title: Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
text: # Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
  
  The Journal of the Adventist Theological Society (JATS) is an American refereed scholarly Christian journal published by the Adventist Theological Society, an adventist group. It is issued twice a year from Collegedale, Tennessee.
  
  ## History and operations
  
  The first issue was published in 1990.
  
  In 1996, its circulation was around 10,000, the "great majority" of which were distributed freely.
  
  As well as Adventist readership, copies are distributed to every member of the Evangelical Theological Society, nearly 2,000 in total.
  
  