Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis

Aims & Scope

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis is a publication series published by the Donner Institute for research in Religious and Cultural History in Åbo, Finland. The aim of the institute, which is attached to the Foundation of Åbo Akademi University, is to conduct and promote scholarly research in the field of religion. The Institute is active in two main areas: research and library facilities. The Donner Library is the largest special library on Comparative Religion in the Nordic countries. The research is focused mainly on religious studies, with a special emphasis on mysticism and esotericism, but research of a more general humanistic character is supported as well. The Institute offers international symposia and roundtable conferences on a regular basis, produces print and electronic publications, and awards research scholarships and prizes. The publication series Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis was inaugurated in 1967 with the aim to publish papers presented at conferences and symposia organised by the institute. The series has previously been published in printed form but from 2014 onwards, Scripta is published as an open access e-publication. The digitalization of previous issues of the series has been completed so that all issues are now available online at this website. Most years, Scripta publishes one issue (in May/June). It addresses an international readership and approaches the field of religion from a broad perspective, engaging contributors from different theoretical and methodological traditions. The Editorial Board consists of prominent scholars of religion from around the world, representing a wide variety of subfields, theoretical and methodological approaches and cultural contexts within the study of religion. Articles published in the journal have in general been presented at conferences or roundtable seminars arranged at the Donner Institute. Therefore, each issue of Scripta focuses on a specific theme that has been dealt with at the seminar and submissions are in general accepted only from scholars who have participated in the seminar in question. Articles are selected on the basis of a double blind peer-review process, carried out in two steps. A first selection of articles is made by the editor and the guest editors. Thereafter the articles are assessed by external reviewers, in a process where both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from each other. Professional proofreading services are provided for submissions accepted for publication.

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