Practical Matters has established an Editorial Board of scholars and scholar-practitioners from many institutions, traditions, and methodological approaches who share our vision for innovative scholarship and new models of scholarly publishing. Each issue is shaped by Emory faculty and doctoral students with particular expertise in the theme. The day-to-day operations of the journal are handled by a staff of doctoral students in Emory’s Graduate Division of Religion. Practical Matters is helping to establish new forms of scholarly communication that honor innovative models of research and teaching. As a collaborative enterprise involving both faculty and graduate students, the journal is also shaping the next generation of scholars.
Practical Matters Editorial Board
Current Board Members
Elizabeth Bounds, Emory University
Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke University
Elaine Graham, University of Chester
Anna Grimshaw, Emory University
Nathan Jennings, Seminary of the Southwest
Kathryn Lofton, Yale University
Thomas G. Long, Emory University
Charles Marsh, University of Virginia
Colleen McDannell, University of Utah
Robert Orsi, Northwestern University
Devaka Premawardhana, Emory University
Robert Prichard, Virginia Theological Seminary
Leigh Schmidt, Washington University in St. Louis
Ted Smith, Emory University
David H. Watt, Haverford College
Todd Whitmore, University of Notre Dame
Lauren Winner, Duke University
Practical Matters Editorial Staff
Issue 1: Imagination Spring 2009
Issue Editors: Courtney T. Goto and Amy Levad
Managing Editors: Letitia M. Campbell and Donna S. Mote
Production Editors: Howell Belser and Brendan Ozawa-de Silva
Editors for Peer-Reviewed Content: David King and Katy Shrout
Editors for Reviews: Samira Mehta and John Senior
Copy Editors: Amy Levad and Robyn Neville
Editorial Consultant: Joshua M. Thomas
Faculty Consultants: Theodore Brelsford, Bobbi Patterson, and Don Saliers
Issue 2: Youth, Fall 2009
Issue Editors: Joshua M. Thomas and Almeda Wright
Managing Editors: Courtney T. Goto, Katy Shrout, Donna S. Mote (emer.), and Letitia M. Campbell (emer.)
Production Editors: Jermaine McDonald and Howell Belser
Layout & Design Editor: Jessica M. Smith
Editors for Peer-Reviewed Content: David King and Samira Mehta
Editors for Reviews: John Senior and Haemin Lee
Copy Editors: Matthew Bersagel Braley and Amy Levad
Faculty Consultants: Elizabeth Corrie and Carol Lakey Hess
Issue 3: Ethnography and Theology, Spring 2010
Issue Editors: Lerone Martin and Luke Whitmore
Managing Editors: Courtney T. Goto and Katy Shrout
Production Editor: Jermaine McDonald
Layout & Design Editor: Jessica M. Smith
Editors for Peer-Reviewed Content: David King and Samira Mehta
Editors for Reviews: Haemin Lee
Copy Editors: Matthew Bersagel Braley
Faculty Consultants: Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, Dianne Stewart Diakité, and Don E. Seeman
Issue 4: Religion, Health, and Healing, Spring 2011
Issue Editors: Annie Hardison-Moody and Jessica M. Smith
Managing Editors: John E. Senior, Samira Mehta, Katy Shrout (emeritus)
Production Editor: Jermaine M. McDonald
Layout & Design Editor: Jessica M. Smith
Editors for Peer-Reviewed Content: Samira Mehta and James W. McCarty, III
Editor for Reviews: William Yoo
Copy Editor: Adam Ployd
Faculty Consultants: Gary Laderman, Thomas G. Long, and Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
Issue 5: Violence and Peace, Spring 2012
Issue Editors: James W. McCarty III and Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon
Managing Editors: Jessica M. Smith and Jermaine M. McDonald
Layout & Design Editor: Jacob D. Myers
Editor for Reviews: William Yoo
Faculty Consultants: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, Tara Doyle, Ellen Ott Marshall, Edward L. Queen II, and Pamela Scully
Issue 6: Engaging Religious Experience, Spring 2013
Issue Editors: Susannah Laramee Kidd and Rebecca Spurrier
Managing Editors: Jermaine M. McDonald and William Yoo
Layout & Design Editor: Jacob D. Myers
Social Media Editor: Mark A. Jefferson
Faculty Consultants: Bobbi Patterson, Don Seeman, and Ted A. Smith
Issue 7: Worship, Ritual, and Theory, Spring 2014
Issue Editor: Jacob D. Myers
Managing Editors: Jacob D. Myers Matthew Pierce
Production Editor: Layla Karst
Reviews Editor: Kristyn Sessions
Submissions Editor: Sara Williams
Issue 8: Worship, Ritual, and Theory, Fall 2015
Issue Editor: Matthew Pierce
Managing Editor: Matthew Pierce
Production Editor: Layla Karst
Reviews Editor: Kristyn Sessions
Submissions Editor: Sara Williams
Faculty Advisor: L. Edward Phillips
Issue 9: Sacred Places, Sacred Journeys, Spring 2016
Issue Editors: Layla Karst and Sara Williams
Managing Editor: Matthew Pierce
Reviews Editors: Kristyn Sessions and Lisa Portilla
Assistant Editor: David Cho
Faculty Advisor: L. Edward Phillips
Issue 10: Wealth, Poverty, and Practice, Spring 2017
Issue Editor: Kristyn Sessions
Managing Editor: Layla Karst
Reviews Editor: Lisa Portilla
Assistant Editors: David Cho and Cara Curtis
Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth M. Bounds
Issue 11: Migrations, Spring 2018
Issue Editor: David Cho
Managing Editor: Lisa Portilla
Reviews Editor: Cara Curtis
Assistant Editors: Keith A. Menhinick and Palak Taneja
Faculty Advisor: Jehu Hanciles
Issue 12: Revolutions and Re-Imaginations, Spring 2019
Issue Editor: Cara Curtis
Managing Editor: Lisa Portilla
Reviews Editor: Keith A. Menhinick
Assistant Editors: Palak Taneja and Chelsea Mak
Issue 13: Love, Spring 2020
Issue Editor: Palak Taneja
Managing Editor: Cara Curtis
Reviews Editors: Chelsea Mak and Keith A. Menhinick
Assistant Editor: Mujahid Osman
Issue 14: Exclusion, Belonging, and Becoming, Spring 2021
Issue Editor: Keith A. Menhinick
Managing Editors: Cara Curtis, Keith A. Menhinick
Reviews Editors: Mujahid Osman
Assistant Editor: Palak Taneja and Chelsea Mak