title: Irish Theological Quarterly
text: # Irish Theological Quarterly
  
  Irish Theological Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes systematic, moral, and historical theology as well as sacred scripture. It was established by Walter McDonald and Dr. John Harty in 1906, published by M.H. Gill & Son in Dublin, but ceased publication after his death. A new series was started in 1951. SAGE Publications published it on behalf of St Patrick's College, Maynooth.
  
  ## Editors
  
  The editor-in-chief since 2013 is Declan Marmion SM, dean of the faculty of theology at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. Previous editors have included John Harty, James MacCaffrey, M.J. O'Donnell, Martin O'Callaghan, and Vincent Twomey SVD (1997-2006). Bishop William Philbin for a time, served as a joint-editor of the journal.
  
  ## Contributors
  
  The Irish Theological Quarterly contributors include Thomas L. Brodie OP, Brian Davies OP, John Navone SJ, Thomas O'Loughlin and Janet E. Smith. Many other theologians, philosophers, and church figures have contributed articles to the journal, including Bishop Thomas Gilmartin, Enda McDonagh and Hugh Pope OP. Review editors are Maynooth lecturers, church historian Professor Salvador Ryan was appointed in 2015 and Liam Tracey OSM.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in ATLA Religion Database, Scopus, and ZETOC.
  
  