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Last updated 2nd February 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS

KWASU Journal of Religious Studies is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the Department of Religions at Kwara State University, Malete. The journal seeks to advance scholarship in textual, historical, sociological, psychological, anthropological, ethical, and phenomenological inquiries into religious traditions. The scope of this journal includes: Islamic Studies, Christian Studies, Comparative Religious Studies, African Religions, Philosophy of Religion, History of Religion, Religion and Peace Studies, Religious Education, Scriptural Studies, Religion, Law and Culture. The Editorial Team welcomes research articles that address issues related to religious experiences and phenomena in Islam, Christianity and African Traditional Religion.

 

Guidelines to Authors

  1. Manuscript should not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  2. Manuscripts should be written in English in Microsoft Word, RTF, or Open Office document file format, Times New Roman font, size 12, with double line spacing and Normal margin (1inch on all sides). Every page should be numbered.
  3. Manuscript should be 4,000-8,000 words, accompanied by an abstract of 150-200 words and five (5) keywords.
  4. The submission should contain the author's full name (first-name, middle-name, and last-name), institutional affiliation and email contact. In the case of multiple authors, one of them should be assigned as the corresponding author.
  5. There should be a running title with maximum of 10 words that will run across every page of the manuscript.
  6. The text should adhere to the citation and bibliographic style of the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition  (Notes and Bibliography), as detailed below.
  7. Headings and sub-headings of different sections should be clearly defined.
  8. The journal uses double blind review process in which the process of reviewing manuscript is based on the anonymity of the author and the confidentiality of reviewers.
  9. The deadline for manuscript submission for the June issue is April 2nd, 2025.
  10. Manuscript should be submitted on the journal’s website or sent to the following emails: kjrsjournal@gmail.com; kjrs@kwasu.edu.ng.

 Publication Charges

  1. Assessment fee of N7,000 only and should be paid into the following account details:

Account Name: The Pen KWASU Journal of Religious Studies
Account Number: 1100009166
Bank name: KWASU MICROFINANCE BANK LTD.

  1. All articles will be subjected to a blind peer-review process and only authors of those manuscripts found publishable will be contacted for payment of N20,000 only for publication fees.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Prof. Abdul Kabir Hussain Solihu
Editor-in-Chief, KWASU Journal of Religious Studies
Email: abdulkabir.solihu@kwasu.edu.ng
Phone: +2348036117643

Dr. Adesina Abiodun Olubitan
Secretary, KWASU Journal of Religious Studies
Email: adeshina.olubitan@kwasu.edu.ng
Phone: +234805249342

Last updated 2nd February 2025

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Endnotes and Bibliography: Sample Citations (adapted from https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html)

Book

Notes (for the first citation requires full detail; author’s first name comes before last name)

  1. Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown (Pantheon Books, 2020), 45.
  2. Amy J. Binder and Jeffrey L. Kidder, The Channels of Student Activism: How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today (University of Chicago Press, 2022), 117–18.

Shortened notes (for subsequent citations; write only last name with shortened title; please avoid using Ibid at all citations)

  1. Yu, Interior Chinatown, 48.
  2. Binder and Kidder, Channels of Student Activism, 125.

Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order; for the first author, write his last name before the first name; for other co-authors do not revert their names)

Binder, Amy J., and Jeffrey L. Kidder. The Channels of Student Activism: How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today. University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Yu, Charles. Interior Chinatown. Pantheon Books, 2020.

 

Chapter or other part of an edited book

Note

  1. Kathleen Doyle, “The Queen Mary Psalter,” in The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention, ed. P. J. M. Marks and Stephen Parkin (University of Chicago Press, 2023), 64.

Shortened note

  1. Doyle, “Queen Mary Psalter,” 65.

Bibliography entry

Doyle, Kathleen. “The Queen Mary Psalter.” In The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention, edited by P. J. M. Marks and Stephen Parkin, 63-70. University of Chicago Press, 2023.

In some cases, you may want to cite the collection as a whole instead.

Note

  1. P. J. M. Marks and Stephen Parkin, eds., The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention (University of Chicago Press, 2023).

Shortened note

  1. Marks and Parkin, Book by Design.

Bibliography entry

Marks, P. J. M., and Stephen Parkin, eds. The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention. University of Chicago Press, 2023.

 

Journal article

Journal articles are usually cited by volume and issue number. In a note, cite specific page numbers. In the bibliography, include the page range for the whole article. For articles consulted online, include a URL (preferably one based on a DOI.

Notes

  1. Benjamin Lindquist, “The Art of Text-to-Speech,” Critical Inquiry 50, no. 2 (2023): 230, https://doi.org/10.1086/727651.
  2. Abdul Kabir Hussain Solihu and Abdulganiy Akorede Abdulhameed, “Christian Translations of the Qur’an into Yoruba and Their Historical Background,” Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 26, no. 4 (2015): 466, doi:10.1080/09596410.2015.1073884.

Shortened notes

  1. Lindquist, “Text-to-Speech,” 231–32.
  2. Solihu and Abdulhameed, “Christian Translations of the Qur’an into Yoruba,” 470.

 

Bibliography entries (in alphabetical order)

Lindquist, Benjamin. “The Art of Text-to-Speech.” Critical Inquiry 50, no. 2 (2023): 225–51. https://doi.org/10.1086/727651.

Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain, and Abdulganiy Akorede Abdulhameed. “Christian Translations of the Qur’an into Yoruba and Their Historical Background.” Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 26, no. 4 (2015): 465–81. doi:10.1080/09596410.2015.1073884.

Interview

Interviews are usually cited under the name of the interviewee rather than the interviewer.

Note

  1. Joy Buolamwini, “ ‘If You Have a Face, You Have a Place in the Conversation About AI,’ Expert Says,” interview by Tonya Mosley, Fresh Air, NPR, November 28, 2023, audio, 37:58, https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215529902/unmasking-ai-facial-recognition-technology-joy-buolamwini.

Shortened note

  1. Buolamwini, interview.

Bibliography entry

Buolamwini, Joy. “ ‘If You Have a Face, You Have a Place in the Conversation About AI,’ Expert Says.” Interview by Tonya Mosley. Fresh Air, NPR, November 28, 2023. Audio, 37:58. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215529902/unmasking-ai-facial-recognition-technology-joy-buolamwini.

For more details, see here: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html.