Focus and Scope

Focus

Gapura: Journal of Islamic Cosmopolitanism focuses on the study of Islamic cosmopolitanism as a worldview, intellectual tradition, ethical orientation, and lived social practice rooted in the Islamic values of shared humanity, inclusivity, coexistence, and moral responsibility. The journal welcomes theoretical, conceptual, and empirical studies that examine how Muslims negotiate universal values within diverse cultural, social, political, and religious contexts.

Scope

The journal covers interdisciplinary studies within Islamic studies and the social sciences that contribute to the development of Islamic cosmopolitanism as a central analytical framework. Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Normative and Intellectual Cosmopolitanism

Studies that examine the theological, philosophical, ethical, and intellectual foundations of Islamic cosmopolitanism within Islamic traditions and thought.

  • Qur’anic studies (tafsīr), ḥadīth studies, Islamic law, theology, philosophy, Sufism, and Islamic intellectual history
  • Muslim intellectuals, activists, and transnational Islamic movements

2. Social and Cultural Cosmopolitanism

Studies focusing on social practices, cultural identities, gender, migration, and the dynamics of Muslim societies within diverse and global contexts.

  • Sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, political science, economics, gender studies, and media studies
  • Gender, identity, migration, and global Muslim subjectivities
  • Everyday Islamic cosmopolitanism in public, religious, and digital spaces

3. Political and Institutional Cosmopolitanism

Studies exploring the roles of institutions, education, governance, public policy, and social engagement in shaping inclusive and cosmopolitan Muslim societies.

  • Education, institutions, and public policies shaping cosmopolitan Muslim societies
  • Pluralism, interreligious engagement, peacebuilding, and social inclusion

4. Digital and Media Cosmopolitanism

Studies addressing the transformation and expression of Islamic cosmopolitanism through digital spaces, media, and contemporary cultural production.

  • Digital Islam, media, and contemporary Muslim cultural expressions

5. Interdisciplinary and Emerging Cosmopolitanism Studies

Interdisciplinary and emerging studies that employ Islamic cosmopolitanism as their primary analytical framework.

  • Other related topics engaging Islamic cosmopolitanism as the primary analytical perspective.