Religious and Theological Abstracts - Prepub

I received a prepub notification for: "Religious and Theological Abstracts". I have a question before considering it. Is this a database that will be updated from time to time? Or does it cover abstracts over a specific period of time? If so what is the period of time covered?

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NetworkGeek

Good question, I was wondering this too...

Ronald Quick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/208765#Comment_208765

Along with wondering if there would be updates, I also wanted to know what other journal were included because the product description page states: "and dozens more."

This is definitely one prepub I am interested in.

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/208766#Comment_208766

For a listing of the journals included check out the web site here: http://rtabstracts.org/

You can purchase 1 year of Internet Access to these abstracts for $45.00.

One 'problem' is with a few hundred journals covered and so few in Logos format, you'll get lots of hits you probably can't use. It would seem someone doing research would really want this tool along with access to a top-rate seminary library.

Sam Henderson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/208772#Comment_208772

It would seem someone doing research would really want this tool along with access to a top-rate seminary library.

... In which case one would expect to have access to a printed or online version of a periodicals/dissertations abstract database.

Tom Reynolds

I received a prepub notification for: "Religious and Theological Abstracts". I have a question before considering it. Is this a database that will be updated from time to time? Or does it cover abstracts over a specific period of time? If so what is the period of time covered?

According to their website RTA dates back to 1958 but who knows what Logos' prepub includes because they tell us nothing. I really shake my head and wonder what they're thinking some of the time. I think we can all agree that RTA sounds great but your questions all need to be answered before anyone spends even $1 on this. Seeing as they charge $45 per year for online access I can't see them giving us free updates in the future. I'd love to put in an order but not until they give us some more information.

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/208817#Comment_208817

.. In which case one would expect to have access to a printed or online version of a periodicals/dissertations abstract database.

And then this resource might be one they already have. So it begs the question, who would want this in Logos format?

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/209136#Comment_209136

I just paid for a one-year subscription to rtabstracts.org to check it out. The search capabilities on the site are awesome. If you're trying to research a topic and want to see what journal articles might contribute to your research, this is a great way to do it. Yes, you'd still need to find some way to get hold of the actual text of the articles through a library, but you get a short abstract of each article, so you can tell which articles are going to be useful for your research.

I have no idea what sort of access to that database Logos is going to be able to provide us for a one-time fee of $49.95. Are they going to just give us a snapshot of the whole thing as of some year (perhaps 2009 or 2010)? I can't imagine they'd just give us one year's worth for that price, but maybe it'll be a limited range of years. They do not as yet have a mechanism for time-bound subscriptions to things that automatically stay current with the latest data. Maybe this is going to be an experiment in trying that out and maybe they haven't yet figured out how it's going to work enough to describe it properly in the product page. Just speculation. I'd prefer to pay a higher amount and have guaranteed lifetime access to it, with all the most current data.

I have asked a sales rep to find out more for me, and he says "Your question is currently being bounced around the company..." and once he gets an answer he'll let me know. I'm guessing this is something that nobody really thought through very well before putting it out there. We need more info to be able to make a decision as to whether to order this. Witness the very slow rate of interest being gathered.

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/209145#Comment_209145

Just bumping this up after the weekend to see if we can get some Logos input on this resource at this point.

What period of time does this database cover?

Will this resource be updated periodically? What would be the anticipated cost if this is done?

Will all Logos journals, including those already released, be hyper-linked to abstracts in this resource?

Thank you.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/209145#Comment_209145

I have asked a sales rep to find out more for me, and he says "Your question is currently being bounced around the company..." and once he gets an answer he'll let me know.

I've gotten a reply. This is from Ken Smith in ETD (Electronic Text Development):

"Our license is unrestricted, so the first offering should include all the data currently available on the RTA web site www.rtabstracts.org. I would assume the years covered will vary for each journal, based on publication dates and how much has been abstracted.

"As I understand it, we will be updating the resource to include new data at regular intervals."

