Articles: Critical and constructive essays offering a wide range of feminist religious scholarship. Approximately 7,000-8,000 words, including citations. Receive anonymous peer review by two external reviewers.
Across Generations: This project invites feminist scholars and teachers in religion to connect students and younger scholars with pathmakers in the field to create interview-based essays, audio pieces, and videos showcasing conversations across generations that explore feminist history and generate new insights that enliven and strengthen feminist work in religion. Published interviews are approximately 5,000-7,000 words. Receives editorial review. Will include contribution to the blog (video or excerpt) and a conversation on the podcast.
Book Conversations: Book conversations will ordinarily take one of several formats:
• A conversation among several authors about 4-5 recently (within 5 years) published books on a theme. Each essay is approximately 1,500-3,000 words.
• 3-5 authors responding to a new book in 1,000-1,500 words, discussing its importance from their field based perspective and on-going research. Author can respond or not, 1500 words.
• One author writing a review essay about 4-5 recently published (within 5 years) books on a theme. Approximately 5,000 words.
These conversations receive editorial review and are submitted as a unit.
Feminist Pedagogy: This section launches a unique forum for a group of authors to offer thoughtful reflections on what it means to engage in specific pedagogical practices that integrate contemporary sociopolitical issues into a religious studies, women’s, gender & sexualitystudies, or seminary curriculum. Authors address a single conceptual theme related to teaching about women, gender, and religion. Rather than a “how to” description of pedagogical strategies, “Feminist Pedagogy” provides a space to focus on the underlying goals and overarching theories that matter most in the pedagogical approaches of the authors. A short paragraph introduces the particular theme and each author (4-6) contributes an 800-1,000 word reflection on a given topic.
The section receives editorial review.
In a Different Voice: Feminist religious scholarship expressed through poetry, creative writing, meditations, liturgies and artwork. All appropriate submissions will be sent out anonymously to at least two reviewers, on whose judgement the editors rely heavily. Reviewers are asked to evaluate creative pieces not only on the basis of their artistic and poetical mechanics but also on the basis of their religious content, contribution to feminist theory, their acquaintance with significant issues in the women’s movement, and their vision of social and/or religious change. Creative submissions should not exceed 3000 words.
Simultaneous poetry submissions are acceptable, but please inform JFSR immediately if a submitted poem is accepted elsewhere by emailing [email protected].
Living It Out: Critical reflections on the development of feminist movements seeking to transform systems of injustice in the academy, religious institutions and communities, and the broader society. Approximately 4,000-6,000 words. Receive editorial review.
Roundtables: Dialogues and debates among different feminist voices engaging in controversial or methodological issues in scholarship. Roundtables start with a lead essay of approximately 4,500-6,000 words, including citations, anonymously peer reviewed by a JFSR board member. Five to ten contributors read and respond to the lead essay from their particular embodied and disciplinary perspectives. Depending on the number of responses, word count for each may vary; they are usually between 1,000-2,000 words per response. Responses receive editorial review by JFSR board members. If you are interested in submitting a roundtable, please consult with the co-editors before submission.
Special Section: Occasionally, sections are devoted to exploration of either key theoretical issues or themes in feminist scholarship. Special sections include 4-6 pieces that are shorter than articles (2,500-4,000 words), but remain fully fleshed out pieces. Essays are curated and organized by a guest editor. The section is peer reviewed. Please consult with the co-editors before submission.
Special Issue: Occasionally, an entire issue of the journal is devoted to a theme in feminist studies of religion. A special issue is ordinarily organized by a guest editor from the Journal board. A special issue can include 4-5 full length articles, each individually peer reviewed as other articles are. Other sections to possibly include: Book conversation; Roundtable; Living it Out; In a Different Voice; Literature review essay. Guest editor(s) will perform editorial review with JFSR co-editors. Please consult with the co-editors before submission.
*If you have any suggestions for Roundtables, Special Sections, or Special Issues, please contact the editors at [email protected] to discuss your idea.
*If you would be willing to review articles for JFSR, please email [email protected] with your name, institutional affiliation, and reviewing interests or areas of expertise.
For information on submitting to JSFR, please see the submissions page.