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Effervescence is a student-led, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal established in the fall of 2025 at Yale Divinity School, with the aim of publishing graduate student research papers in Religious Studies, Theology, and Philosophy of Religion. To submit your work, please see our Yale Connect page for more information.

Publication Notice:

This journal is published by Yale Divinity students and is not supervised or edited by Yale faculty. Yale University is not responsible for its contents. The opinions presented in this publication belong to the authors and are not reflective of Yale University and its staff.

Current Volume: Volume 1 (2026)

Articles

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Extraordinary Senses and Dreamscapes in Medieval Japanese Ōjōden Narratives: Reading Yoshishige no Yasutane’s Nihon Ōjōgokuraku-ki
Qingxuan Wang

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Strengthening the Holy Athlete: Lay Ascesis and Athletics in the Works of John Chrysostom
Stephanie R. Roston

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Theologians, Political Influencers, Organizers, Founding Mothers, White Feminists: Evangelicalism Recast as Revolution, through the Life Works of Hannah More and Phyllis Schlafly
Taylor Valci

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Earthly Alienization and Galactic Othering: How Star Wars Holistically Reimagines American History and Constructs a Pipeline to Christian-Imperial Humanitarianism
Taylor Valci