International Sermon Studies Association
The International Sermon Studies Association is a multidisciplinary and interfaith organization, bringing scholars and practitioners together to discuss sermon texts and the art of preaching from a variety of academic and religious perspectives.
The association was formed out of the Center for Sermon Studies, founded in 2014, as a service to Marshall University faculty and students, members of faith communities in the tri-state area, and researchers around the world.
Links to projects sponsored by the association can be found at the top of this page.
For more information:
Dr. William Skiles
Associate Professor of History
1000 Regent University Dr., RH 321i
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
wskiles@regent.edu
The Advisory Board is comprised of faculty, local clergy, and scholars at a variety of institutions.
Larry Bailey, Pastor, Living Water Free Methodist Church, Huntington, WV
Emily Murphy Cope, Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Writing, York College of Pennsylvania
Rachel Cope, Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University
Laura Michele Diener, Associate Professor of History, Marshall University
Keith Francis, Event Coordinator, Arete Educational and Event Services
William Gibson, Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Oxford Brookes University
M. Cooper Harriss, Assistant Professor in Religious Studies, Indiana University
Zach Hutchins, Assistant Professor of English, Colorado State University
Samuel Kessler, Assistant Professor in Religion, Gustavus Adolphus College
Marty Laubach, Professor of Sociology, Marshall University
Patricia McKee, Lecturer, Comparative Study of Religions and Public Humanities, Northern Arizona University
John Morgan-Guy, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Amine Oudghiri-Otmani, Instructor of English, Marshall University
Andrew Reed, Associate Professor of Church History, Brigham Young University
Jeffrey Ruff, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Marshall University
Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen, Professor of History, University of Central Oklahoma
Larry Sheret, Instruction and Emerging Technologies Librarian, Marshall University
William Skiles, Associate Professor of History, Regent University
Stephen Underhill, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Marshall University
From 2017-2022, the Center for Sermon Studies sponsored a Conference on Sermon Studies, in partnership with Arete Event Services of Santa Rosa, CA.
The meetings are now sponsored by the new International Sermon Studies Association. Information on the 2025 conference is available now, with proposals due by May 1.
Sermon Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that published its first article in January 2017. It is operated under the auspices of the Center for Sermon Studies and the Marshall University Library, and is powered by Digital Commons, the software that is used for some 300 other peer-reviewed journals hosted by universities around the world. It will employ the model of continuous publication, where articles are published immediately upon final acceptance and aggregated into online issues semi-annually or quarterly.
Please visit the journal’s website for additional information about its aims and scope, editorial policies, and submission guidelines.