Feminisms and the Study of “Religions”

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is comprised of multiple essays that engage the work of feminisms in the study of “religion”. Spanning history and geopolitical location this Special Issue thematically presents the work of feminists as they critically analyze and transform their areas of study. Feminist themes covered are: theories, textual analysis, comparison, representation, power and social construction, conceptualizing being, experience, dystopia and utopia. Examining and applying feminist tools of analysis to and in the study of systems of belief and practice, the essays in this special edition make apparent the work that has been and is being achieved by feminists in the last several decades.

In particular, the topics of interest include:

feminist theories, textual analysis, comparison, representation, power and social construction, body, experience, dystopia and utopia

Submission Format and Guideline       

All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words. A detailed submission guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at: Most rules given in this style guide are collected from “The Chicago Manual of Style (16thEdition!)”. For more details and more examples, see Chapters 14 and 15 of The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press 2010) (Please note the MDPI Chicago layout guide is an adapted version of The Chicago Manual of Style, some changes were made to cooperate with the online publishing method).
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/instructions

Manuscripts for Religions should be submitted online at susy.mdpi.com. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list (read the criteria to qualify for authorship) and that they all have read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript. To submit your manuscript, register and log in to the submission website. Once you have registered, click here to go to the submission form for Religions. All co-authors can see the manuscript details in the submission system, if they register and log in using the e-mail address provided during manuscript submission. All papers will be peer-reviewed by independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors.

Prof. Dr. Darlene Juschka
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Religions is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.