I would assume that "updating the resource to include new data at regular intervals" means that those who own it will automatically get those updates, because that's what happens now for any resources that get updated.

This is really awesome! I do hope they will make the abstracts link to the full text if it's in our library. Judging by how good a job they did on that with Catena Aurea, I'm guessing this would be a top priority for them. I would make no sense not to do so.

Ronald Quick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/210796#Comment_210796

Sounds great!

I'm in.

tom

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/210801#Comment_210801

Sounds great!

I'm in.

so am I

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/210812#Comment_210812

Here's the link, to save others the trouble of looking it up: http://www.logos.com/product/8652/religious-and-theological-abstracts

Stephen Paynter

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/210812#Comment_210812

Sounds great!

I'm in.

so am I

Me three. This is great ... the best news since the JBL made it into development.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212084#Comment_212084

This is great ... the best news since the JBL made it into development.

Looks like this one might take just as long as JBL to get to the 100% mark, and it's way cheaper and of more broad appeal. It's just that perhaps not enough people know about it and how useful it is. If they've not spent time in a seminary library with access to RTA in print, they might not know it used to be one of the first things you'd head for when doing research for a paper. Now having it in Logos, with an unlimited license, for this cheap -- how awesome can life get?!!!!

Kenny Larsen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212129#Comment_212129

Rosie. and others,

Can you explain to me why it's so useful? I'm from a science background research wise and therefore am used to heading to online search engines (web of science, etc.) for abstracts and papers etc. Is this essentially the equivalent? It may help to give a run down of how it might be used.

Thanks,

Kenny

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212138#Comment_212138

Can you explain to me why it's so useful? I'm from a science background research wise and therefore am used to heading to online search engines (web of science, etc.) for abstracts and papers etc. Is this essentially the equivalent? It may help to give a run down of how it might be used.

Yes, that's essentially what it is. Here's the search screen from their website (which only subscribers can access):

Below I've given a the list of all the journals they abstract.

Here's an example of an abstract from an article in one of those journals which you could find using this resource (I found this among 1335 results by searching for "technology" so that search hit is highlighted):

Author:	Hutchings, Timothy
Title:	The Internet and the Church: An Introduction.
Journal:	Expository Times
Year:	2010
Volume:	122(1)
Page:	11-19
Abstract:	The Internet is connecting people and organizations around the world in important new ways, changing the way we relate to one another, find resources, share information and form communities. These changes have important implications for Christians and their churches. Offers an overview of online activity, including websites, blogs, forums, social network sites, virtual worlds and online evangelism, and introduces theoretical work on the importance of online social networking, the role of the user in shaping technology, and the balance between control and participation in online activity.

So if I found this abstract and realized the article would be useful for my research, I could request a copy of the article itself through my local library. There is no way I'd even know this article existed if I didn't have the search capability.

You can do powerful combinations of searches (which Logos's search engine will allow us to do as well) to pinpoint exactly the results you want. For example, I searched among all these theological journals for titles or abstracts mentioning the word "technology" in articles published between 1970 and 2010, and then I went through and selected the ones I was interested in and generated a report. This was the result: 3146.RTAbstracts (1970-2010) with 'technology'.pdf

Bringing access to all of this to Logos users is going to be amazing!

The next (dream) step would be to have full text of all the abstracted journals available to Logos users, but that would be much more costly and not even all these journals are available in online editions yet.

Now here is the list of all the journals they abstract:

Acta Patristica et Byzantina
Acta Theologica
AETEI Journal
Africa Theological Journal
Al-Masaq
Al-Tawhid
Aldersgate Papers
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
America
American Baptist Quarterly
American Benedictine Review
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
American Ecclesiastical Review
American Journal of Pastoral Counseling
American Journal of Theology & Philosophy
American Presbyterians
Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Andover Newton Quarterly
Andrews University Seminary Studies
Angelicum
Anglican Theological Review
Anima: An Experimental Journal
Annales Theologici
Annual Society of Christian Ethics
Antonianum
Aramaic Studies
Arasaradi Journal of Theological Reflection
ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University
Archaeology in the Biblical World
Archiv fur Reformationsgeschichte
Archives de Sciences Soc des Rel
Arts in Religious and Theological Studies
Asbury Journal
Asbury Seminarian
Asbury Theological Journal
Ashland Theological Journal
Asia Adventist Seminary Studies
Asia Journal of Theology
Asian Philosophy
ATA Journal
Augustinian Studies
Austin Seminary Bulletin
Australasian Catholic Record
Australian Biblical Review

