Legion Journal
About Legion: Journal of Religion and Regional
Learn about Legion: Journal of Religion and Regional, its scope, editorial team, and peer review process.
Aims and Scope
This peer-reviewed academic journal is dedicated to examining the relationship between religion and regional studies in diverse socio-cultural, political, and geographical contexts. It provides a scholarly platform for original research, critical essays, and case studies that analyze how religious beliefs, practices, institutions, and narratives influence regional realities.
Published biannually, the journal encourages interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars from religious studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, international relations, and related fields. It welcomes contributions that investigate religion as a social, cultural, and political force within local, national, and transnational regional settings.
The journal particularly invites studies addressing contemporary issues such as religious pluralism, regional identity, interfaith relations, spiritual diplomacy, public policy, and regional development. Through theoretical, empirical, and comparative approaches, it seeks to advance critical understanding of how religion shapes and is shaped by regional processes.
Legion: Journal of Religion and Regional focuses on scholarly works that investigate the complex and evolving relationship between religion and regional realities. The journal emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches that illuminate how religious values, identities, institutions, and discourses intersect with local, national, and transnational regional processes. It welcomes theoretical, empirical, and comparative studies that contribute to critical understanding of religion as a social, political, and cultural force within regional contexts.
1. Religion, Identity, and Regional Culture
This area examines the role of religion in shaping regional identity, collective memory, and cultural expression. It includes studies on sacred traditions, ritual practices, local religious heritage, and the interaction between belief systems and regional customs. The journal encourages contributions that explore how religion contributes to belonging, symbolic boundaries, and the formation of distinctive regional cultures.
2. Religion, Society, and Public Affairs
This section covers the influence of religion on social organization, governance, public policy, and regional development. Topics may include religion in civil society, faith-based responses to social challenges, religious dimensions of law and policy, and the role of spiritual actors in public debate. The journal welcomes analyses of how religious institutions and values affect social cohesion, conflict, welfare, and policymaking in regional settings.
3. Interfaith Relations and Regional Dynamics
This field addresses relationships among religious communities within and across regions. It includes studies on religious pluralism, interfaith dialogue, coexistence, conflict resolution, migration, and spiritual diplomacy. The journal is particularly interested in works that investigate how regional conditions shape interreligious encounters and how religion contributes to both tensions and collaboration in an increasingly interconnected world.
Journal Information
- Journal
- Legion: Journal of Religion and Regional
- Publisher
- Publion Research Ventures
- ISSN
- XXXX-XXXX
- Publication frequency
- Information will be updated by the journal editorial office.
Editorial Board
Muhammad Ridho
UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung
Peer Review Process
- Initial editorial screening checks journal fit, completeness, ethics statements, and manuscript readiness.
- Eligible manuscripts are assigned to reviewers by the editorial team.
- Reviewers submit reports and recommendations for editorial consideration.
- The editor records an editorial decision and may request revision when needed.
- Accepted manuscripts proceed to later production and publication stages.
Contact the Journal
Contact information will be updated by the journal editorial office.