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Missiology is the quarterly journal of the American Society of Missiology. It began publication in 1973, continuing in the tradition of its predecessor Practical Anthropology. An one of the premier scholarly journals of mission studies, it is distinctively:

• multi-disciplinary: including history, theology, anthropology, communication theory, religious encounter, ecumenics, methodology.

• interconfessional: including works from Roman Catholic, conciliar, and conservative evangelical spheres.

• practical: including not just theoretical reflection, but applied mission science.

The journal has a worldwide circulation of approximately 1,500 subscribers (including 1,000 libraries) and costs $26 per year for individuals ($22 for students) and $40 per year for institutions. ASM membership ($37 per year, $27 for students, $19 for retirees) includes a subscription to the journal. (For details and/or online subscription, go to Membership & Subscription.  Contact Dorothy Carroll for further information.)

The Editor of the journal is J. Nelson Jennings. Associate Editors are Angelyn Dries, OSF, and Jay Moon.  Unsolicited manuscripts are welcomed. A downloadable Style Guide is provided to aid prospective authors.

Advertisers appropriate to the contents of the journal are welcomed. These may be arranged through Jean Warren, Missiology Advertising Manager. [Contact Information]

Third World Gift Subscriptions are also now available for purchase.  Gift subscription funds will be used to provide free subscriptions to individuals and institutions in the 3^rd World who have expressed an interest in receiving Missiology.  The Missiology Editorial Office also welcomes nominations for 3^rd World Gift Subscription recipients; please notify Dorothy Carroll if you are aware of an individual or institution in the 3^rd World who may be blessed by receiving a free Missiology subscription. (Contribution rates, listed in one, two, and three year increments, will soon be added to the Membership/Subscription page of the website where payment can be made.)  

Online Access

Missiology is among 50 key theological journals chosen to be included in ATLAS, the American Theological Library Association Serials Project, an undertaking by the American Theological Library Association. Its purpose is to digitize 50 years' worth of 50 journals that deal with the academic study of religion and make them accessible from the Web. All issues of the journal are indexed and searchable through the ATLA Religion database and all but the most recent two years of the contents of the journal are available online through ATLAS. Access to ATLAS is by individual or institutional subscription. The regular individual subscriber price is $150, annually.  Subscribers to Missiology (or other constituent ATLAS titles) are eligible for a subscription price of $120. Rates for a church, library or academic institution, or a consortium are available by contacting the ATLA at (888) 665-ATLA (toll-free in North America), (01) 312-454-5100 (international telephone), or (01) 312-454-5505 (international facsimile), or by mail at American Theological Library Association, 250 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1600, Chicago Illinois 60606-5889, USA.