Baha'i Studies Review
Bangalore Theological Forum
Baptist History and Heritage
Baptist Quarterly
Baptist Reformation Review
Baptist Review of Theology/La Revue Baptiste de Theologie
Benedictina
Beth Mikra
Bible et Vie Chretienne
Bible Review
Bible Today
Bible Translator
Biblica
Biblical Archaeologist
Biblical Archaeology Review
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Research
Biblical Theology Bulletin
Biblical Viewpoint
Bibliotheca Sacra
Biblische Zeitschrift
Bijdragen
Black Theology in Britain
Black Theology: An International Journal
Bogoslovni Vestnik
Bogoslovska Smotra
Brethren Life and Thought
Bridges
British Journal of Religious Education
Buddhist-Christian Studies
Bulletin for Biblical Research
Bulletin John Rylands Library
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society
Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
Bulletin of the Israel Exploration Society

Cahiers de Josephologie
Cahiers de Traduction Biblique
Calvary Baptist Theological Journal
Calvin Theological Journal
Canadian Journal of Theology
Caregiver Journal
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Catholic Historical Review
Catholic Social Science Review
Catholica
Cauriensia. Revista anual de Ciencias Eclesiasticas
Center Journal
Central Conference of American Rabbis Journal
CGST Journal
Chaplaincy Today
Chicago Studies
Chicago Theological Seminary Register
Chinese Theological Review
Ching Feng
Christian Brethren Review
Christian Century
Christian Counseling Today
Christian Education Journal
Christian Higher Education
Christian Orient
Christian Scholar
Christian Scholar's Review
Christianesimo Nella Storia
Christianity & Literature
Christianity and Crisis
Christianity Today
Christus
Church History
Church Quarterly
Church Quarterly Review
Clergy Monthly
Clergy Monthly Supplement
Clergy Review
College of the Bible Quarterly
Colloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review
Communautes et Liturgies
Communio Viatorium
Communio: International Catholic Review
Comparative Islamic Studies
Concilium
Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly
Concordia Journal
Concordia Theological Monthly
Concordia Theological Quarterly
Conrad Grebel Review
Conservative Judaism
Contemporary Buddhism
Coptic Church Review
Counseling and Spirituality
Covenant Quarterly
Cristianismo y Sociedad
Criswell Theological Review
Criterion
Crkva u Svijetu
Croatia Christiana Periodica
Cross Currents
Crux
Cultural Encounters
Culture and Religion
Currents in Biblical Research
Currents in Research: Biblical Studies
Currents in Theology and Mission

Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift
DavarLogos
Dead Sea Discoveries
Der Islam
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal
Dharma Deepika
Diakonia
Dialog
Dialogue and Alliance
Didascalia
Didaskalia
Disciples Theological Digest
Divinitas
Dominicana
Doon Theological Journal
Dor Le Dor
Downside Review
Doxology
Drew Gateway

East Asia Journal of Theology
Eastern Churches Journal
Eastern Churches Review
Ecclesiology
Ecotheology
Ecumenical Review
Eglise et Theologie
Emmaus Journal
Encounter
Enlightenment and Dissent
Environmental Ethics
Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
Epiphany International
Epiphany Journal
Epworth Review
Eretz-Israel
Ethical Perspectives
Ethics and Medicine
ETSI Journal
Etudes Theologiques et Religieuses
European Journal of Theology
Eusebeia
Evangel
Evangelical Journal
Evangelical Missions Quarterly
Evangelical Quarterly
Evangelical Review of Society and Politics
Evangelical Review of Theology
Evangelische Theologie
Ex Auditu
Exchange
Expository Times

