
Academic Journal
Q1Nova Religio
About Nova Religio
Nova Religio is a scholarly journal published by University of Pennsylvania Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.249 and H-index of 19.
Coverage: 2009-2026. Research categories: Religious Studies (Q1).
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Topics in published research
Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices; Religion and Society Interactions; Religious Tourism and Spaces; Mormonism, Religion, and History; Media, Religion, Digital Communication; Religion, Society, and Development.
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Ira Robinson
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997159Charismatic Healers in Contemporary Africa: Deliverance in Muslim and Christian Worlds ed. by Sandra Fancello and Alessandro Gusman (review)
David Dmitri Hurlbut
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997170Utopia: Three Centuries of Sexuality in American Cults and Communes (review)
Marie W. Dallam
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Eliza F. Kent
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Bernard Doherty
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997162On Being Nonreligious in Japan: Decline, Antipathy, and Aversion to Institutions by Ian Reader and Clark Chilson (review)
Ernils Larsson
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Scott Lowe
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Scott Lowe
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997160The Three Nephites: Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend by Julie Swallow et al (review)
Matthew Bowman
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997164The Oxford Handbook of Digital Religion ed. by Heidi A. Campbell and Pauline Hope Cheong (review)
John Mauger
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997163The Holy Arcana , Prophet Giles, and the Branch of Christ United Church: The Lost Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Protestant Movement (Research Note)
Jeffrey D. Lavoie
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997158Prevalence of Metaphysical and Theological Beliefs among Contemporary Pagans
Gwendolyn Reece
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997157The New Church in the New World: A Study of Swedenborgianism in America by Marguerite Beck Block (review)
Jeremy Rapport
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997172Applied Mysticism: Studies of Meditation and Psychedelics in Secular Contexts by Richard H. Jones (review)
Kelly E. Hayes
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2026.a997168Reviews
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