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The journal Comparative Islamic Studies is inviting colleagues to submitarticles for publication.  It is a refereed journal that is published twicea year and the timeline for peer review and publication is in the range of3-4 months.  Colleagues interested in guest editing an issue on a topic orto publish the proceedings of a conference are also welcomed.  Please get intouch with either Joshua A. Sabih (joshua@hum.ku.dk) orWalid Saleh (walid.saleh@utoronto.ca).Comparative Islamic Studies focuses on integrating Islamic studies into themore general theoretical and methodological boundaries of liberal artsdisciplines with an emphasis on those disciplines most closely aligned withthe contemporary study of religion (e.g. anthropology, art history, classics, comparative literature, history,philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology). Particularattention will be given to articles and reviews which reflect how Islamicmaterials can challenge and contribute to generic categories, theories andquestions of method in the general study of religion. The journal providesthe opportunity for expert scholars of Islam to demonstrate the more generalsignificance of their research both to comparativists and to specialistsworking in other areas.Articles are to be explicitly comparative in their focus and scope, andshould clearly articulate both the reasons for selecting to compare certainphenomena and the theoretical conclusions to be drawn from the comparison.Comparisons may be between Islamic and non-Islamic materials or within andamong Islamic materials. Some examples include analyses of Bible and Quranalong with Jewish, Christian and Muslim exegesis; studies of rituals,canonical texts, myths, and ideeologies; sociological categoriesinvestigating prophet figures, holy people, saints and sufis; andcomparisons of theology, philosophy and mysticism.Attention to Islamic materials from outside the central Arabic lands is ofspecial interest, as are comparisons which stress the diversity of Islam asit interacts with changing human conditions. Articles may also concentrateon the methodological and theoretical implications of doing comparativeanalysis.Please visit the website for more information and to submit your articles:https://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/CIS