Faith and Freedom
Faith and Mission
Faith and Philosophy
Family and Community Ministries Journal
Family Ministry
Feminist Theology
Fides et Historia
Fides Reformata
Filologia Neotestamentaria
First Things
Foi et Vie
Forum (Foundations & Facets)
Foundations
Foundations (British)
Free University Quarterly
Fujen Religious Studies

Geist und Leben
Gereformeerd Theologisch Tijdschrift
Glaube und Lernen
Global Journal of Classical Theology
Gordon Review
Grace Journal
Grace Theological Journal
Gratz College Annual of Jewish Studies
Great Commission Research Journal
Greek Orthodox Theological Review
Gregorianum

Hamdard Islamicus
Hartford Quarterly
Harvard Theological Review
Hastings Center Report
Hebrew Annual Review
Hebrew Studies
Hebrew Union College Annual
Henceforth...
Hermeneutica
Hervormde Teologiese Studies
Heythrop Journal
Hibbert Journal
Hill Road
Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin
Hispania Sacra
History of Religions
Homiletic and Pastoral Review
Horizons
Horizons in Biblical Theology
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics
Hymn
Hymnology Annual

IDOC Bulletin
Ilu, Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones
Image: A Journal of Arts and Religion
Immanuel
Implicit Religion
In Die Skriflig
Indian Church History Review
Indian Journal of Theology
Insights
Interculture (English Ed)
International Bulletin of Missionary Research
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
International Journal Of Children's Spirituality
International Journal of Practical Theology
International Journal of Public Theology
International Journal of Systematic Theology
International Review of Mission
Interpretation
Interrnational Journal for the Psychology of Religion
Irenikon
Irish Biblical Studies
Irish Theological Quarterly
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Israel Exploration Journal
Ius Canonicum

Japan Christian Quarterly
Japan Christian Review
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
Japanese Religions
Jerusalem Perspective
Jewish Bible Quarterly
Jewish Education
Jewish History
Jewish Quarterly Review
Jewish Social Studies
Jewish Studies, An Internet Journal
Jian Dao
Journal for Christian Theological Research
Journal for the Critical Study of Religion
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Journal for the Study of Pseudepigrapha
Journal for the Study of Religion
Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture
Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Journal for Theology and the Church
Journal from the Radical Reformation
Journal of Anglican Studies
Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary
Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology
Journal of Baha'i Studies
Journal of Beliefs & Values
Journal of Bible and Religion
Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research
Journal of Biblical Counseling
Journal of Biblical Equality
Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine
Journal of Biblical Literature
Journal of Biblical Storytelling
Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Journal of Christian Brethren Review Fellowship
Journal of Christian Education
Journal of Christian Education (US)
Journal of Church and State
Journal of Communication and Religion
Journal of Contemporary Religion
Journal of Cuneiform Studies
Journal of Dharma
Journal of Early Christian Studies
Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Journal of Education and Christian Belief
Journal of Empirical Theology
Journal of European Baptist Studies
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies
Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology
Journal of Holocaust Education
Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Journal of Islamic Studies
Journal of Israeli History
Journal of Jewish Education
Journal of Jewish Studies
Journal of Law and Religion
Journal of Media and Religion
Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures
Journal of Ministry in Addiction & Recovery
Journal of Ministry in MAR
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
Journal of Moral Education
Journal of Moral Philosophy
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs
Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages
Journal of Pastoral Care
Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling
Journal of Pastoral Counseling
Journal of Pastoral Theology
Journal of Pentecostal Theology
Journal of Presbyterian History
Journal of Progressive Judaism
Journal of Psychology and Christianity
Journal of Psychology and Judaism
Journal of Psychology and Theology
Journal of Psychology of Religion
Journal of Reform Judaism
Journal of Relgious and Theological Information
Journal of Religion
Journal of Religion & Abuse
Journal of Religion and Aging
Journal of Religion and Health
Journal of Religion and Society
Journal of Religion Disability & Health
Journal of Religion in Africa
Journal of Religion in Disability & Rehabilitation
Journal of Religion, Disability & Health
Journal of Religion, Nature and Culture
Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
Journal of Religious and Theological Information
Journal of Religious Ethics
Journal of Religious Gerontology
Journal of Religious History
Journal of Religious Thought
Journal of Research on Christian Education
Journal of Ritual Studies
Journal of Semitic Studies
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies
Journal of Spiritual Formation
Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
Journal of Studies in Bhagavadgita
Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education
Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Journal of the American Adcademy of Ministry
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation
Journal of the American Society of Church Growth
Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society
Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center
Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate
Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Journal of Theological Studies
Journal of Theology for Southern Africa
Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics
Journal of Youth Ministry
Judaism

