Journal History
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The idea for this journal began in the late 1990s during the process of creating the interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, which was edited by Bron Taylor of the University of Florida, and to which 520 scholars from diverse academic fields contributed 1000 entries. The more interesting the encyclopedia became, the more obvious it was that it was only the beginning in what would likely be a longstanding and fertile academic field.
This recognition led to a number of conversations, also beginning in the late 1990s, about scholarly publications currently available exploring the religion/nature/culture nexus. It seemed that there was no journal providing a venue for research with the same kind disciplinary range as had characterized the encyclopedia project.
Janet Joyce, of Equinox Publishing, immediately saw the potential for a journal with such a vision, and after conversations with Taylor and Celia Deane-Drummond, editor of Ecotheology (between 1996-2006), in 2004, it was agreed that the journal would expand its scope. The vision for the reconfigured and renamed journal is explained in its précis, and in the editorial introduction to the journal, “Exploring Religion, Nature and Culture” by Editor-in-Chief Bron Taylor.
About the Journal
“What are the relationships among human beings and what are variously understood by the terms religion, nature, and culture? And, What constitutes ethically appropriate relationships between our own species and the places, including the entire biosphere, which we inhabit?”
These are the sorts of questions that gave rise to the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, which began publishing in March 2007.The JSRNC is peer-reviewed and published quarterly (simultaneously in print and online) in March, June, September, and December. Articles and reviews must be submitted exclusively to the JSRNC, may not have been previously published, and should not be submitted elsewhere until receiving a response from the JSRNC editors. Every effort will be made to provide timely reviews of submitted work. More details about author submission guidelines and the review process can be found here.
ISSRNC members qualify for a membership discount on subscriptions to the journal, and many membership options include digital and/or print access to the JSRNC. To join please visit the membership page. Several sample JSRNC articles can be found here.
Equinox Press also offers ISSRNC members, journal authors, and editorial board members a 35% discount on all books or journals. Please contact Janet Joyce for more information about ordering.
For more on the vision for the journal see “Exploring Religion, Nature and Culture” by Editor-in-Chief Bron Taylor. A quick way to see the interdisciplinary range and diverse subject matter of the journal is to view the archives of previously published issues.
The Journal is indexed in SciVerse Scopus Abstract and Citation Database; Index to the Study of Religions Online; ATLA Religion Database; EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier and Religion and Philosophy Collection; Religious and Theological Abstracts; and the Bibliography of Humanities and Social Sciences Literature.
