Aims
AЯGOS is a multilingual online journal for the study of religion that seeks to build bridges between Europe’s distinct academic cultures. AЯGOS will publish original, peer-reviewed papers in English, German, French, and Italian. These will present, comment upon, and further develop established and contemporary perspectives in the study of religions. AЯGOS also aims to bring current approaches in the study of religions and cognate disciplines into conversation with one another. Historical and empirical studies are expected to have strong theoretical underpinnings.
Translations
AЯGOS will also include translations of previously published key texts that can provide valuable theoretical and methodological impetus to debates in the study of religion. Each of these translations will be accompanied by an introduction and a substantial commentary highlighting its relevance for the international community of scholars of religion.
Book reviews
To further AЯGOS’ fundamental aim of making important scholarly work known beyond its original context, the journal will include reviews of books published in various European languages. However, we limit the selection of books to be reviewed to open-access works.
Open access
Precise information on all publication formats and the formal requirements can be found here.
AЯGOS is a non-commercial, platinum open-access e-journal: We offer publication at no cost to authors, and all content is freely available to readers. The editors work for the journal without payment. We do not employ any staff to, for example, clarify copyright issues or check the precision of citations. We therefore depend on your help in making your contributions as complete and as accurate as possible before submission.
Subject areas
AЯGOS promotes interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of contemporary and historical religion. The scope of published work is intentionally broad, and we invite innovative work from all methodological approaches in the study of religion.
We invite contributions in a broad variety of fields, in particular:
- the study of religion
- theory of religion
- methodological considerations
- sociology of religion
- anthropology of religion
- history of religions
- religion in relation to politics
- psychology of religion
- religion in relation to secularity
- religion in relation to science
Open to all authors:
AЯGOS is committed to openness and inclusivity in scholarly publishing without author-facing charges for reading or publishing. We welcome submissions from all authors, regardless of their institutional affiliation, geographical location, or academic status. Submissions only must align with the aims and scope of the journal and meet the required quality standards once the reviewing process is completed.
Community-owned:
AЯGOS is owned by University of Fribourg, a public institution/organisation dedicated to advancing research and scholarship. The journal’s ownership and governance structure reflect its mission to support open and accessible academic publishing. We confirm that any commercial service providers involved in our operations only deal with service-related aspects of journal publishing. All content-related aspects of publishing, such as submission, peer review, acceptance, publication frequency, and scope of the journal, are controlled by the editors / the owners of the journal.