Kairos
Kairos Evangelical Journal of Theology
Kairos, Evangelical Journal of Theology
Katallagete
Kerux
Kerygma und Dogma

Laval Theologique et Philosophique
Le Sycomore
Leadership
Learning for Living
Leaven
Leshonenu
Letter & Spirit
Levant
Lexington Theological Quarterly
Linguistica Biblica
Listening
Literature and Theology
Liturgical Ministry
Liturgisches Jahrbuch
Liturgy
Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology
Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theoloigy
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.
Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies
London Quarterly and Holborn Review
Louvain Studies
Lumen Vitae
Luther
Lutheran Forum
Lutheran Hist Conference Essays & Reports
Lutheran Quarterly
Lutheran Synod Quarterly
Lutheran Theological Journal
Lutheran Theological Seminary Bulletin
Lutheran World

Maarav
Maria: A Journal of Marian Studies
Marian Studies
Marriage and Family: A Christian Journal
Master's Seminary Journal
Material Religion
McMaster Journal of Theology
Mediaeval Studies
Medieval Philosophy and Theology
Melanesian Journal of Theology
Melanges de Science Religieuse
Melita Theologica
Mennonite Life
Mennonite Quarterly Review
Mental Health Religion & Culture
Mental Health, Religion & Culture
Metanoia
Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
Method: Journal of Lonergan Studies
Methodist History
Methodist Review. A Journal of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies
Mid-America Journal of Theology
Mid-Stream
Midwestern Journal of Theology
Mishkan
Missiology
Mission Studies
Missionalia
Mitologicas
Modern Believing
Modern Churchman
Modern Judaism
Modern Theology
Munchener Theologische Zeitschrift
Muslim World
Mystics Quarterly

National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly
Near Eastern Archaeology
Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift
Neotestamentica
Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft
Neue Zeitschrift fur Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
New Blackfriars
New England Quarterly
New Mercersburg Review
New Southern Presbyterian Review
New Testament Studies
New Theology Review
New Zealand Journal of Baptist Research
Newman Studies Journal
Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift
Notre Dame English Journal
Nouvelle Revue Theologique
Nova et Vetera
Nova Prisutnost
Nova Religio
Novum Testamentum
Numen

Obnovljeni Zivot
Occasional Bulletin of Missionary Research
Ogbomoso Journal of Theology
Old Testament Essays
One World
Orientalia Christiana Periodica
Ostkirchliche Studien

Pacific Journal of Baptist Research
Pacific Journal of Theology
Pacifica
Palestine Exploration Quarterly
Parabola Magazine
Paraclete
Pastoral Psychology
Pastoral Sciences
Patristic and Byzantine Review
Periodico de Re Morali Canonico Liturgico
Perspectives
Perspectives in Religious Studies
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
Philo
Philosophia Christi
Philosophy & Theology
Philosophy East and West
Pneuma Review
Political Theology
Pomegranate
Practical Anthropology
Praxis Juridique et Religion
Presbyterion
Priscilla Papers
Prism
Pro Mundi Vita - Studies
Proceedings (Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society)
Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Proceedings of the Irish Biblical Assocation
Proceedings of the Irish Biblical Association
Process Studies
Proche-Orient Chretien
Prooftexts
Psychology and Theology

