Published Journal of Studies in Islam and Psychology; No. 18

The main objective of Studies in Islam and Psychology is to provide an intellectual platform for national and international researchers to discuss their most recent findings related to Islamic psychology and counseling. By doing so, the journal hopes to improve the status of the field in Iran and in the world and to find solutions to theoretical and practical problems the profession is faced with. To serve this purpose, researchers are encouraged to submit their unpublished, original, full-length papers for potential publication in the journal.

The journal is set to publish original articles on a wide range of issues including;

The philosophy of psychology with a critical outlook from the perspective of Islam;
The uses of psychology in the service of the Islamic society and its needs;
The formation of psychology in the Islamic society;
Psychological analysis of Islamic concepts in areas such as:
1. Anthropology, such as: banned, impatience, hasty, captious, pious, faithful;
2. Belief, such as: God, resurrection, Imamate, intercession, Paradise, Hell and ...;
3. Value, such as: repentance, trust, self-esteem, mental relaxation, grief, fear;
4. Practical instructions of Islam, such as: qisas (retaliation), prayers, inheritance, hajj, khums (one fifth);
Study of psychological findings from Islamic perspective in terms of critique, confirmation and completion, alternative presentation, presentation of new theory;

To let individual researchers and libraries have access to the most recent research findings in the field, the journal allows open-access to its articles. This journal utilizes the Magiran and Noormags preservation systems to create a distributed archiving system for individual and libraries and to permit libraries stakeholders to create permanent archives of the journal.

《伊斯兰与心理学研究》（Studies in Islam and Psychology）的核心宗旨，是为海内外研究者搭建学术交流平台，以供其分享伊斯兰心理学与咨询领域的最新研究成果。本刊以期借此提升该领域在伊朗乃至全球的学术地位，并为行业面临的理论与实践难题探寻解决方案。为此，本刊诚邀研究者提交未发表的原创长篇论文，以供刊发。

本刊将刊载涵盖多元议题的原创文章，具体包括：
1. 以伊斯兰视角开展批判性审视的心理学哲学研究；
2. 心理学服务伊斯兰社会及其需求的应用路径探索；
3. 伊斯兰社会中心理学的形成与发展研究；
4. 对伊斯兰相关概念的心理学分析，涵盖以下领域：
(1) 人类学范畴：如禁戒、急躁、轻率、挑剔、虔敬、信众；
(2) 信仰范畴：如真主、复活、伊玛目制度、代祷、天园、火狱等；
(3) 价值范畴：如忏悔、信托、自尊、心理放松、哀伤、恐惧；
(4) 伊斯兰实践教义：如复仇法（qisas）、礼拜、遗产、朝觐、五分之一税（khums）；
5. 以伊斯兰视角对心理学研究成果进行批判性评析、佐证完善、替代性呈现及新理论构建；

为便于个体研究者与图书馆获取本领域最新研究成果，本刊采用开放获取模式。本刊依托Magiran与Noormags保存系统，构建面向个体与机构的分布式归档体系，同时允许图书馆相关方永久留存本刊内容。