期刊名称：RELIGIONS
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About the journal
Religions (ISSN 2077-1444) is an international, open access scholarly journal, publishing peer reviewed studies of religious thought and practice. It is available online to promote critical, hermeneutical, historical, and constructive conversations.
Religions publishes regular research papers, reviews, communications and reports on research projects. In addition, the journal accepts comprehensive book reviews by distinguished authors and discussions of important venues for the publication of scholarly work in the study of religion.
Religions aims to serve the interests of a wide range of thoughtful readers and academic scholars of religion, as well as theologians, philosophers, social scientists, anthropologists, psychologists, neuroscientists and others interested in the multidisciplinary study of religions.
Subject Areas
Religions promotes interdisciplinary approaches to any of the world's religious/spiritual traditions, and invites contributions from scholars in various fields, notably:
- theology
- comparative studies in religion and politics
- theoretical or methodological discussions
- thoughts, ideologies and philosophies
- philosophy of religion
- psychology of religion
- history of religions
- sociology of religion
- role of religion in culture and society
- religious ethics
- religion and literature
- religion and art
- religion and linguistics
- religion and health
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Instructions to Authors
Submission of Manuscripts
- Submission Process: Manuscripts for Religions should be submitted online using the MDPI Submission System (SuSy) at susy.mdpi.com. To submit your manuscript using SuSy, register and log in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form for Religions.
- Accepted File Formats:
- Microsoft Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the Religions Microsoft Word template file must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
- LaTeX: Manuscripts prepared in LaTeX must be zipped into one ZIP folder (include all source files and images, so that the Editorial Office can modify the manuscript before peer-review, if needed). Ensure to send a copy of your manuscript as a PDF file also, if you decided to use LaTeX. When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX, please use the Religions LaTeX template files.
- Coverletter: Please provide a short cover letter where you detail the reasons why the editors of Religions should consider your paper for publication in this journal. Check in your cover letter whether you supplied at least 5 possible referees. Check if the English corrections are done before submission.
- Note Regarding Conference Papers: Expanded and high quality conference papers are also considered in Religions if they fulfill the following requirements: (1) The paper should be expanded to the size of a research article. (2) The conference paper should be cited and mentioned as a footnote on the first page of the paper. (3) If the authors do not hold the copyright to the published conference paper, authors should seek the appropriate permission from the copyright holder. (4) Authors are asked to disclose the conference paper in their cover letter including a statement on what has been changed compared to the conference paper.
Manuscript Preparation
- Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left, and right sides).
- Formatting / Style: The paper style of Religions should be followed. You may download a template file from Religions homepage to prepare your paper. It is not necessary to follow the manuscript structure showed in the template file for review papers. The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
- Reference Formatting: All the references mentioned in the text should be listed separately as the last section at the end of the manuscript, and be numbered consecutively throughout the paper. Do not repeat references in the reference list for citations with different pagination (i.e. if you cite Chapter 1 and Chapter 7 of the same book, list the book as one reference in the reference list). Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers. The page range is preceded by a comma; for example ([5], p. 10). or ([6], pp. 101–105). For the bibliography the Chicago style should be used, for more information download our Chicago Reference List and Citations Style Guide.
- Reference Preparation: References should preferably be prepared with a bibliography software package, such as Zotero, EndNote or ReferenceManager. If references are prepared manually they must be checked for integrity and correctness. The Editorial Office reserves the right to charge 10 CHF (Swiss Francs) per reference for which extensive corrections must be made.
- Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The following format is used for affiliations: Department, University, Address, ZIP code, City, Country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
- Abstract and Keywords: The abstract should be prepared as one paragraph (about 200 words). A list of three to ten keywords must be given, and placed after the Abstract.
- Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.
- Abstract/Table of Contents Graphic: Authors are encouraged to provide a graphical representation of the paper (in either JPEG, GIF, PNG or PDF format) to be used as a graphic of the paper, along with the abstract, on the Table of Contents. The graphic should not exceed 500 pixels width/height. As an example, authors may review the abstract graphic of following papers:
- http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/2/3/345
- http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/2/2/128
- http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/2/1/99
- Electronic Supplementary Information (ESI): Conference slides, video sequences, software, etc., can be included with the submission and published as supplementary material. Please read the information about Supplementary Material Deposit beneath.
Peer-Review and Editorial Procedure
Initial Check
All submitted manuscripts are received by the Editorial Office. The in-house Managing Editor will perform a preliminary check of the manuscript to assess if: it suits the scope of the journal, whether it is properly prepared, and whether the manuscript follows the ethical policies of the journal. In case of doubt, the Managing Editor may consult with the journals’ Editor-in-Chief or an Editorial Board member. Manuscripts that do not fit the journal or are not in line with our ethical policy may be rejected before peer-review. Manuscripts that are not properly prepared will be returned to the authors for revision and resubmission.
