JoT

The Journal on Teaching (JoT) is an annual peer-reviewed journal from the The Wabash Center. Each issue is theme driven and includes various forms of media—such as articles, poetry, visual art, videos of performing arts, and music—in service to critical reflection on teaching. As we aim to expand the traditional boundaries of scholarly writing, we remain focused on the scholarship of teaching in the fields of religious and theological studies, in both undergraduate and graduate educational contexts.

We are currently preparing for the publication of Volume 7 Issue 1; the issue’s theme is “Spirit" (March 2026). We want to explore the profound and varied interpretations of spirituality as they intersect with teaching and the educational experience. To delve into the subject of spirit means embracing a broad spectrum of meanings, from the divine breath that connects the Hebrew ruach to the vital force within each human being beyond Christian frameworks. Let us consider the role of spirit in rituals and healing, and the role of music and the arts in fostering spiritual connection, the politics of the personal and communal spirituality in the academic classroom and in organizational structures. We seek new lenses through which to see methods of commitment, growth and reconciliation of spirit. How do our various understandings of soul influence our pedagogical practices and the teaching life? How might we, by examining the presence of the divine in both the grand and mundane aspects of teaching, illuminate the ways in which educators can harness spiritual power to enrich their practice, uplift their students, and engage with the broader celestial realities that underpin human life? The Wabash Center’s Journal on Teaching is looking for creative scholarship that examines themes of Spirit. 

 

Future Themed Issues:

• 2026 - "Spirit: Vol. 7."
• 2027 - "Democracy: Vol. 8."

Learn more about the Writing/Contributing process. 

Learn more about our Collaborative Peer-Review Process.

 

The Wabash Center Journal on Teaching is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on teaching in the fields of theological and religious studies in higher education.

The journal is edited by The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion (which is fully funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.), and is published through arrangements with ALTA Serials.

 

Teaching Theology and Religion

The Wabash Center has edited the Wiley-Blackwell journal, Teaching Theology & Religion (TTR ) since 1997, and will complete that work with the October 2019 issue (22:4). The manuscripts to be published in TTR through that date are already in the editorial review process.