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164 to display empirical “truth” or a photograph to “demonstrate” an argument: these figures and pictures are often introduced without an explanation of their own perspective or an analysis of the production and the context in which they are embedded. This issue will explore the possibilities of analysing media as a crucial part of research and as a means for both producing and representing scholarly results. In this issue, contributors with different perspectives are invited to partic- ipate to an interdisciplinary debate about the significance and the impact of media within academic work on religion. This self-reflection about producing and transmitting data in analysing, deconstructing and representing religion through media considers also the emotional impact of media upon scientific research as well as the different genres used in academic work. Furthermore, a specific reflection on our perspectives and a good knowledge about recipients’ possible perceptions are necessary, if our aim is to inform and make our own methods transparent and suitable to what we want to express. Therefore this issue collects articles on: • theoretical approaches on religion(s) and the media, • methodological reflections on the specific options of texts, illustrations, films or objects for re-presenting religions, • perceptions of different media and multimedia in science, • aesthetic effects of different media on scholars, dealing with the tension between objectivity and subjectivity, • interdisciplinary debates on religions connected with emic and etic positions represented by media, • international or regional cultures of media in studying religions: preferring traditional texts or new media, favouring oral or written cultures etc. • social contexts – like gender – connected with media dealing with religions • other topics related to the overall theme of this issue. Articles of 25,000-30,000 characters (including spaces) should be posted on- line for peer review by February 28, 2017 on the journal homepage www.jrfm. eu. We kindly ask authors to register. The publication is scheduled for Novem- ber 2017. For any questions regarding the call for papers or the submission and publication process, please contact Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler (beinhaue@staff. uni-marburg.de).