Journals for the Study of Religions
This site gathers some of the main print and online journals published by member assciations of the EASR and crossnational cooperations. It also provides up-to-date links to online journals that are based in Europe but are not linked to a particular association.
In addition this site provides information about web encyclopedia and other online resources for the study of religions.
Print and Online Journals
Journals of National and Crossnational Associations of the EASR
Revue de didactique des sciences des religions | Zeitschrift für Religionskunde
Founded in 2015
1 issue per year in French, German and English
Open Access
Chief editors: Petra Bleisch, Philippe Bornet, Séverine Desponds, Nicole Durisch-Gauthier and Beatrice Kümin
Publisher: Verein Gesellschaft für Religionskunde | Société pour la didactique des sciences des religions;partly financed by the Swiss Association for the Study of Religions (SGR / SSSR)
Website: www.religionskunde.ch
Bandue. Review of the Spanish Association for the Sciences of Religions/Revista de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias de las Religiones
Founded in 2007 (previously: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias de las Religiones (BSECR), of which nineteen issues were published from 1993 to 2006).
1 issue per year, in Spanish and English
Chief editor: Francisco Díez de Velasco
Publisher: Editorial Trotta, Madrid
Website: http://secr.es/publicaciones/bandue/http://secr.es/publicaciones/bandue/
Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions
Founded in 2016 with a new title (previously Diskus)
Peer-reviewed
Open access
Edited by the committee of the British Association for the Study of Religions
Coordinating editor: Suzanne Owen
Book review editor: David Robertson
Publisher: British Association for the Study of Religions
Website: jbasr.com/ojs/index.php/jbasr/index/
Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Founded in 2014
Open access
Editors: James Kapalo (Managing editor), Jenny Butler and Chris Heinhold (Assistant editors), Colin Duggan (Reviews editor)
Publisher: Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Website: https://jisasr.org/
Mythos. Rivista di Storia delle Religioni
Founded in 2006
1 issue per year (and three supplements), in Italian, French, Spanish, English, German
Peer-reviewed
Journal focuses on the history of religions in the Ancient Mediterranean
Editors: Nicola Cusumano, Corinne Bonnet, Daniela Bonanno, Francesco Massa
Publisher: Salvatore Sciascia Editore
Website: http://www.unipa.it/dipartimenti/beniculturalistudiculturali/riviste/mythos/
Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni
Founded in 1924
Peer-reviewed
2 issues per year (and 2 annexes: “Quaderni di Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni”), in Italian, English, French, Spanish, German
Not open access, but the authors are free to publish their articles on social media like Academia, Research gate and so on.
Editors: Alessandro Saggioro (Editor-in-chief), Sergio Botta (Deputy Editor), Marianna Ferrara (Chief of Editorial Committee)
Publisher: Morcelliana, Brescia
Website: http://www.dipscr.uniroma1.it/smsr-studi-e-materiali-di-storia-delle-religioni
Temenos: Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion
Founded in 1965
2 issues per year, in English
Open access
Editors: Måns Broo (Chief editor), Teemu Taira (Reviews editor until the end of 2018), Sofia Sjö (Reviews editor from 2018 onwards)
Publisher: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion
Website: https://journal.fi/temenos/indexhttps://journal.fi/temenos/index
Uskonnontutkija - Religionsforskaren
Founded in 2006
2 Issues per year, in Finnish and Swedish
Peer-reviewed
Open access
Chief editor: Heikki Pesonen
Publisher: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion
Website: https://journal.fi/uskonnontutkija
Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft (ZfR)
Founded in 1993
2 issues per year, in German
Peer-reviewed
Editors: Oliver Freiberger and Christoph Kleine (Chief editors), Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler (Reviews editor)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/zfr
Chaos
2 issues per year, in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Editors: Mikael Aktor, et al.
Publisher: Chaos Publishers
Religionsvidenskabelig Tidsskrift
Journal of the Danish Association for the Study of Religion (DASR)
Including special issues from DASR seminars.
Open access: https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt
Journals for the Study of Religions based in Europe
Revue de l'histoire des religions
Founded in 1880
4 Issues per year, in French
Peer-reviewed
Chief editors: Charles Amiel (CdF, Ehess), Frédéric Gabriel (Cnrs)
Publisher: Armand Colin
Website: http://journals.openedition.org/rhr/
Journal of Religion in Europe (JRE)
Founded in 2007
4 Issues per year, in English
Peer-reviewed
Chief editors: Titus Hjelm and Anne Koch
Book review editor: Katarzyna Zielińska
Publisher: Brill
Website: http://www.brill.com/journal-religion-europe
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/18748929
Entangled Religions: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
Founded in 2014
1 issue per year, in English
Peer-reviewed
Open access
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Volkhard Krech, Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Managing Editor: Julia Reiker, Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Publisher: Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Dynamics in the History of Religions Between Asia and Europe", Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Website: https://er.ceres.rub.de/
Journal of Chinese Religions
Founded in 1975
2 Issues per year, inEnglish
Peer-reviewed
Chief editor: Philip Clart (University of Leipzig, Germany)
Publisher: Routledge
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yjch20
Journal of Global Buddhism
Founded in 2000
1 volume a year, articles published on ongoing basis, in English
Peer-reviewed
Open access
Chief editors: Martin Baumann, Cristina Rocha, Jovan Maud
Publisher: University of Lucerne
Website: www.globalbuddhism.org
Journal for Religion, Film and Media (JRFM)
Founded in 2015
1 issue per year, in English
Peer-reviewed
Open Access
Chief Editors: Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati and Christian Wessely
Publisher: the University of Graz and the University of Munich in cooperation with the Schüren publishing house
Website: http://jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/index
Religion in the Roman Empire (RRE)
Founded in 2015
3 issues per year, in English
Peer-reviewed
Managing Editor: Jörg Rüpke
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Website: https://www.mohr.de/en/journals/religion-in-the-roman-empire-rre
Web Encyclopedia and Online Resources
The Religious Studies Project http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/
-> contains podcasts and interviews about current research projects with leading scholars in the Study of Religions
AnthroCyBib - The Anthropology of Christianity Bibliographic Blog
http://www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk/anthrocybib/
Religion X (online videos with introductions to key questions in the study of religions with a special focus on the cognitive science of religion)