Focus and Scope

SCHOLARLY COVERAGE

Focus and Scope

FUADUNA advances interdisciplinary scholarship on the relationship between religion and society, with particular interest in religious encounters, lived religion, intellectual traditions, cultural transformation, and the ways in which religion engages contemporary social challenges.

Journal Aim

FUADUNA: Jurnal Kajian Keagamaan dan Kemasyarakatan aims to provide an international academic forum for original, theoretically informed, and methodologically rigorous studies of religion in historical and contemporary societies. The journal encourages interdisciplinary dialogue across religious studies, theology, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, political science, gender studies, Islamic studies, cultural studies, and related areas of the humanities and social sciences.

 
Core Areas

Areas of Scholarly Interest

01
Interreligious & Interfaith Studies

Interreligious encounter, dialogue, cooperation, contestation, tolerance, conflict, peacebuilding, coexistence, and relations among religious communities.

02
Comparative & Intercultural Theology

Comparative theological inquiry, intercultural theology, religious thought, theological encounters, and the interpretation of religious traditions across cultural contexts.

03
Religion, Culture & Anthropology

Lived religion, ritual, local traditions, religious symbols, cultural transformation, material religion, indigenous knowledge, and the anthropology of religion.

04
Religion & Public Life

Religion in politics, civil society, public policy, citizenship, authority, religious movements, secularism, nationalism, and contemporary public discourse.

05
Religion, Gender & Identity

Gender, sexuality, identity, religious authority, representation, minority experiences, inclusion, exclusion, and social transformation.

06
Philosophy & Sociology of Religion

Philosophical approaches to religion, sociology of religion, knowledge and belief, religious experience, spirituality, modernity, secularization, and social theory.

07
Islamic Studies & Lived Islam

Islamic intellectual traditions, Qur'anic and hadith reception, religious practices, Muslim societies, religious authority, spirituality, and contemporary transformations of Islam.

08
Religious Pluralism & Coexistence

Plural societies, religious diversity, minority-majority relations, tolerance, social cohesion, religious freedom, and mechanisms of peaceful coexistence.

Manuscript Types

What FUADUNA publishes

Original research articles, theoretically grounded conceptual papers, comparative studies, and case studies that make a clear contribution to scholarly debates on religion and society.

Priority

What strengthens a submission

Original research questions, clear theoretical positioning, rigorous methodology, engagement with current scholarship, international relevance, and a demonstrable contribution to the study of religion and society.

Scope Clarification

Manuscripts whose primary subject lies outside religion and society should demonstrate a clear and substantial connection to the journal's scholarly focus. Purely descriptive, devotional, doctrinal, or advocacy-oriented manuscripts without critical academic analysis, identifiable research methods, or an original scholarly contribution are generally outside the journal's scope.