Expert Peer-Review
Once a manuscript passes the initial check, it will be assigned to several independent experts for peer-review. Experts may include past and present Editorial Board members and Guest Editors of the journal. However, we also actively seek other experts, which are identified during literature searches. Potential referees suggested by the authors are also carefully considered. As a general rule, referees should not have published with one or more of the co-authors during the past five years and should not currently work or collaborate with one of the institutes of the co-authors of the manuscript under consideration. At least two expert opinions will be collected for each manuscript.
Revisions and Editorial Decision
Based on the comments from the outside referees, the Editorial Office will usually ask the authors for minor or major revisions. If the comments are either very positive or very negative, the Editorial Office may directly ask the academic editor (usually the Editor-in-Chief or a Guest Editor) for a decision. Otherwise, the manuscript will be sent back to the authors for minor or major revisions. In case of minor revisions, the Editorial Office will ask the academic editor for a final decision on the revised version of the manuscript. In case of major revisions, the manuscript will usually be sent back to one or more of the outside referees before sending the paper to the academic editor for a decision. We allow a maximum of two rounds of major revisions.
Author Appeals
Authors may appeal editorial decisions by sending an e-mail to the Editorial Office of the journal. The Managing Editor of the journal will forward the manuscript and relating information (including the identities of the referees) to an appropriate Editorial Board member of the journal. If no appropriate Editorial Board member is available, the editor will identify a suitable external scientist. The Editorial Board member may judge the paper by himself or request additional expert opinions to judge the manuscript. The Editorial Board member will be asked to give an advisory recommendation on the manuscript. If the manuscript is rejected based on the Editorial Board member review, the decision will be final and cannot be revoked.
Production and Publication
Once accepted, a manuscript will undergo our standard production procedure. This entails professional copy-editing of the paper, English editing, proofreading by the authors, final corrections, pagination and publication on the www.mdpi.com website.
Peer-Review / Referees
During the submission process, authors are asked to suggest five potential referees with the appropriate expertise to review the manuscript. The editors will not necessarily approach these referees. Please provide as detailed contact information as possible (address, homepage, phone, e-mail address). The proposed referees should be experts in the field who can provide an objective report—they should not be current collaborators of the co-authors nor have published with any of the co-authors of the manuscript within the last 5 years. Proposed referees should be from different institutions to the authors. You may identify appropriate Editorial Board members of the journal as potential referees. Another possibility is to select referees from among the authors that you frequently cite in your paper.
English Corrections
This journal is published in English, so it is essential that for proper refereeing and quick publication all manuscripts are submitted in grammatically correct English. If you are not a native English speaker, we strongly recommend that you have your manuscript professionally edited before submission. Professional editing will mean that reviewers are better able to read and assess your manuscript. Additional fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be paid by authors if extensive English corrections must be done by the Editorial Office.
English-language editing will: improve grammar, spelling, and punctuation; improve clarity and resolve ambiguity; and ensure that the tone of the language is appropriate for an academic journal. We suggest that for this purpose your manuscript be revised by an English speaking colleague before submission. Authors can also use one of the English editing services for this purpose. Use of any editing supplier is not compulsory, and will not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication in Religions.
Additional information: see the English Editing Guidelines for Authors.
Publication Ethics Statement
Religions is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, image manipulation, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy.
Supplementary Material Deposit
In order to maintain the integrity of research records, we encourage authors to send supplementary data and files in electronic format, so that important scientific data and information is retained in full. Supplementary data and files can be uploaded as "Supplementary Files" during the manuscript submission process. The supplementary files will be offered to the referees as part of the peer-review process, although referees are not specifically asked to review supplementary files. Accepted file formats include (but are not limited to):
- data tables and spreadsheets (text files, MS Excel, OpenOffice, CSV, XML, etc.)
- text documents (text files, PDF, MS Word, OpenOffice, etc.)
- images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, etc.)
- videos (AVI, MPG, QuickTime, etc.)
- executables (EXE, Java, etc.)
- software source code
Large data sets and files may also be deposited to specialized service providers (such as Figshare) or institutional repositories (preferably those that use the DataCite mechanism).
Submission to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Authors of papers in the fields of social sciences are encouraged to send the final, published version of their papers to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN, http://www.ssrn.com/).
