Critical Research on Religion
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom

Journal ISSN: 20503032, 20503040

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

History: 2013-2021

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Critical Research on Religion is a peerreviewed international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy sociology anthropology psychology history and literature.A critical approach examines religious phenomena according to both their positive and negative impacts. It draws on methods including but not restricted to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School Marxism poststructuralism feminism psychoanalysis ideological criticism postcolonialism ecocriticism and queer studies.The journal seeks to enhance an understanding of how religious institutions and religious thought may simultaneously serve as a source of domination and progressive social change. It attempts to understand the role of religion within social and political conflicts. These conflicts are often based on differences of race class ethnicity region gender and sexual orientationall of which are shaped by social political and economic inequity.The journal encourages submissions of theoretically guided articles on current issues as well as those with historical interest using a wide range of methodologies including qualitative quantitative and archival. It publishes articles review essays book reviews thematic issues symposia and interviews.