Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Eighteen Years of Editorship (2005–2022)

Christina Landman

doi:10.25159/2412-4265/16480

Authors

Christina Landman University of South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/16480

Keywords:

Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae (SHE), Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA), J. M. Vorster, Research Institute for Theology and Religion, Festschrift Simon Maimela

Abstract

From 2005 to 2022, a period of 18 years, the author was editor-in-chief of Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae (SHE), the subject journal of the Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA). The CHSSA has been in existence since 1970, and SHE has been published since 1973/5. During the time of the author’s editorship, SHE was housed in the Research Institute for Theology and Religion at the University of South Africa, where the author taught and researched as a full professor. This article provides a statistical and content analysis of the 746 articles written by 862 authors which were published during these 18 years. Festschriften and special issues are pointed out, and themes are identified. Taking the insight “Interpretation is colonialisation” as methodological point of departure, the research findings are arranged under themes that emerge from the published articles during this period. All this is placed against a short interpretative historical background of the times during which the articles were published.

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