About the Journal

Welcomed invites undergraduate submissions from students at accredited universities and colleges worldwide, submitted through a university or college email address. We are especially interested in work grounded in lived religious traditions and historic faith communities as they are practiced, studied, and carried forward in contemporary global life. We invite writing that reflects how inherited traditions are interpreted, sustained, challenged, and renewed within modern academic, cultural, and civic contexts. Our aim is to foster thoughtful, community-rooted reflection and to support work that reflects accountability to traditions, texts, and practices.

All submissions should be original, unpublished undergraduate work developed in a university context, including coursework, senior theses, independent study projects, or community-engaged writing projects.

Submission Categories

1. Research Articles (3,500–8.000 words)
Analytical essays examining how faith traditions interact with broader social, political, ethical, scientific, or global issues.
Examples:

  • How Hindu temple networks support migrant communities in the Gulf States
  • Christian environmental theology and climate policy debates
  • Campus climate and religious practice

2. Lived Experience Narratives (1,500–2,500 words)
First-person reflections on how faith shapes identity, belonging, ethical decision-making, and daily life in a university context.
Examples:

  • Navigating Sabbath observance away from home 
  • A Muslim student balancing prayer routines with laboratory schedules

3. Hermeneutics of Sacred Texts (800–1,500 words)
Short textual interpretations connecting sacred texts to contemporary civic, academic, or interpersonal questions.
Examples:

  • Interpreting the Analects on respect and political disagreement
  • A Qur’anic perspective on AI ethics
  • A Buddhist perspective on right livelihood in tech industries

Each category is supported by a graduate student or faculty mentor and section editor who work closely with selected authors through a developmental revision process.