The Journal of Law Religion and State
Law, State and Religion
The study of law and religion is a thriving area of research that is enjoying a recent surge of rich and fruitful scholarship. We notice a lack of venue among existing law journals for the publication and interaction of scholars on an international cross-cultural basis. Therefore, the Faculty of Law of Bar Ilan University has launched (in 2012) a peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide an international forum for the study of the interactions between religion, law and State.
The focus of the journal is on the following:
- Legal and political aspects of various religious traditions;
- Exploration of the interrelations between diverse religious, legal and political traditions;
- Studies of the relations between religion, law and state.
The Journal publishes three issues a year and accepts submissions throughout the year.
Editorial Staff
Chief Editor: Prof. Gideon Sapir (BIU)
Deputy Editor: Ariel Naftaly, Adv. (email: arnaftaly@gmail.com)
Editors: Dr. Amos Israel (Sapir Academic College);
Prof. Tania Pagotto (University of Milan-Bicocca).
2026 student editorial staff: Yanay Ramot (editorial staff manager); Dalia Blaustein, Shahaf Ganon & Ester Gavra.
The Journal is published by Amsterdam University Press and is supported by a generous gift of Romie and Esther Tager of London, UK.
Instructions for authors, see here – Click here
All volumes of the journal 2012-2025 are available for reading on the AUP website (no password required) – Click here
International Conferences of Journal of Law, Religion and State
Establishment, Christ Church, Oxford University, 2026
Migration, Law, and Religion/Culture, 2023
Religiously Motivated and Religion-Based Discrimination: Prohibition, Regulation and Exemption, Online Conference, January 2022.
Religious sites, Bar-Ilan University, June 2019
Religious extremism and violence, Bar-Ilan University, May 2018
Rule of law – Religious Perspectives, Bar-Ilan University, November 2016
Religion and Equality, Bar-Ilan University, June 2015
Revelation and Interpretation: Legal Interpretation of Religious Texts, NYU, September 2012.
Religious Law and State Affairs, Bar-Ilan University, May 2011
Religious Education in a Democratic State, Bar-Ilan University, June 6 - 8, 2010
