Welcome to Religions, a New Open Access, Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Online Journal
Journal Title: Religions - Year 2010, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
We always seem to be in the wake of some current event or controversy that reminds us just how important scholarly interest in religions has been, is, and will be. Fortunately, new sources for religious movements—even sources that illumine those movements’ origins—keep turning up, and many sources, long considered critical, are now accessible online. Furthermore, fresh developments in the disciplines that consistently make significant contributions to our understanding of religious personality, authority, devotion, and community—disciplines ranging from psychology, sociology, and anthropology to history, art history, philosophy, literary criticism, and political science—fuel general, as well as scholarly, interest in the world’s religions. Without exaggeration, one can claim we have an embarrassment of riches. Consequently, the study of religious crises, commitments, and critics of the latter has never been livelier. Literature, of course, responds to life, in this instance. Other journals, the elder and well-established siblings of Religions, make strenuous and altogether admirable efforts to keep readers alert to many revisionist interpretations and exciting advances in certain areas of the field, and a few comprehensive journals continue to earn our appreciation for inviting innovative, often comparative, contributions. The advantages of such comprehensive journals for specialists in one or another field of religious studies are not always obvious. Some colleagues not only learn of the latest in fields familiar to them, but also discover intriguing new approaches to religious artifacts and experiences by browsing the recent acquisitions in their libraries. These scholars will attest to the value of the places online, or in bookstalls, that trigger our curiosity and encourage us to contemplate our methods and mission.
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Peter Iver Kaufman
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