Journal introduction:

Religion is an internationally recognized, Thomson Reuters-listed journal, publishing original scholarly research in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of religion. Religion is committed to the publication of significant, novel research, as well as review symposia and responses. In addition, the journal includes book reviews and discussions of important venues for the publication of scholarly work in the study of religion. Religion has European and North-American editors, a multi-national Editorial Board, and is committed to publishing work from scholars of religion around the globe, including occasional translations of important papers. Religion accepts papers on all religious studies topics, including the history, literature, thought, practice, material culture, and institutions of particular religious traditions and communities from a variety of perspectives such as social scientific, cultural, cognitive, ethnographic, economic, ecological, and geographic (but excluding theology or philosophy of religion).

Frequency：4 Issues Per Year

Editorial board
Editors
Michael Stausberg, University of Bergen, Norway ( Michael.Stausberg@ahkr.uib.no)
Steven Engler, Mount Royal University and Concordia University, Canada ( sjengler@gmail.com)

Editorial Assistant
Kevin Whitesides, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Book Review Editor
Mary Briggs, University of Edinburgh, UK ( m.briggs-5@sms.ed.ac.uk)

Editorial Board 
Stephen C. Berkwitz, Missouri State University, USA
James S. Bielo, Miami University, USA
David Chidester, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London and University of Kent, UK
Satoko Fujiwara, University of Tokyo, Japan
Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Rosalind Hackett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Olav Hammer, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Wouter Hanegraaff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter Jackson, Stockholm University, Sweden
Jay Johnston, University of Sydney, Australia
Chae Young Kim, Sogang University, South Korea
Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto, Canada
Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds, UK
Kim Knott, Lancaster University, UK
Volkhard Krech, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Göran Larsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, USA
Michiaki Okuyama, Toyo Eiwa University, Japan
Damaris Parsitau, Egerton University, Kenya
Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University, USA
Jens Schlieter, University of Bern, Switzerland
Flávio Senra, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Steven Sutcliffe, University of Edinburgh, UK
Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Chiara O. Tommasi, University of Pisa, Italy
Renée de la Torre, CIESAS Occidente, Mexico 
Christian Lee Novetzke, University of Washington, USA 


Past Editors
Ian Calvert (1971-1976)
Adrian Cunningham (1971-1981 and 1990-1997)
John Hinnells (1971-1976)
Trevor Ling (1971-1976)
Michael Pye (1971-1976 and 1982)
Eric Pyle (1971-1976)
Thomas Ryba (2004–2007)
Robert Segal (1998-2007)
Ninian Smart (1971-1976)
Ivan Strenski (1981-2004)

Abstracting and indexing
Arts & Humanities Citation Index,
ATLA (American Theological Library Association),
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences,
Dietrich's Index Philosophicus,
Academic Search,
Current Abstracts,
Humanities International Index,
New Testament Abstracts,
Old Testament Abstracts,
SocINDEX,
TOC Premier,
SCOPUS,
Gale,
Humanities Index,
Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies,
ProQuest,
Current Contents,


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