Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM Journal) is a biannual, not-for-profit, free peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes the latest social-scientific, historiographic, and ecclesiastic research on religious institutions and their ministerial practices.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
 
Editorials
The Curse of Ham: Biblical Justification for Racial Inequality?
Charles David Isbell
 
Dialogues in Philosophy
On Behalf of Resurrection: A Second Reply to Cavin and Colombetti
Stephen T. Davis
Why Religious Experience Cannot Justify Religious Belief
David Kyle Johnson
 
Social-Scientific and Philosophical Research
The Influence of Humanism on the Main Magisterial Reformers
John F. Lingelbach
Atheism is Global Atheism
Jack David Eller
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? Re-Examining ChristianEngagement with Ba’athism in Syria and Iraq
Louis Elton
 
Ministry Research
Hermeneutic Applications from the Patristic Exegetes
James D. Johansen
 
Invited Position Papers
Respond to John Hartung's now (in)famous article, “Love Thy Neighbor: The Evolution of In-Group Morality,” where he argues that Jesus was not, in fact, commanding his followers to love all people (like nonbelieving Gentiles). Rather, “love thy neighbor” applied only to fellow Jews. Answer whether or not you agree with Hartung's conclusion and explain why.
Love Thy Neighbor: The Expansive Command
Steven Bishop
“From Every Tribe and Tongue and People and Nation”: The All-Inclusive Group
David G. Hellwig
 
Book Reviews
Judaism and Jesus, by Zev Garber and Kenneth Hanson 
Eugene J. Fisher