RT Article T1 Theological Studies Eighty Years Ago JF Theological studies VO 81 IS 1 SP 8 OP 25 A1 Schultenover, David G. 1938- LA English PB Sage Publ. YR 2020 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1694489337 AB At the outbreak of World War II, the synchronicity between the history of the Society of Jesus and the history of the West led to the founding of Theological Studies. This article, based on archival records, narrates the backstory of the journal's founding. In so doing, it answers the questions faced by the founding figures: Was a professional theological journal in English needed at this moment in history? Should and could the Jesuits rather than some other institution in the United States publish such a journal and maintain it at the scholarly level required? K1 America Press K1 Artur Michael Landgraf K1 Francis J. Seeliger K1 Francis X. Talbot K1 Inisfada K1 Joseph A. Murphy K1 Society of Jesus K1 Vincent A. McCormick K1 William J. McGarry K1 Wlodimir Ledóchowski DO 10.1177/0040563920901673