Journals Publishing Religion-Family Research

As you may be aware, publishing family scholarship on religion can be a challenge. However, the past decade has included some moderate to significant shifts in the willingness of several social science journals to review and publish high quality work on religion. As you are likely aware, different journals have different biases. These biases change as the editors change and this should be borne in mind. With that said, a review of social science journals over the last five years (Jan. 2005-Dec. 2009) revealed that several have published at least one article with “religion” (or a closely related word) in the title. The number of related publications (2005-2009) is listed after the title. The lists are NOT all-inclusive but are for your information or benefit.

List of publications that have published articles related to religion and family life. (pdf)

Review of Religion-Family Research in JMF

Journal of Marriage and Family recently published a review essay by Annette Mahoney discussing research related to religion and the family that appeared during the previous decade.  The essay also suggested a framework for organizing the information and stimulating in-depth questions that future research might seek to answer.  To compensate for space limitations, Dr. Mahoney also made supporting information available online. For your convenience the link to the article and supporting documents are posted below:

Journal of Marriage and Family
Volume 72 Issue 4, Pages 805 - 827
Published Online: 9 Jul 2010
Copyright © National Council on Family Relations, 2010

Appendix A—Family – Religion Topics in Peer-Reviewed Studies Published Journals
Appendix B—Supplemental Comments and Citations