Editor’s Note

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This December marks the conclusion of my eighth year as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Religion and Health. I credit this longevity to the growth of the Journal that now averages thirty articles for each of its six issues per year and its continuing high number of articles regularly cited in the Research Review published by the Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion. For calendar 2017, we had 192,501 downloads of articles. But metrics only make clear sense when seen in the context of strong articles contributed from a wide set of international authors and reviewed by an equally talented and dedicated set of individuals. Both our authors and reviewers are committed to excellence in writing and research as bulwarks for the life of the mind. …