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Christianity & Literature Template

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About the Christianity & Literature format

Christianity & Literature is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Human auditory perception and evaluation.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Christianity & Literature, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inBiblical Studies and Interpretation Reformation and Early Modern Christianity Human auditory perception and evaluation Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies American Constitutional Law and Politics
ISSN0148-3331
h-index16
i10-index47
Total citations2,407
Top institutions publishing hereCalvin University
Journal websitemuse.jhu.edu
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Papers published in Christianity & Literature per year

80
2014
63
2015
66
2016
77
2017
99
2018
50
2019
60
2020
61
2021
63
2022
65
2023
53
2024
80
2025

Citation impact of Christianity & Literature by publication year

29
2014
15
2015
42
2016
110
2017
87
2018
8
2019
26
2020
27
2021
6
2022
7
2023
0
2024
0
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Christianity & Literature

Milton's Theology of the Cross: Substitution and Satisfaction in Christ's Atonement

Samuel Smith · 1 Dec 2013

Recent scholarship on John Milton argues that Milton rejected the popular Reformation understanding of Christ's atonement, the penal-substitutionary theory of atonement, and that Milton was uncomfortable with the Crucifixion of Jesus as God's means of human salvation. A close reading of Milton's Paradise Lost and De Doctrina Christiana clearly shows, however, that Milton did in…

Metaphysical Surrealism in the Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop

Cheryl Walker · 1 Dec 1998

I want to begin by reflecting upon the term "metaphysical surrealism" itself, which may strike one at first as either tautological or obscure. Surrealism clearly assumed a realm beyond that of empiricism, and thus a certain degree of "metaphysics"—of supersensible capacity—was always implied in the surreal. However, the specifically religious cast of surrealism is not…

“In One We Shall Be Slower”

Jonathon Shears · 1 Mar 2017

While Byron is a poet often associated with feelings of resentment and anger, he is usually marginalized when it comes to the topic of forgiveness in the Romantic period. If forgiveness is debated in Byron then it is usually dominated by the suspicion that surrounds the “forgiveness-curse” in the Coliseum stanzas of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage…

Blake and Byron; or, Art and Imagination After the Second Fall

Jerome McGann · 1 Sep 2017

The connection between Blake and Byron is well known through Blake’s response to Byron’s Cain in his late engraved work The Ghost of Abel. But the filiations between these two commanding figures of English Romanticism goes out much further and in much deeper, and engages with some of the most important issues in doctrinal Christianity.…

Christianity & Literature template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Christianity & Literature format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Christianity & Literature template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Christianity & Literature use?
Christianity & Literature uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Christianity & Literature, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Christianity & Literature?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Christianity & Literature document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Christianity & Literature template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Christianity & Literature format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Christianity & Literature?
Christianity & Literature is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Christianity & Literature template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Christianity & Literature PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Christianity & Literature template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Christianity & Literature template cost?
You can start writing in the Christianity & Literature template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Christianity & Literature PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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