Qadmoniot
Quaker Studies
Quarterly Review

Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie Medievales
Reconstructionist
Reformation
Reformation & Renaissance Review
Reformation and Revival Journal
Reformed and Presbyterian World
Reformed Journal
Reformed Liturgy and Music
Reformed Review
Reformed Theological Review
Reformed World
Regent Chinese Journal
Religiologiques
Religion & Human Rights
Religion & Theology
Religion & Theology/Religie & Teologie
Religion and American Culture
Religion and Literature
Religion Compass
Religion in Education
Religion in Life
Religion State and Society
Religious Education
Religious Humanism
Religious Studies
Religious Studies and Theology
Religious Studies Review
Religious Traditions
Response
Restoration Quarterly
Resurrection
Review and Expositor
Review of Faith & International Affairs
Review of Religious Research
Revista Biblica Brasileira
Revista di Teologia Morale
Revista Eclesiastica Braziliera
Revista Espanola de Derecho Canonico
Revista Teologica
Revue Biblique
Revue d'Etudes Augustiniennes et Patristiques
Revue d'Histoire Ecclesiastique
Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuse
Revue de L'Histoire des Religions
Revue de l'Universite d'Ottawa
Revue de Qumran
Revue des Etudes Augustiniennes
Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Theologiques
Revue des Sciences Religieuses
Revue of Faith and International Affairs
Revue Thomiste
Rivista di Teologia Morale
Roczniki Teologiczno-Kanoniczne
Rural Theology

Saint Anselm Journal
Salesianum
Satya Nilayum
Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
Scholastik
Science and Christian Belief
Sciences Ecclesiastiques
Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology
Scottish Journal of Religious Studies
Scottish Journal of Theology
Scripta Ethnologica
Scripta Theologica
Scriptura
Searching Together
Second Century
Semeia
Seminary Ridge Review
Sewanee Theological Review
Shnaton
Shofar
Simon Greenleaf Law Review
Sinai
Sino-Christian Studies
Sixteenth Century Journal
Skrif en Kerk
Sobornost
Social Action
Social Compass
Social Sciences and Missions
Sociological Analysis
Sociology of Religion
Soundings
South East Asia Journal of Theology
Southwestern Journal of Theology
Spectrum
St Luke's Journal of Theology
St. Vladimir's Seminary Quarterly
St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly
Stimmen der Zeit
Stone-Campbell Journal
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
Studia Liturgica
Studia Missionalia
Studia Montis Regii
Studia Mystica
Studia Theologica
Studies in Christian Ethics
Studies in Formative Spirituality
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses
Studies in the Christian Religion
Studies in World Christianity
Studies in Zionism
Stulos Theological Journal
Svensk Exegetisk Arsbok
Svensk Missionstidskrift
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift

Tarbiz
TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
Teaching Theology & Religion
Tel Aviv
Textus
The Other Side
Themelios
Theoforum
Theologia Evangelica
Theological Education
Theological Journal of KIMCHI
Theological Librarianship
Theological Review
Theological Review (Lebanon)
Theological Students' Fellowship Bulletin
Theological Studies
Theologie der Gegenwart
Theologie Evangelique
Theologika
Theologische Literaturzeitung
Theologische Quartalschrift
Theologische Rundschau
Theologische Zeitschrift
Theology
Theology & Sexuality
Theology and Life
Theology and Public Policy
Theology and Science
Theology Digest
Theology Today
Third Millennium
Thomist
Thought
Thought: A Review of Culture and Idea
Tijdschrift Voor Theologie
Torah U-Madda Journal
Toronto Journal of Theology
Tradition
Tradition & Discovery
Transformation
Trinity Journal
Trinity Journal for Theology & Ministry
Trinity Seminary Review
Trinity Theological Journal
Tyndale Bulletin

