Focus and Scope
Peradaban Journal of Religion and Society (PJRS) focuses on the interdisciplinary study of religion and its relationships with society, culture, institutions, and contemporary social life. The journal provides a scholarly forum for research that examines how religious beliefs, traditions, institutions, practices, identities, and experiences interact with social structures and cultural transformations across different historical, geographical, and social contexts.
PJRS particularly welcomes studies that engage with Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the Global South, as well as comparative, transnational, and cross-regional research that contributes to broader international scholarship on religion and society.
Areas of Interest
The journal welcomes original research and scholarly contributions in areas including, but not limited to:
- Religion and Society
- Sociology and Anthropology of Religion
- Comparative Religion and Interreligious Relations
- Religious Pluralism and Interfaith Dialogue
- Religion, Politics, and Public Life
- Religion, Law, Ethics, and Social Justice
- Religion and Education
- Religion, Culture, Identity, and Social Change
- Religion, Gender, and Society
- Religion, Media, Communication, and Digital Culture
- Religion, Conflict, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation
- Religion, Environment, and Ecological Issues
- Religion, Health, and Well-being
- Religion, Migration, and Transnationalism
- Religious Institutions, Communities, and Social Movements
- Indigenous Religions, Local Wisdom, and Lived Religion
- Contemporary Religious Thought and Religious Experience
- Islamic, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and other religious traditions in social and cultural contexts
- Religion and Contemporary Global Challenges
Approaches and Contributions
PJRS welcomes empirical, theoretical, conceptual, historical, comparative, and interdisciplinary research that makes a clear contribution to the study of religion and society. Manuscripts may employ qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, textual, ethnographic, historical, comparative, or other appropriate research approaches.
The journal particularly values manuscripts that move beyond descriptive accounts by offering original arguments, theoretically informed analysis, methodological contributions, or significant empirical findings. Comparative and cross-regional studies are especially encouraged when they generate insights relevant beyond a single local context.
Scope Boundaries
Manuscripts should demonstrate a substantive connection between the study of religion and broader questions concerning society, culture, institutions, or social life. Studies that are primarily descriptive, devotional, apologetic, or unrelated to the journal’s interdisciplinary focus on religion and society are outside the journal’s scope.
