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SCHOLARSHIP · JOURNAL GUIDE
Where Christian legal scholarship can enter broader academic conversation
A curated guide to peer-reviewed journals accepting scholarly work relevant to law, religion, political thought, history, intellectual inquiry, and Christian legal argument.
Scope of this guide.
Reality Herald does not list journals merely because they identify as Christian. The guide emphasizes peer-reviewed academic venues with open submission pathways where Christian legal thought—or scholarly responses to legal arguments and legal scholars, whether Christian or non-Christian—may fit the journal’s stated scope.
Curated Journals
4 journals
LAW · HISTORY · INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY
Journal of Church and State
Oxford University Press · J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University
Peer reviewed
Journal typeBroader academic / interdisciplinary
Review modelDouble-anonymized
Submission statusOpen submissions
Article typesResearch articles; book reviews
Christian legal scholarship fit
Strong potential fit for work on church-state relations, religious liberty, legal and political authority, constitutional questions involving religion, and Christian legal or political thought situated within broader interdisciplinary debate.
Potential fit for explicitly Christian legal thought when the manuscript engages law-and-religion questions in a way that speaks to the journal’s interdisciplinary and interreligious readership. Also suited to responses to legal theories or scholars relevant to religion and law.
Article typesArticles; book reviews; case comments
Christian legal scholarship fit
Strong potential fit for Christian legal thought addressing religious freedom, church-state relations, religious and nonconfessional legal systems, legal history, jurisprudence, constitutional rights, or legal and political theory.
Review modelAnonymous review by at least two referees
Submission statusOpen submissions
Article typesResearch articles; book reviews and related formats
Christian legal scholarship fit
Potential fit where Christian legal thought intersects political theology, political authority, law, institutions, ethics, or shared political life. Particularly useful for arguments that move beyond doctrinal exposition into wider political or legal conversation.
Reality Herald will favor journals whose current publisher or journal documentation confirms peer review and an active submission route. Listings will describe fit rather than promise acceptance.
Journal policies change. Writers should always verify current author instructions on the journal’s own site before submitting.