Ultimate Reality and Meaning
Union Seminary Quarterly Review
Unitarian Universalist Christian
Unitas
Urban Mission

Verbum Domine
Verbum et Ecclesia
Vetus Testamentum
Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection
Vigiliae Christianae
Vivens Homo
Vox Evangelica
Vox Scriptura
Vrhbosnensia

Wesleyan Studies in Religion
Wesleyan Theological Journal
Westminster Theological Journal
William and Mary Quarterly
Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Word & World
Word and Spirit
Worship

Yediot

Zeitschrift for Religionswissenschaft
Zeitschrift fur Althebraistik
Zeitschrift fur Antikes Christentum/Journal of Ancient Christianity
Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Zeitschrift fur Evangelische Ethik
Zeitschrift fur Kirchengeschichte
Zeitschrift fur Missionskunde und Religionswissenschaft
Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft
Zeitschrift fur Neuere Theologiegeschichte/Journal for the
Zeitschrift fur Neuere Theologiegeschichte/Journal for the History of Modern Theology
Zeitschrift fur Religions und Geistesgeschichte
Zeitschrift fur Theologie und Kirche
Zion
Zwingliana
Zygon

Kenny Larsen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212157#Comment_212157

Excellent, I'm in, especially as it won't be in the next couple of months budgets!

Ronald Quick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212173#Comment_212173

I'm curious as to why this is moving so slow on the prepub page. I would have thought many more people would be interested in this.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212301#Comment_212301

I'm curious as to why this is moving so slow on the prepub page. I would have thought many more people would be interested in this.

It's an amazing deal. Normally you have to pay $45 a year to subscribe to this. With the Logos resource, we get to pay a one-time fee (in pre-pub that's only $49.95) for unlimited access to the database including all future updates, at least if I'm understanding Ken Smith's email correctly.

Basically, anyone who is into using theological journals for their research should be jumping all over this one.

I think the fact that the description page is unclear as to what years are covered and what the license actually gets you might be why it hasn't been noticed by more. Also there might just be some pre-pub fatigue affecting people this month since there've been so many pre-pubs shipping lately and so many more shipping soon.

Tom Reynolds

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212346#Comment_212346

It's an amazing deal. Normally you have to pay $45 a year to subscribe to this. With the Logos resource, we get to pay a one-time fee (in pre-pub that's only $49.95) for unlimited access to the database including all future updates, at least if I'm understanding Ken Smith's email correctly.

Hopefully you are understanding it correctly but it would be nice if they updated the product page to confirm it. I'm in now.

I see on the RTA website that they rely on volunteers for their abstracts so hopefully it can be a win-win if they get more attention through this and more people volunteer to abstract journals, especially foreign ones. Then we'll all have access to more abstracts than previously possible.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212369#Comment_212369

I see on the RTA website that they rely on volunteers for their abstracts so hopefully it can be a win-win if they get more attention through this and more people volunteer to abstract journals, especially foreign ones.

This is true in nearly all disciplines, although most draft graduate students as their volunteers.

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212157#Comment_212157

Here's the search screen from their website (which only subscribers can access)

Actually, I accessed all their Scott Hahn abstracts quite easily. You can only see 5 results at a time without subscription, but I looked at the date of the oldest one, and then went to Advanced Search and worked my way backwards with the help of the Date Range. Of course, this works fine with only 10 results by one and the same author; for lots of results it might be slightly inconvenient...

David Bailey

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212346#Comment_212346

It's an amazing deal. Normally you have to pay $45 a year to subscribe to this. With the Logos resource, we get to pay a one-time fee (in pre-pub that's only $49.95) for unlimited access to the database including all future updates, at least if I'm understanding Ken Smith's email correctly.

This would be a dream come true for those who are studying theology in academics. After reading this thread, I've added it to my list of pre-pub orders. I'm not 100% certain if I will keep this, since I am not in academics or school (I only work at one). Thanks, Rosie, for the details of what RTA is about and the list of Journals that can be searched.

