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We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and to thank the many referees who have donated their time and expertise to reading and commenting on articles submitted for potential publication in Religion. This is the sixth in a series of editorials that acknowledges the many scholars who have contributed in this way (see Stausberg and Engler Citation2010, Citation2013, Citation2016, Citation2018, Citation2020). For further information on the journal’s review policy see the editorial ‘Religion at 50: pasts and futures’ (Stausberg and Engler Citation2020).
The list below (compiled by our editorial assistant Kevin Whitesides) comprises 238 names; some have reviewed more than once. In addition to the colleagues listed here, 27 referees did not respond to our messages, and six did not wish to see their names published. Two of our referees, Gary Bouma and Yusuf Nebhan Aydin, have since passed away, and we wish to recognize their service to the academic community. The total number of referees for the years 2019-2022 is therefore 273. Our referees are situated in 37 countries—the number of reviewers from each is indicated in parentheses (there was one referee whose location we were not able to confirm): United States (83), United Kingdom (36), Canada (17), Germany (15), Norway (14), Denmark (10), Finland, Netherlands, Sweden (9), Italy, Switzerland (7), Israel (6), India, Poland, Singapore (3), Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Estonia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Portugal, Republic of Ireland (2), Argentina, Brunei, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Japan, Nigeria, Slovenia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam (1). Scholars from Europe make up for almost half of the names (132), followed by scholars from North America (100).
Abdur Raqib, Muhammad - Brac University, Bangladesh
Agarwala, Ridhi - Indian Institute of Management, India
Amesbury, Richard - Arizona State University, United States
Amoruso, Michael - Occidental College, United States
Anderson, Jeff - The University of Louisiana Monroe, United States
András, Máté-Tóth - University of Szeged, Hungary
Ariel, Yaakov - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen - Clark University, United States
Asprem, Egil - Stockholm University, Sweden
Babacan, Errol - Universität Münster, Germany
Badone, Ellen - McMaster University, Canada
Bains, Satwinder - University of the Fraser Valley, Canada
Bargár, Pavol - Charles University, Czech Republic
Benavides, Gustavo - Villanova University, United States
Bennet, Karen - NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
Benor, Sarah - Hebrew Union College, United States
Berkwitz, Stephen - Missouri State University, United States
Beta, Annisa - University of Melbourne, Australia
Bhogal, Jaskiran Kaur - The London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Bigelow, Anna - Stanford University, United States
Blankholm, Joseph - University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Bleisch, Petra - University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Bøe, Marianne Hafnor - University of Stavanger, Norway
Brommesson, Douglas - Lund University, Sweden
Bruckmayr, Philipp - University of Vienna, Austria
Bühnemann, Gudrun - University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Buitelaar, Marjo - University of Groningen, Netherlands
Calder, Ryan - Johns Hopkins University, United States
Campany, Robert Ford - Vanderbilt University, United States
Cantwell, Christopher - Loyola University Chicago, United States
Carter, Heath W. - Princeton Theological Seminary, United States
Casadio, Giovanni - University of Salerno, Italy
Catto, Rebecca - Kent State University, United States
Cavanaugh, William - DePaul University, United States
Chami, Hicham - Columbia University, United States
Chryssides, George - York St. John University, United Kingdom
Ciliberto, María Valeria - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
Ciurtin, Eugen - Mahidol University, Thailand
Cornille, Catherine - Boston University, United States
Cowan, Douglas - University of Waterloo, Canada
Cronin, Michael - Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Cusack, Carole - University of Sydney, Australia
Datta, Ronjon Paul - University of Windsor, Canada
Davidsen, Markus - Leiden University, Netherlands
Davie, Grace - University of Exeter, United Kingdom
di Giovine, Michael - West Chester University of Pennsylvania, United States
Dilger, Hansjörg - Freie University Berlin, Germany
Dillon, Michele - University of New Hampshire, United States
Donner, Fred - University of Chicago, United States
Dreßler, Markus - Leipzig University, Germany
Eade, John - University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
Engberg, Aron - Lund University, Sweden
Engelberg, Ari - Hadassah Academic College, Israel
Espírito Santo, Diana - Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
Euben, Roxanne - University of Pennsylvania, United States
Ezzy, Douglas - University of Tasmania, Australia
Fadil, Nadia - KU Leuven, Belgium
Fällman, Fredrik - University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Feener, R. Michael - Kyoto University, Japan
Feldman, Jackie - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Feltmate, David - Auburn University at Montgomery, United States
Fernandes, Jason - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
Fessenden, Tracy - Arizona State University, United States
