Journal for the Academic Study of Religion

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The Journal for the Academic Study of Religion is the leading journal of the Pacific region dealing with all aspects of the academic study of religion. The journal is fully refereed and published by Equinox Press three times a year (April, September and December). The Journal is recognised on the ERA list of journals. 

The Journal for the Academic Study of Religion is committed to publishing cutting edge academic papers dealing with all aspects of religion/s, both specialist papers and those directed to a general academic audience, and from both established and new scholars (with the exception of theological or confessional papers). 

For further information about the journal, tables of contents of current and previous issues, and guidelines for contributors, please proceed to the home page for the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion at Equinox Press. 

The current editors of the JASR are:
Dr Rosemary Hancock, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Australia
Dr Milad Milani, Western Sydney University, Australia
Dr David Newheiser, Florida State University, USA

Book Review Editor:
Dr Hannah Gould, University of Melbourne, Australia

  • If you would like to review books for the journal, please email our Book Review Editor in the first instance, Dr Victoria Lorrimar.

    We are receiving fewer hard copies of books to be reviewed since COVID. If you would like to review a specific title, please send an email with your suggestion. We can usually source review copies from the press. If you want to review for us but are short on ideas, one good clearing house for titles is Reading Religion.

    We like to prioritise reviews of books written by AASR members. Current members of the AASR with a title to recommend for review published in 2023, or 2024, please email Victoria so she can add it to this list. Recommendations can be your own books or someone else’s.

    Reviews should be approximately 800 words in length and all quotations require references. We generally request a three month turn-around time on reviews.