Focus and Scope

PIETAS: Jurnal Studi Agama dan Lintas Budaya (Journal of Religious and Cross-cultural Studies) is an international peer-reviewed and open-access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research that advances scholarly understanding of religion, spirituality, culture, and society from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The journal welcomes original research articles, systematic literature reviews, conceptual papers, and critical book reviews that contribute to the development of religious studies and cross-cultural studies. All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure academic quality, originality, and scholarly integrity.

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Religious Studies
  • Theology and Contemporary Theology
  • Comparative Religion
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Religious Education
  • Psychology of Religion
  • Sociology of Religion
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • History of Religions
  • Religious Ethics
  • Religion, Culture, and Society
  • Religion and Politics
  • Religion, Peace, and Conflict Resolution
  • Interfaith and Interreligious Dialogue
  • Religion and Human Rights
  • Religion, Gender, and Social Justice
  • Religion and Media
  • Religion and Digital Society
  • Religion and Health
  • Religion, Environment, and Sustainability
  • Indigenous Religions and Local Wisdom
  • Cross-cultural Studies
  • Religion in Southeast Asia and Global Perspectives