About this journal

Religion, State & Society is a leading authoritative multidisciplinary journal focusing on the interplay between religion and political and social theory and practice. The aim of the journal is to provide a site for cross-fertilisation among disciplines and perspectives on issues of current concern and to set them in their appropriate historical context. The journal encourages a comparative approach, with the intention of examining similarities and differences in the experiences of countries, regions and religions, in stability or in transition.

Religion, State & Society has a long-established reputation, built up over 40 years, during which religion has been increasingly recognised as a dimension that needs to be taken into account by students and specialists in a wide range of disciplines. The journal was originally titled Religion in Communist Lands and focused on the Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe and China, but now covers all faiths and all regions of the world.

Contributions are welcomed from the fields of political studies, sociology, law, area studies and international relations, as well as history, anthropology and religious studies. Articles concerningpure theology or such topics as art, music and literature do not fall within the journal’s remit.

Religion, State & Society publishes original articles, commissioned reviews and discussions, afterwords and book reviews. Regular special issues, with distinguished Guest Editors, allow in-depth treatment of specific themes, and the Editor welcomes proposals for further special issues or special thematic sections.

Peer Review Statement

All research articles and review articles are subject to a rigorous peer review process, based on initial Editor screening then double anonymous refereeing by a minimum of two external specialist referees. Editorials, discussions, standard introductions, afterwords and book reviews are assessed by the Editors but are not externally peer reviewed.

Editors:

Dr Daniel Nilsson DeHanas - King's College London, UK

Prof Marat Shterin - King's College London, UK

Managing Editor:

Dr Stella Rock - Open University , UK

Book Reviews Editor:

Dr Zoe Knox - University of Leicester , UK

Past Editor, 1988-2015:

Dr Philip Walters - Oxford, UK

RSS Editorial Board

London-Based Editorial Board

Prof Madawi Al-Rasheed – London School of Economics

Dr Jim Bjork - King's College London 

Dr Stacey Gutkowski – King’s College London

Prof Jeffrey Haynes – London Metropolitan University

Dr Humeira Iqtidar - King's College London 

Prof Christophe Jaffrelot – King’s College London

Dr Aisha Phoenix - King's College London 

Prof Linda Woodhead - King's College London 

International Editorial Board

Prof Alexander Agadjanian – Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia

Dr Edwin Bacon - University of Lincoln, UK 

Prof Lori G. Beaman – University of Ottawa, Canada

Prof Irena Borowik – Jagiellonian University, Poland

Dr Manoela Carpenedo - University of Groningen, the Netherlands 

Prof Ezra Chitando - University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Dr Jayeel Cornelio - Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines 

Prof Cole Durham – Brigham Young University, USA

Prof Matthew Engelke - Columbia University, USA 

Dr Effie Fokas – ELIAMEP, Greece

Prof Jonathan Fox – Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Prof Paul Freston – Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Dr Jörg Haustein - University of Cambridge, UK

Prof Elizabeth Shakman Hurd – Northwestern University, USA

Dr Zoe Knox – University of Leicester, UK

Prof Tuomas Martikainen – Institute of Migration, Finland

Dr Lina Molokotos-Liederman - Woolf Institute, UK 

Dr Michael Munnik - Cardiff University, UK 

Prof Sabrina Ramet – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Prof Ian Reader – University of Manchester, UK

Prof Vineeta Sinha - National University of Singapore, Singapore 

Dr Philip Walters – independent scholar, UK

Prof Catherine Wanner - Penn State University, USA 

Prof Fenggang Yang – Purdue University, USA