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Peter Iver Kaufman
Jepson School, University of Richmond, Room 232, Jepson Hall, 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA 23173, USA
Tel. +1 804 2898003; Fax: +1 804 2876062
Website: http://jepson.richmond.edu/faculty/bios/pkaufman/
E-Mail: pkaufman@richmond.edu
Interests: christian traditions: late antique, medieval and early modern European spirituality, politics and drama
Editorial Assistant
Ms. Betty Holloway
University of Richmond, 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA 23173, USA
E-Mail: betty.holloway@richmond.edu
Editorial Assistant
Ms. Jennifer Billings
University of Richmond, 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA 23173, USA
E-Mail: jennifer.billings@richmond.edu
Assistant Editor
Mr. Jeremiah R. Zhang
MDPI Beijing Office, Suite 2011, Ruidu International Center, No. 1 Cuijingbeili, Tongzhou District, Beijing, China
Tel. +86 10 81521170
E-Mail: jerry.zhang@mdpi.com
Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Klybeckstrasse 64, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 79 322 33 79
Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
E-Mail: lin@mdpi.com
Editorial Board
Dr. Antony William Alumkal
Iliff School of Theology, 2201 S. University Blvd., Denver, CO 80210, USA
Tel. (303) 765-3131; Fax: (303) 777-0164
Website: http://www.iliff.edu/index/learn/your-faculty/antony-w-alumkal/
E-Mail: aalumkal@iliff.edu
Interests: sociology of religion; race and religion; American evangelicalism
Dr. Stef Aupers
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31-10-4082387/2085; Fax: +31-10-4089098
Website: http://www.eur.nl/fsw/staff/homepages/aupers/
E-Mail: aupers@fsw.eur.com
Interests: modernity; new age; post-Christian spirituality; \'re-enchantment of the world\'; internet culture; conspiracy culture; popular culture; online gaming
Prof. Dr. John P. Bartkowski
Department of Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-0655, USA
Tel. +1 210 4586007; Fax: +1 210 4584619
E-Mail: john.bartkowski@utsa.edu
Interests: religion; family; gender; youth; social welfare
Prof. Dr. Klaus Baumann
Caritaswissenschaft und Christliche Sozialarbeit, Theologische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Platz der Universität 3, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany
Tel. +49 761 203 2110 (secretariat), -2111 (direct); Fax: +49 761 203 2119
Website: http://www.caritaswissenschaft.uni-freiburg.de/persons/prof-dr-klaus-baumann-director
E-Mail: klaus.baumann@theol.uni-freiburg.de
Interests: interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and human sciences, esp. psychology, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; interdisciplinary anthropology and ethics; religions and their social welfare as well as (social) ethics; theology, history, and spirituality of Caritas; Caritas and christian social work in its ecclesiological, civil and international contexts
Contribution: Special Issue: Religions and Psychotherapies
Prof. Dr. J. A. Belzen
University of Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt 147, NL-1012 GC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 525 2008/2010
E-Mail: belzen@hum.uva.nl
Interests: psychology of religion; mysticism; cultural psychology; psychobiography; psychopathology of religion
Dr. John Berthrong
School of Theology, Boston University, One Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel. +1 617 353 6136; Fax: +1 617 353 3061
Website: http://www.bu.edu/sth/profile/john-h-berthrong/
E-Mail: jhb@bu.edu
Interests: interfaith dialogue, multiple religious participation, Chinese and East Asian religion and philosophy, comparative theology and philosophy
Contribution: Special Issue: European Perspectives on the New Comparative Theology
Prof. Dr. Arndt Büssing
Institute for Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
Tel. +49 2330623246; Fax: +49 2330623358
Website: http://www.uni-wh.de/universitaet/personenverzeichnis/details/show/Employee/buessing/
E-Mail: arndt.buessing@uni-wh.de
Interests: mind-body medicine approaches; spirituality and health; quality of life; coping; questionnaire development; intergrative medicine; clinical studies; health service research
Contribution: Special Issue: Spirituality and Health
Special Issue: Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity
Prof. Dr. Francisca Cho
Theology Department, Georgetown University, PO Box 571135, 120 New North, Washington, DC 20057-1135, USA
Tel. +1 202 6876110; Fax: +1 202 6878000
Website: http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/chof/
E-Mail: chof@georgetown.edu
Interests: Buddhism; science; aesthetics; philosophy of language; philosophy of mind
Prof. Dr. Roberto Cipriani
Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, via del Castro Pretorio 20, 00185 Rome, Italy
Tel. +39 06 57339110; Fax: +39 06 57339102
Website: http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/cipriani
E-Mail: roberto.cipriani@tlc.uniroma3.it
Interests: sociology of religion; popular religiosity; religious symbols; qualitative analysis of religion
Prof. Dr. Francis X. Clooney
Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Tel. +1 617 384 9396