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/208772#Comment_208772

One 'problem' is with a few hundred journals covered and so few in Logos format, you'll get lots of hits you probably can't use. It would seem someone doing research would really want this tool along with access to a top-rate seminary library.

You have to have "access to a top-rate seminary library" to get hold of articles in the US? Over here, I can just walk into the public library and state what I want, and they'll get it for me in a few weeks -- from the US if need be. Last summer they borrowed a book for me from the University of Pittsburgh or Pennsylvania or something, since it was out of print and they couldn't find anywhere in Europe. Of course, if it's an article, I'll just get photocopies. The real irony is, that if I still lived in a university town and had access to a university library, I'd have to pay for the copies (not for loans), but out here it's perfectly free.

Allen Browne

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212369#Comment_212369

I'm in too.

As to why the pre-pub is moving so slowly, it would be helpful if Logos could clarify the page to explain exactly what we are getting. Hopefully more people would jump in then.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212837#Comment_212837

You have to have "access to a top-rate seminary library" to get hold of articles in the US? Over here, I can just walk into the public library and state what I want, and they'll get it for me in a few weeks -- from the US if need be.

In the US and Canada, a local public library can also get us whatever book we need (even if they don't have it) through Inter-Library Loan, or copies of articles from journals that are at some other library. It's one of the few really valuable things that our property taxes pay for!

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212871#Comment_212871

In the US and Canada, a local public library can also get us whatever book we need

Good! Then I don't have to feel sorry for you any more...[:)] At least not for that... [:P]

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212871#Comment_212871

In the US and Canada, a local public library can also get us whatever book we need (even if they don't have it) through Inter-Library Loan, or copies of articles from journals that are at some other library.

Within reason [:D]. A friend working on a doctoral thesis in Tibetan Buddhism did two things whenever the required pages to be copied resided in the Yale library. First, he put in the interlibrary loan request to have the section copied. Second, he called a laundromat near the Yale campus. [It is so tempting to stop here and make you guess the connection [6]] He'd ask the owner of the laundromat, who was Tibetan, to go to the Yale library and find the section for the librarians to copy Some laudromat owners are invaluable resources.[:D]

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/213029#Comment_213029

Bump

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221097#Comment_221097

Bump

Are you bumping this thread to get an answer to the OP's question (I posted the answer I got from Logos above; see: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/28193/210796.aspx#210796) or to get more people interested in this pre-pub resource?

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221099#Comment_221099

Are you bumping this thread to get an answer to the OP's question (I posted the answer I got from Logos above; see: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/28193/210796.aspx#210796) or to get more people interested in this pre-pub resource?

No - to help push this resource into production. There is helpful information that may have been missed earlier - I know I did. Thought it might be of value to others.

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221102#Comment_221102

No - to help push this resource into production.

At the current rate of sign-ups and assuming no acceleration I estimate this offering will reside in Pre-Pub just slightly longer than Barnes Notes did in Community Pricing.

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221114#Comment_221114

No - to help push this resource into production.

At the current rate of sign-ups and assuming no acceleration I estimate this offering will reside in Pre-Pub just slightly longer than Barnes Notes did in Community Pricing.

But even Barnes eventually went into production. If it is ignored, we know what the results will be.

Mark Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221120#Comment_221120

If it is ignored, we know what the results will be.

Totally agree.

Brother Barnes has become the Patron Saint of Lost Pre-Pub Hopes. He is such an encouragement to those with fading hopes for any of a number of fine titles languishing on the lists. Let us hope this will not be one of them.

Floyd Johnson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/221121#Comment_221121

On that we can agree.

Matthew C Jones

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/212346#Comment_212346

Bump

http://www.logos.com/product/8652/religious-and-theological-abstracts

Kenneth Neighoff

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/333099#Comment_333099

Bump, bump, bump

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/333099#Comment_333099

Glad to see someone bumping this. I've thought about doing so for months, but have never gotten around to it.