Nova Religio

Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering religious studies, focusing on the academic study of new religious movements. It was established in 1997 by Seven Bridges Press, initially published semi-annually, changing to tri-annually in 2003, and then quarterly in 2005.

History
It was established in 1997 by Seven Bridges Press, initially published semi-annually, changing to tri-annually in 2003, and then quarterly in 2005. (volume 6), it is published by the University of California Press. It was later moved to the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2024.

As of 2001 it was one of only two English-language academic journals dedicated to NRMs and cults (the other being the Cultic Studies Journal). Jolyon Baraka Thomas described it as the "flagship journal" of NRM studies.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Arts and Humanities Citation Index

• ATLA Religion Database

• EBSCO databases

• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature

• Modern Language Association Database

• Scopus