About the Journal

Journal of Religion and Decoloniality (JRD) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal exploring the intersections of religion, spirituality, and decolonial thought. It explores how religious traditions, theological frameworks, and spiritual practices are implicated and can respond to histories and structures of coloniality. See our Focus and Scope.
JRD seeks to foreground perspectives that challenge dominant epistemologies and uplift marginalized, indigenous communities and subaltern ways of knowing. It is particularly interested in contributions that interrogate the entanglements of religion with power, race, gender, and global systems of domination, as well as those that offer emancipatory, decolonial alternatives. JRD provides a critical platform for scholars, activists, and practitioners who engage with religious traditions, institutions, and epistemologies through decolonial lenses. The journal is published under Elkuator Research and Publication.


Image: a side-to-side comparison of the peacock in BL Or. 8154, f. 7v and JRD cover.

Cover contains the word ᨄᨘᨕ (Puang), a Buginese term for "God" in the indigenous literature, and ornamented with the local design of Batik Lontara. The cover image of a peacock is based on the sketch in the diary of the Maqdanrang of Bone, 1790-1800, British Library, Or. 8154, f. 7v, which symbolizes a local-creative rendering of divine aesthetics.