Journal of Islamicate Sophia and Reason
JISR
The peer-reviewed academic journal of Laṭāʾif — rigorous scholarship across theology, philosophy, fiqh, hadith, literature, and Islamic civilization.
Current Issue
Volume 3, № 1
Spring 2025
The Self in Classical Islamic Thought
9 essays gathered in this issue.
Past Issues
Archive
JISR
Vol. 2
№ 2 · Autumn 2024
Reason, Revelation, and the Modern University
11 articlesRead issue
JISR
Vol. 2
№ 1 · Spring 2024
Adab as Method
8 articlesRead issue
JISR
Vol. 1
№ 2 · Autumn 2023
Translating the Tradition
10 articlesRead issue
JISR
Vol. 1
№ 1 · Spring 2023
Inaugural Issue: On Intellectual Renewal
12 articlesRead issue
Submissions
Guidelines
- Original research, 6,000–12,000 words.
- Chicago-style citations; full transliteration per IJMES.
- Arabic source quotations preserved with translation in footnotes.
- Abstract of 200 words and five keywords.
- Anonymised manuscript for double-blind review.
- Submit to jisr@lataif.review.
Editorial Process
Peer Review
- 1. Editorial screening for fit and scholarly competence.
- 2. Double-blind review by two specialist readers.
- 3. Revisions and dialogue with the author.
- 4. Literary copy-edit and transliteration audit.
- 5. Issue placement and publication, HTML and PDF.