About the Journal
Established in 2019, the Journal of the Council for Research on Religion (JCREOR) was born out of the McGill Center for Research on Religion (CREOR), which was active from 2006 to 2019. The principal goal of CREOR was to study the world’s religions in their constantly changing historical manifestations, in their relations to one another, and in their contributions to past and present-day cultures, ethics, and politics.
This principal goal was transferred to JCREOR (e-ISSN 2563-0288), a bi-annual peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes innovative and original scholarly work in the fields of religious studies and theology. Subject matter ranges from the ancient to the contemporary and explores Western and non-Western perspectives and approaches.
Current Issue
The second issue of volume five of the Journal of the Council for Research on Religion (JCREOR) is a special issue, From Indigenous ‘Religions’ to Indigenous Values. Planned and realized in collaboration with Philip P. Arnold (Syracuse University), the Indigenous Values Initiative (IVI), and the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA), this volume offers a collection of responses and articles that speak to the themes and tensions noted in the Report on Indigenous Religious Freedom or Belief, presented by the United Nation’s Office of the External Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom or Belief, which we have gained special permission to republish here in full. This issue provides input on the report but also examines the restrictions and limitations imposed by the categories of religion and/or belief when working with Indigenous nations and communities.
