Focus and Scope

Journal of Religion and Linguistics (JoREL) is an open-access international double-blind peer-reviewed journal of research that advance civic understanding and dialogue on issues at the intersections of religion and linguistics in public life. Editorial Team broadly define religion (e.g., traditions, spirituality, myth worldviews) and linguistics (e.g. macro and micro linguistics). We occasionally solicit articles, but unsolicited submissions are encouraged, especially from diverse methodological approaches and theoretical and ideological perspectives. Submissions are encouraged from early-career and established scholars.

Journal of Religion and Linguistics does not address faith-formation within religious institutions. Instead, it focuses on the beliefs, behaviors, and acts of belonging as expressed in the public square and in various global contexts. It welcomes papers from across disciplinary and interdisciplinary research traditions that reflect principled application of qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodological paradigms and research designs (e.g. case studies, ethnographic fieldwork, experimental/semi-experimental studies, etc.). Papers must be relevant to an international readership.

Areas of study at the intersection of religion and linguistics include, but are not limited to: sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, linguistic anthropology, ethnography of communication, language socialization, narrative studies, gesture/sign/visual forms of communication, social semiotics, literacy studies, language policy, language ideology, functional grammar or text/corpus linguistics. In addition, the journal welcomes the intersection of the scope within educational field because education performs the good interpretation toward the scope.