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Editorial | 19www.jrfm.eu 2015, 1/1, 9–19 in exhibitions, analysing the methodological implications of the interaction between the work of art and its audience when the latter is invited to engage actively in the reception process. By addressing methodology, the editors of the first issue of JRFM intend to encour- age and support interdisciplinary scholarly work in which both media and religion are understood as broad and diverse cultural fields with manifold interactions. The publication of this first issue has only been possible with the financial, concep- tual and intellectual support of the Centre for religion, economy and Politics (ZrWP), the universities of Graz and Zurich and schüren Verlag in Marburg. We would like to express our gratitude especially to annette schüren, to the participants of the work- shop Thinking Methods Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler, Mia lövheim, roger Odin and sigrid schade, to the members of the research group Media and religion, especially to an- na-Katharina Höpflinger and Natalie Fritz, to Harry Forster for the translation of Roger Odin’s contribution, to the proofreaders rona Johnston and Gudrun rausch, to Noè Pezzoli for the cover photograph. finally we would like to thank Christian Wessely for his great support, both as author and as initiator and editor of the whole project. Zurich, 26 October 2015 Marie-Therese Mäder and Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati