''Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality'' is a biannual
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
Johns Hopkins University Press. It was established in 1993 as the ''Christian Spirituality Bulletin: Journal of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality'' and obtained its current title in 2001.
Publications page at website of The Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
(accessed 2 Sep 2011) It is the official publication of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
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and covers research on Christian
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spirituality while fostering creative dialogue with non-Christian traditions. As such, it explores the relationship between spirituality and cultural analysis
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using the disciplines of history
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, philosophy, theology
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, and psychology
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, among others. The journal includes original articles, reviews, and translations. Readership includes academics as well as a general audience. The editor-in-chief
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is Steven Chase ( Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality, Oblate School of Theology).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Christian Periodical Index, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, , International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
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, and UDL-Edge Citation Index Database.
See also
* List of theology journals
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References
External links
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''Spiritus''
at Project MUSE
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