Finch, Martha - Missouri State University, United States
Finley, Stephen - Louisiana State University, United States
Fischer, Johan - Roskilde University, Denmark
Flood, Gavin - Oxford University, United Kingdom
Fox, Yaniv - Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Freudenberg, Maren - Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Garnier, Adele - Université Laval, Canada
Gassman, Mattias - Oxford University, United Kingdom
Geertz, Armin - Aarhus University, Denmark
Geller, Mark - UCL (University College London), United Kingdom
Gentz, Joachim - The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Gidal, Marc - Ramapo College of New Jersey, United States
Gleig, Ann - University of Central Florida, United States
Gooren, Henri - Oakland University, United States
Grung, Anne Hege - University of Oslo, Norway
Guzek, Damian - University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Hackett, Rosalind - University of Tennessee, United States
Hager, Andreas - Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Halemba, Agnieszka - University of Warsaw, Poland
Hammer, Olav - University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Hancock, Ian - The University of Texas at Austin, United States
Hanegraaff, Wouter - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Haynes, Jeffrey - London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Helland, Christopher - Dalhousie University, Canada
Hermansen, Marcia - Loyola University Chicago, United States
Hermkens, Anna-Karina - Macquarie University, Australia
Heuser, Andreas - Basel University, Switzerland
Hjelm, Titus - University of Helsinki, Finland
Hoffstaedter, Gerhard - The University of Queensland, Australia
Hollinger, David - University of California, Berkeley, United States
Hood, Ralph - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, United States
Hoon, Chang-Yau - University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Houtman, Dick - University of Leuven, Belgium
Hummel, Daniel - University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Husgafvel, Ville - University of Helsinki, Finland
Hutchings, Tim - Nottingham University, United Kingdom
Illman, Ruth - Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Introvigne, Massimo - Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Italy
Irani, Ayesha - University of Massachusetts Boston, United States
Islam, Md Saidul - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jaarsma, Ada - Mount Royal University, Canada
Jackson Rova, Peter - Stockholm University, Sweden
Jenkins, John - University of York, United Kingdom
Jensen, Jeppe Sinding - Aarhus University, Denmark
Johannsen, Dirk - University of Oslo, Norway
Johnston, Jay - Sydney University, Australia
Joosse, Paul - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Josephson Storm, Jason - Williams College, United States
Jung, Dietrich - University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Kim, Chae Young - Sogang University, South Korea
Klaver, Miranda Vrije - Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Knott, Kim - Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Koopmans, Rachel - York University, Canada
Krech, Volkhard - Bochum University, Germany
Kreinath, Jens - Wichita State University, United States
Kung, Lap Yan - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kupari, Helena - University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Kurzman, Charles - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Larsson, Goran - University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Lepa, Ege - University of Tartu, Estonia
Lindhardt, Martin - University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Lo, Mbaye - Duke University, United States
Lockhart, Bruce - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Longkumer, Arkotong - The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Luhrmann, Tanya - Stanford University, United States
Lundby, Knut - University of Oslo, Norway
MacKendrick, Kenneth - University of Manitoba, Canada
Magnus, Shulamit - Oberlin College, United States
Mahadev, Neena - Yale-NUS College, Singapore
Makas, Rebecca - Villanova University, United States
Mangion, Carmen – Birbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Mantsinen, Teemu - University of Turku, Finland
Marienberg-Milikowsky, Itay - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Martin, Bernice - Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Martin, Dominic - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mashimi, Kristina - Freie University Berlin, Germany
McAlister, Elizabeth - Wesleyan University, United States
McCloud, Sean - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
McDermott, Rachel - Columbia University, United States
Meylan, Nicolas - University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Mhajne, Anwar - Stonehill College, United States
Michaels, Axel - Heidelberg University, Germany
Milani, Milad - Western Sydney University, Australia
Mukherjee, Sipra - West Bengal State University, India
Myrvold, Kristina - Lund University, Sweden
Nalborczyk, Agata S. - University of Warsaw, Poland
Natvig, Richard Johan - University of Bergen, Norway
Nesbitt, Eleanor - University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Ngo, Dang Toan - Vietnam National University, Vietnam
Ngong, David - Stillman College, United States
Novetzke, Christian Lee - University of Washington, United States
Ohrvik, Ane - University of Oslo, Norway
Ojo, Matthews - Bowen University, Nigeria
Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, Malgorzata - University of Texas at San Antonio, United States
Østebø, Terje - University of Florida, United States
Palmisano, Stefania - University of Turin, Italy
Paoletti, Giovanni - University of Pisa, Italy
Petersen, Marie Juul - The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
Petts, Richard J. - Bell State University United States
Pevateaux, Chad - Independent Scholar,, United States
Pollack, Detlef - University of Münster, Germany
Possamaī, Adam - Western Sydney University, Australia
Power, Eleanor - London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Qvortrup Fibiger, Marianne - Aarhus University, Denmark
Rebillard, Eric - Cornell University, United States
Rey, Terry - Temple University, United States
Richards, William - Johns Hopkins University, United States
Ridgely, Susan - University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Rösli, Lukas - Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Ross, Margaret Clunies - University of Sydney, Australia
Roszko, Edyta - Chr. Michelsen institute, Norway
Rota, Andrea - University of Bern, Switzerland
Sadek, Noha - Brown University, United States
Salama-Carr, Myriam - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Salois, Kendra - American University Washington, D.C., United States
Samuels, Annemarie - Leiden University, Netherlands
Satlow, Michael - Brown University, United States
Schilbrack, Kevin - Appalachian State University, United States
Schlieter, Jens - University of Bern, Switzerland
Schmidt, Bettina - University of Wales Trinity Saint David, United Kingdom
Schultz, Anna - University of Chicago, United States
Sedgwick, Mark - Aarhus University, Denmark
Selberg, Torunn - University of Bergen, Norway
Sered, Susan - Suffolk University, United States
Sharabi, Asaf - Peres Academic Center, Israel
Sheedy, Matt - University of Manitoba, Canada
Shoham, Hizky - Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Siddiqi, Bulbul - North South University, Bangladesh
Sjö, Sofia - Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Skjoldli, Jane - University of Stavanger, Norway
Smith, Rodney - University of Sydney, Australia
Sokoloff, Naomi - University of Washington, United States
Sorgenfrei, Simon - Södertörn University, Sweden
Stewart, Tony - Vanderbilt University, United States
Stirrat, Roderick - University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Stolz, Joerg - University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Stornig, Katharina - Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
Strmiska, Michael - State University of New York (SUNY) Orange, United States
Strube, Julian - University of Vienna, Austria
Sutcliffe, Steven - The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Swanson, Mark - The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, United States
Tafjord, Bjørn-Ola - University of Bergen, Norway
Taira, Teemu - University of Turku, Finland
Telle, Kari - Chr. Michelsen institute, Norway
Ter Haar, Barend - University of Hamburg, Germany
Thompson, Naomi - University of London, United Kingdom
Tremlett, Paul-Francois - Open University, United Kingdom
Tsuria, Ruth - Seton Hall University, United States
Tuna, Mustafa - Duke University, United States
Vala, Carsten - Loyola University Maryland, United States
Valk, Ülo - University of Tartu, Estonia
van Klinken, Adriaan - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
van Liere, Lucien - Utrecht University, Netherlands
VanMaaren, John - McMaster University, Canada
Vannier, Christian - University of Michigan-Flint, United States
Venkatachalapathy, A.R. - Madras Institute of Development Studies, India
Vidas, Moulie - Princeton University, United States
Vliegenthart, Dave - Maastricht University, Netherlands
von der Lippe, Marie - University of Bergen, Norway
Vuellers, Johannes - University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Wallis, Simeon - Independent Scholar, United Kingdom
Warburg, Margit - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ward, Kevin - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Wario, Halkano Abdi - Egerton University, Kenya
Waugh, Earle - University of Alberta, Canada
Waxman, Joshua - Yeshiva University, United States
Webster, Paul - Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Werbner, Pnina - Keele University, United Kingdom
Willander, Erika - Umeå University, Sweden
Wirth-Nesher, Hana - Tel Aviv University, Israel
Xavier, M. Shobhana - Queen's University, Canada
Yahyaoui, Ekaterina - National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway, Republic of Ireland
Yelle, Robert - Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Zargar, Cyrus - University of Central Florida, United States
Zavos, John - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Additional information
Notes on contributors
Kevin Whitesides
Kevin Whitesides is a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Barbara (United States) and the editorial assistant for Religion.
Michael Stausberg
Michael Stausberg is Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen (Norway) and co-editor of Religion.
Steven Engler
Steven Engler is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary (Canada) and co-editor of Religion.
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- Stausberg, Michael, and Steven Engler. 2016. “Peer-reviewers and Selected Review Statistics, 2013–2014.” Religion 46 (1): 1–6.
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