Copyright and Licensing

The Journal of Religious, Literary and Cultural Studies (JORLCS) respects and protects the intellectual property rights of its authors. All authors publishing in the journal retain full copyright ownership of their original work.

Upon acceptance of a manuscript, authors grant JORLCS a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, and preserve their articles in both electronic and printed formats. This agreement allows the journal to disseminate published research globally while enabling authors to maintain full control over their work.

Authors are free to:

• Reuse their articles in future research, books, and academic publications

• Share published versions on personal, institutional, and academic platforms

• Deposit articles in subject-based and institutional repositories

• Use their work for teaching, training, and educational purposes

All articles published in JORLCS are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License, which permits others to copy, share, adapt, and redistribute the work, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the journal.

Any third-party use of published content must comply with the terms of the applicable Creative Commons license and must not misrepresent the original work or authorship.

This copyright policy promotes academic freedom, safeguards author rights, and supports ethical and responsible dissemination of scholarly research.