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Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama dan Lintas Budaya
ISSN : 25287230     EISSN : 25287249     DOI : -
Core Subject : Religion,
Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-agama dan Lintas Budaya is a periodical academic journal which is published by ReligiousStudies Majors Ushuluddin Faculty UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung cooperate with: Asosiasi Studi Agama Indonesia (ASAI) publishes twice in the year (March-September). This Journal publishes new results studies and original researches on Religious studies related to the social and cultural context in Indonesia in the perspective of Comparative of Religion, Phenomenon of Religion, Anthropology, and Sociology of Religion.
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Eschatological Aesthesis in Orthodox Hymnography and Iconography: Religious Consciousness in Medieval Rus Gayevskaya, Nadezhda Z.
Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama dan Lintas Budaya Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/rjsalb.v10i1.39912

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This study aims to examine the formation of eschatological aesthesis in Orthodox hymnography and iconography in medieval Rus’ as a constitutive mode of religious consciousness. The study is important because previous scholarship on Orthodox eschatology has tended to emphasize doctrine, symbolism, or iconographic content without adequately explaining how eschatological meaning is organized through perception, affect, and liturgical experience. This research employs a qualitative, document-based design with a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. Data were collected through close reading and document analysis of selected hymnographic and liturgical texts, Old Russian hagiographical narratives, and a representative iconographic form of the Last Judgment. The findings show that eschatological motifs such as resurrection, judgment, divine light, repentance, and kenosis are aesthetically structured through rhythm, repetition, metaphor, and symbolic contrast in the selected texts. The study also finds that eschatological meaning is intensified through the integration of visual, auditory, bodily, and symbolic elements within liturgical practice, while temporal structures of memory, anticipation, and calendrical repetition stabilize this experience into a durable religious habitus. These findings contribute to religious studies by showing that eschatology in medieval Orthodox culture functioned not merely as doctrine, but as a multisensory and temporal mode of consciousness formation. The originality of this study lies in its formulation of eschatological aesthesis as a perceptual and symbolic synthesis that connects hymnography, iconography, and liturgical temporality within a single analytical framework.
Underrepresentation of Sacred Text Studies in Students’ Theses: Evidence from a Religious Studies Program in Indonesia Zikri, Khairullah; Hidayah, Saniatul; Atilla, Raya Moniqa; Wijaya, Roma
Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama dan Lintas Budaya Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/rjsalb.v10i1.46603

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This study examines the position and representation of sacred text studies in undergraduate and graduate theses within the Religious Studies Program at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Indonesia, and explores the factors associated with their relatively limited presence. The study is important in light of the growing prominence of empirical and interdisciplinary approaches in Religious Studies, which may influence students’ research orientations and the balance between textual and contextual inquiry. This research employs a qualitative approach with descriptive survey elements. Data were collected through document analysis of 100 thesis titles produced between 2020 and 2024, a checklist-based questionnaire administered to 30 respondents, and in-depth interviews with five lecturers and three students. The data were analyzed interpretatively to identify thematic patterns, associated factors, and students’ perceived academic support needs. The findings show that sacred text studies appear in only seven titles, or 7% of the total theses analyzed, while most student research is oriented toward sociological, cultural, interreligious, and other contextual approaches. Their limited representation is associated with structural constraints, methodological challenges, and students’ preferences for topics perceived as more practical and manageable. The study implies that strengthening textual methodology training, improving access to primary sources, and enhancing expert supervision may help create a more balanced academic environment. The originality of this study lies in its micro-academic focus on student thesis practices, offering an empirical account of how disciplinary orientations are shaped within a specific Religious Studies program.