Website: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/faculty/clooney.cfm
E-Mail: fclooney@hds.harvard.edu
Interests: classical hinduism in the sanskrit and tamil traditions; comparative christian-hindu theology; christian missionary encounters with asia religions
Contribution: Special Issue: European Perspectives on the New Comparative Theology
Prof. Dr. David C. Dollahite
Brigham Young University, 2054 Joseph F. Smith Building, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Tel. +1 801 4224179; Fax: +1 801 4220229
Website: http://familylife.byu.edu/faculty/dollahite
E-Mail: david_dollahite@byu.edu
Interests: family; marriage; youth spiritual development; qualitative research; latter-day saint (Mormon) families; fathering
Dr. Malachi Hacohen
Duke University, History Department, 222 Carr Building, Campus Box 90719 Durham, NC 27708, USA
Tel. +1 919 382 9202; Fax: +1 919 382 9269
Website: http://history.duke.edu/people?Gurl=/aas/history&Uil=mhacohen&subpage=profile
E-Mail: mhacohen@duke.edu
Interests: european intellectual history; Jewish studies
Contribution: Special Issue: Between Religion and Ethnicity: Twentieth-Century Jewish Émigrés and the Shaping of Postwar Culture
Prof. Dr. John P. Hoffmann
Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, 2039 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Tel. +1 801 4229298; Fax: +1 801 4220625
Website: https://sociology.byu.edu/Hoffmann/
E-Mail: john_hoffmann@byu.edu
Interests: social and political attitudes; mormon studies; crime and delinquency; gender and religion
Dr. Christine A. James
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 1500 N. Patterson St., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698-0050, USA
Tel. +1 229 2597609; Fax: +1 229 2595011
Website: http://teach.valdosta.edu/chjames/
E-Mail: chjames@valdosta.edu
Interests: religion and science; religion and health; religion and politics; religion and pedagogy; medical ethics; aesthetics; philosophy of science; public policy; public administration
Dr. Ted G. Jelen
Department of Political Science, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5029, USA
Tel. +1 702 8953355; Fax: +1 702 8951065
E-Mail: jelent@unlv.nevada.edu
Interests: abortion; church-state; religion and political behavior; market theories of religion; feminism
Prof. Dr. Chang-Ho C. Ji
Professor of Psychology and Public Policy, School of Education and Department of History and Politics, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, CA 92515, USA
Tel. +1 951 7852269; Fax: +1 951 7852205
Website: http://www.lasierra.edu/index.php?id=1818
E-Mail: cji@lasierra.edu
Interests: psychology and sociology of religion; religion and politics; Christianity; Islam
Dr. Nicholaos J. Jones
Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 332B Morton Hall, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
Tel. +1 256 8242338; Fax: +1 256 8242387
Website: http://www.uah.edu/njones/
E-Mail: nick.jones@uah.edu
Interests: philosophy of science; Asian philosophy; science and religion; philosophy of religion
Dr. Kent R. Kerley
Department of Justice Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1201 University Blvd., Suite 210, Birmingham, AL 35294-4562, USA
Tel. +1 205 9348548; Fax: +1 205 9342067
E-Mail: krkerley@uab.edu
Interests: religion and crime; religion in the prison context; faith-based programs; evangelical protestantism
Contribution: Special Issue: Current Studies in the Sociology of Religion
Dr. Ruqayya Yasmine Khan
Department of Religion, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
Tel. 210 999.8428; Fax: 210 999-7843
E-Mail: rkhan@trinity.edu
Interests: islamic studies; muslims in Europe; Qur\'anic studies; women in islam; Arabic literature
Contribution: Special Issue: Islam in America: Zeroing in on the Park51 Controversy
Dr. Rebecca Y. Kim
Social Science Division, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263, USA
Tel. +1 310 5067481; Fax: +1 310 5067251
Website: http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/member.htm?facid=rebecca_kim
E-Mail: rebecca.y.kim@pepperdine.edu
Interests: immigration; religion; ethnicity; the second generation; global Christianity
Prof. Dr. Neal Krause
Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
Tel. +1 734 7635583; Fax: +1 734 7637379
Website: http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=nkrause
E-Mail: nkrause@umich.edu
Interests: religion and health; social relationships in religious institutions; race differences in religious involvement
Prof. Dr. Simon S.M. Kwan
Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Tel. 852-2609-6709; Fax: <sup>1</sup> 852-2603-5224 <sup>2</sup> 852-3017-4078
Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/theology
E-Mail: smkwan@cuhk.edu.hk
Interests: Asia theologies; contextual theologies; Christian counseling; practical theologies
Dr. Kevin L. Ladd
Department of Psychology, Indiana University South Bend, Wiekamp Hall 2159, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, Indiana 46634-7111, USA
Tel. (574) 520-5505; Fax: (574) 520-4538
Website: http://www.iusb.edu/~psyrel
E-Mail: kladd@iusb.edu
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