The ''Journal of Religion and Violence'' is a

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covering the study of

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

and

violence Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or Power (social and p ...

. It publishes analyses of contemporary and historical religious groups involved in violent incidents, as well as studies on sacrifice, terrorism, inter- and intra-religious violence, mass suicide, war and religion, and religiously-legitimated violence against women. It also publishes reviews and special issues dedicated to relevant topics. The journal is included in JSTOR's Security Studies Collection. It is indexed in the Atla Religion Database,

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and

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, and has a Level 1 classification from the Publication Forum of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. The ''Journal of Religion and Violence'' is a hybrid open-access journal with a

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"green" self-archiving policy. It is published by the Philosophy Documentation Center

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* English-language journals Religious studies journals Publications established in 2013 Philosophy Documentation Center academic journals {{reli-journal-stub