ISSN 1011-7601 printed version
ISSN 2413-3027 online version

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The Journal for the Study of Religion (JSR) is a bi-annual journal with one volume containing two editions published each year during June and December. Founded in 1993 the JSR is affiliated with the Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA). The JSR is an online open access journal, committed to enhancing accessible scholarship in the study of religion in the Global South.

The journal’s main area of interest is the phenomenological and comparative study of the diversity of religions, religious traditions, and the religious movements and formations of religions in Southern Africa. We are particularly interested in the lived realities of religion in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since we foster the equal recognition of all religions, research on the prevalence, relevance, and practicing of World Religions in both local and global contexts is also encouraged. Research contributions may focus on any of the dimensions of religion, religiously shared or specific values, and the historical and/or current problematisation and contextualisation of religions or religious discourse.

The journal’s primary publication language is American English for all submissions.

The journal publishes two issues a year, in June and December.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under an Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY–NC 4.0).

All article submissions to JSR undergo a two–fold review process.