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Journals

  • Journal of Comparative Heritage Studies

    The Journal of Comparative Heritage Studies (JCHS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary scholarly journal published by the Comparative Heritage Project (CHP). The journal is dedicated to advancing critical and comparative research on heritage as a dynamic process of meaning-making, memory production, identity formation, power, and social transformation across cultures, histories, and intellectual traditions.

    JCHS provides an international forum for scholars, researchers, and practitioners whose work investigates how heritage is produced, negotiated, contested, preserved, and mobilized in diverse social, political, religious, linguistic, technological, and ecological contexts. Rather than treating heritage as merely inherited cultural property, the journal understands heritage as an active and evolving phenomenon that shapes human relationships, institutions, and knowledge systems.

    The journal welcomes original research articles, theoretical essays, comparative analyses, methodological innovations, review essays, and critical book reviews from across the humanities, social sciences, and related interdisciplinary fields. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

    • Comparative Heritage Theory
    • Heritage Analytics and Digital Heritage
    • Cultural Memory and Public History
    • Indigenous and Decolonial Heritage Studies
    • Religion, Scripture, and Heritage
    • Museums, Archives, and Heritage Institutions
    • Heritage, Identity, and Nationalism
    • Heritage Politics and Cultural Diplomacy
    • African, African Diaspora, and Global South Heritage
    • Language, Literature, and Heritage
    • Migration, Diaspora, and Transnational Heritage
    • Heritage, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
    • Heritage Preservation and Sustainability
    • Comparative Civilizations and Knowledge Systems

    Committed to intellectual rigor, methodological diversity, and global scholarly dialogue, the Journal of Comparative Heritage Studies encourages research that transcends disciplinary boundaries and challenges conventional understandings of heritage. The journal seeks to cultivate innovative conversations that illuminate the complex ways in which heritage structures human experience, mediates social relations, and informs contemporary and future societies.

    Published by the Comparative Heritage Project and Comparative Heritage Institute, JCHS serves as a platform for advancing comparative scholarship and fostering international collaboration among academics, heritage professionals, policy practitioners, and independent researchers committed to the critical study of heritage in all its forms.

  • Journal of Religion, Environment, and Nature Discourse

    The Journal of Religion, Environment, and Nature Discourse (JREND) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary scholarly journal published by the Comparative Heritage Project (CHP). The journal is dedicated to advancing critical research at the intersection of religion, ecology, environmental humanities, and nature discourse. It provides an international platform for examining how religious traditions, spiritual worldviews, ethical systems, cultural narratives, and ecological knowledge shape human relationships with the natural world.

    JREND recognizes that contemporary environmental challenges—including climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental injustice, resource depletion, and ecological degradation—cannot be fully understood through scientific inquiry alone. Religious beliefs, sacred texts, indigenous knowledge systems, ritual practices, philosophical traditions, and cultural heritage profoundly influence environmental values, conservation practices, and public engagement with nature. The journal therefore promotes interdisciplinary dialogue that integrates insights from religious studies, environmental studies, anthropology, philosophy, sociology, history, geography, political ecology, law, and the environmental sciences.

    The journal welcomes original research articles, theoretical essays, comparative studies, methodological contributions, policy analyses, review essays, and critical book reviews. Contributions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

    • Religion and Environmental Ethics
    • Ecology and Sacred Traditions
    • Climate Change, Faith, and Public Theology
    • Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Stewardship
    • Religion and Biodiversity Conservation
    • Eco-Hermeneutics and Sacred Texts
    • Environmental Justice and Religious Communities
    • Nature, Ritual, and Sacred Landscapes
    • Comparative Religious Ecologies
    • Environmental Humanities and Ecocriticism
    • Sustainability, Heritage, and Cultural Landscapes
    • Religion, Water, Forests, and Natural Resources
    • Animals, Ethics, and Nonhuman Life
    • Environmental Policy, Religion, and Society
    • Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Ecological Futures

    JREND encourages comparative, transdisciplinary, and globally inclusive scholarship that critically examines the reciprocal relationships between religion, environment, and society. Particular emphasis is placed on research that foregrounds Indigenous perspectives, Global South experiences, decolonial approaches, and diverse knowledge traditions while fostering meaningful engagement across academic disciplines and cultural contexts.

    Published by the Comparative Heritage Project, the Journal of Religion, Environment, and Nature Discourse serves as a forum for innovative scholarship that explores how religious thought, environmental practice, and ecological imagination contribute to understanding and addressing the pressing environmental challenges of the twenty-first century. Through rigorous research and critical dialogue, JREND seeks to advance knowledge that supports ecological sustainability, social justice, and responsible stewardship of the Earth's natural and cultural heritage.