Full text of articles from 1966 to 2010
• Word and World: Theology for Christian Ministry
• WRS Journal - "articles written by WRS (Western Reformed Seminary) professors, other Bible Presbyterian pastors"
• Zeitschrift für christliche Archäeologie und Kunst - v.1 and 2, 1856-1857
• Zeitschrift fuer Pastoraltheologie
• Zeischrit fur Religionspadagogik (Theo-Web)
• Zeitschrift fur Theologie und Kirche - contents v. 1-100
• Zograf - Serbian journal covering the humanities
• Zwingliana: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Protestantismus in der Schweiz und seiner Ausstrahlung -" was founded in 1897 as a academic journal and at the same time a journal for the members of the Zwingli Society (Zwingliverein). The journal is sponsored by the Zwingliverein in conjunction with the Swiss Reformation Studies Institute at the University of Zurich.Zwingliana provides free electronic access to its issues with a three year delay. Currently you will find more than 2200 full text searchable articles in 202 different issues of the journal since 1897
  
  
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