Journal of Islam in Everyday Life
Journal Initials: JIEL
e-ISSN: xxxx-xxxx
DOI Prefix: 10.66277 by 
Publisher: Elkuator Research and Publication
Frequency: Biannual (May and November)
Access Model: Open Access Journal
Editor-in-Chief: Mubaidi Sulaeman
Citation Analysis: Google Scholar | Dimensions
Journal of Islam in Everyday Life (JIEL) is an International peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research on Islam as lived and practiced in everyday contexts. The journal is published through a collaborative partnership between the Elkuator Research and Publication, and LP3M Universitas Islam Tribakti Lirboyo Kediri.
JIEL is positioned within three primary disciplinary clusters: Arts and Humanities (ARTS), Anthropology (ANTH), and Religious Studies (RELI). It focuses on empirically grounded and theoretically informed analyses of the interaction between Islamic teachings, social practices, and cultural expressions in diverse Muslim societies. Core themes include lived religion, everyday piety, Qur’anic reception (living Qur’an), and embodied Islamic knowledge, alongside studies on Islam and local culture, media and digital life, and social transformation in domains such as family, education, gender, politics, economy, and environment.
The journal particularly emphasizes micro-level, practice-oriented, and fieldwork-based research, advancing methodological approaches such as ethnography, discourse analysis, digital ethnography, and qualitative case studies. It prioritizes context-sensitive analyses that capture the complexity of Muslim everyday life beyond macro and institutional perspectives, while encouraging interdisciplinary approaches within Islamic anthropology, sociology of religion, cultural studies, and Qur’anic studies. JIEL also provides space for underexplored domains such as food culture, dress practices, tourism, and local habits.
The journal encourages submissions that engage critically with the tension between normative Islamic doctrines (fiqh, tafsir, kalam) and lived religious practices, contributing to ongoing debates in contemporary Religious Studies and Social Sciences. By integrating normative Islamic scholarship with empirical social science methodologies, JIEL advances theoretically innovative and methodologically rigorous research, positioning itself as an international forum for the study of Islam as a lived, embodied, and contextually negotiated tradition.
