Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society

Aims & Scope

The Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society (JRAT) is an interdisciplinary, international, online open-access journal with a double-blind peer-review process.

It was established in 2015 with the aim of promoting the research topics of the Research Centre “Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society” (RaT, University of Vienna) in an international scope.

Every issue has a distinct thematic focus which is approached from different disciplines.

The journal aims at investigating the contribution of religion to the cultural, political, juridical, and aesthetic dynamics in present-day pluralistic societies.

Vice versa, it examines the influence of the contemporary processes of social transformation on religion and religious expressions.

The mutual impact of religious and societal transformation processes requires the collaboration of different academic disciplines, which creates an interdisciplinary research space both for theologians of different religious and confessional traditions (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Islamic, etc.), as well as for researchers in the field of Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion, Social Sciences, Law, Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies, Indology, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Pedagogy, etc.

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Contemporary fundamentalist Christianity in Finland: the variety of religious subjectivities and their association with values

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Mika, Peter

• Integration of Negativity, Powerlessness and the Role of the Mediopassive: Resilience Factors and Mechanisms in the Perspective of Religion and Spirituality

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Cornelia

• Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Education

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Ruth, Montse, Assumpta

• Human Dignity and Human Rights: Fostering and Protecting Pluralism and Particularity

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Peter G.

• Interreligious Dialogue in Context

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Karsten

• Re-Establishing Human-Nature Relations: Responses of Indigenous People of Indonesia to Covid-19

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Samsul

• Human Dignity in an Ethical Sense: Basic Considerations

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Antonio

• Orthodox Christian rigorism: attempting to delineate a multifaceted phenomenon

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Vasilios N.

• The Many Shapes of Interreligious Relations in Contemporary Spain

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Mar

• Muhammad Iqbal – Reconstructing Islam along Occidental Lines of Thought

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Stephan