Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman, is a semi-annual publication and a double-blind reviewed academic journal published by the Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah State Islamic University Tulungagung . The journal was firstly published in 2006 and is one of the earliest Indonesian-based scientific journals on Islam and Muslim society studies. With its first publications, the journal strived to enhance the visibility of knowledge production by Indonesian scholars with research interests on Islamic studies. It later transformed into an international journal inviting Indonesian as well as non-Indonesian experts to contribute to the publication of the journal and to participate in the journal's editorial board. Since 2018 (December edition), the journal has published articles only in English in order to expand the readership and the contributors of the journal.  

Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman aims to strengthen transdisciplinary perspective on issues related to Islam and Muslim societies. The journal is committed to publishing scholarly works on classical and contemporary studies on Islam and Muslim societies. The journal focuses on topical issues and takes a transdisciplinary approach that benefits from a cross-cultural perspective. The published articles will explore the discussions of classical and contemporary Islamic studies from different socio-scientific approaches, such as anthropology, sociology, politics, international relations, ethnomusicology, arts, film studies, economics, human rights, law, diaspora, minority studies, demography, ethics, communication, education, economics, philosophy, and philology. Studies grounded in empirical research and comparison of relevance to the understanding of broader intellectual, social, legal, and political developments in contemporary Muslim societies reserve as the crucial scope of the journal.

 

Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman believes in the idea of knowledge for all and supports an easy-access for every interested reader. All published articles are accessible through the journal's online platform at http://ejournal.iain-tulungagung.ac.id. The journal's contents will be permanently archived through the LOCKSS (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and  Moraref (Ministry of Religious Affairs' Reference). Since 2016, The Indonesia Ministry for Research and Technology (Kemenristek RI) has recognised the journal as one of referred publications (accredited with B level/Sinta 2) on Islamic studies (Indonesian Ministry for Research and Technology bill No. 148/M/KPT/2020). This official recognition will be valid until 2025.