Religion and the Arts

Aims & Scope

Launched by Boston College in late 1996, Religion and the Arts has rapidly developed into a major new international journal in this important interdisciplinary field.

Religion and the Arts promotes the development of discourses for exploring the religious dimensions of the verbal, visual and performing arts.

The journal has attracted international acclaim for its approach and its excellent quality and range of interest.

Religion and the Arts publishes: ● interpretations that develop new approaches to the religious and spiritual aspects of works of art ● discussions on the role of religion in cultural studies ● critical overviews of the state of scholarship in particular areas ● reviews, interviews, comment, debate, and surveys of recent developments

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.102

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29555

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	9

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

• La Conquistadora: A Conquering Virgin Meets Her Match

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Ann Marie

• Embodied Consciousness in Tantric Yoga and the Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty

  Citation: 17

  Authors: James

• “To See the World in a Grain of Sand”: Wolfgang Laib and the Aesthetics of Interpenetrability

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Celina

• Filming African Creation Myths

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Daniela

• Sacred Embodiment: Fertility Ritual, Mother Goddess, and Cultures of Belly Dance

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Stavros Stavrou

• The Deaths of God in Hegel and Nietzsche and the Crisis of Values in Secular Modernity and Post-secular Postmodernity

  Citation: 6

  Authors: William

• The Anatheistic Wager: faith after Faith

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Brian

• Cultural and Religious Reversals in Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Mark W.

• Cult, Countenance, and Community: Donor Portraits from the Colonial Andes

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Maya

• Iconic Space and the Materiality of the Sign1

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Charles

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