Editorial Board
- Religions and Theologies Section
- Religions and Humanities/Philosophies Section
- Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Caritaswissenschaft und Christliche Sozialarbeit, Theologische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Platz der Universität 3, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany
Interests: interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and human sciences, esp. psychology, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; interdisciplinary anthropology and ethics; religions and their social welfare as well as (social) ethics; theology, history, and spirituality of Caritas; Caritas and Christian social work in its ecclesiological, civil and international contexts
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Interests: interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and human sciences, esp. psychology, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; interdisciplinary anthropology and ethics; religions and their social welfare as well as (social) ethics; theology, history, and spirituality of Caritas; Caritas and Christian social work in its ecclesiological, civil and international contexts
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Professorship Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313 Herdecke, Germany
Interests: mind-body medicine approaches; spirituality and health; quality of life; coping; questionnaire development; integrative medicine; clinical studies; health service research; spiritual dryness; awe
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Interests: mind-body medicine approaches; spirituality and health; quality of life; coping; questionnaire development; integrative medicine; clinical studies; health service research; spiritual dryness; awe
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College of Arts & Sciences, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300, USA
Interests: religion and politics; political Islam; religious extremism and counter-terrorism
Interests: religion and politics; political Islam; religious extremism and counter-terrorism
Department of Political Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
Interests: religion and politics; comparative Asian politics; religious fundamentalism; engaged Buddhism
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Interests: religion and politics; comparative Asian politics; religious fundamentalism; engaged Buddhism
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Institute for Media Studies, Department Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: games and social networks; games and religion; media and conspiracy culture; popular culture
Interests: games and social networks; games and religion; media and conspiracy culture; popular culture
Department of Sociology and Demography, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-0655, USA
Interests: culture; family; gender; program evaluation; qualitative methodology; religion; social inequality; social welfare social policy
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Interests: culture; family; gender; program evaluation; qualitative methodology; religion; social inequality; social welfare social policy
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School of Divinity, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, USA
Interests: the gospels; biblical models of leadership; hermeneutics; Pauline literature; ecclesial leadership
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Interests: the gospels; biblical models of leadership; hermeneutics; Pauline literature; ecclesial leadership
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1. Department of Emergency Psychiatry, Altrecht Mental Health Care, 3512 PG Utrecht, The Netherlands
2. Department of Residency Training, Altrecht Mental Health Care, 3512 PG Utrecht, The Netherlands
2. Department of Humanist Chaplaincy Studies for A Plural Society, University of Humanistic Studies, 3512 HD Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: clinical psychology; epidemiology; behavioural science; health psychology; psychiatry; aging/gerontology
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Interests: clinical psychology; epidemiology; behavioural science; health psychology; psychiatry; aging/gerontology
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School of Historical, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Interests: global Christianity; colonialism; British empire; religious conversion; East Africa; evangelicalism; revivalism
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Interests: global Christianity; colonialism; British empire; religious conversion; East Africa; evangelicalism; revivalism
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Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 211 19 Malmö, Sweden
Interests: social sciences; multiculturalism, ethnic and religious segregation; gender and sexuality; Islamism; integration
Interests: social sciences; multiculturalism, ethnic and religious segregation; gender and sexuality; Islamism; integration
Religious Studies, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF, UK
Interests: William James; Michel Foucault; philosophy of religion; psychology of religion; religion and critical theory; psychoanalysis and religion
Interests: William James; Michel Foucault; philosophy of religion; psychology of religion; religion and critical theory; psychoanalysis and religion
Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Interests: East Asian Buddhism
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Interests: East Asian Buddhism
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School of Philosophy, Institute for Christianity and Cross-Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Interests: religious studies; religious philosophy; comparative religious studies; ancient Chinese religious philosophy; medieval philosophy; Christian theology and philosophy; Augustine; Mysticism; Neoplatonism
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Interests: religious studies; religious philosophy; comparative religious studies; ancient Chinese religious philosophy; medieval philosophy; Christian theology and philosophy; Augustine; Mysticism; Neoplatonism
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Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1135, USA
Interests: East Asian Buddhism; Buddhism and literature; Buddhism and film; Buddhism and science; theories and methods in the study of religion
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Interests: East Asian Buddhism; Buddhism and literature; Buddhism and film; Buddhism and science; theories and methods in the study of religion
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Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: sociology of religion; popular religiosity; religious symbols; qualitative analysis of religion
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Interests: sociology of religion; popular religiosity; religious symbols; qualitative analysis of religion
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Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Interests: classical Hinduism in the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions; comparative Christian-Hindu theology; Christian missionary encounters with Asia religions
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Interests: classical Hinduism in the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions; comparative Christian-Hindu theology; Christian missionary encounters with Asia religions
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School of History, Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Interests: Anglophone Protestantism from the Reformation to the nineteenth century, especially Puritanism, Dissent and Evangelicalism; slavery and antislavery
Interests: Anglophone Protestantism from the Reformation to the nineteenth century, especially Puritanism, Dissent and Evangelicalism; slavery and antislavery
Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Interests: Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval history; gender and sexuality (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval Islam; history of pre-modern medicine
Interests: Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval history; gender and sexuality (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval Islam; history of pre-modern medicine
Religion and Philosophy Division, Seaver College, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, USA
Interests: world Christianity; global Christianity; history of Christianity; world religions; religion in India; interreligious dialogue; ecumenical movement; ecumenism; history and theology of Christianity; secularization; sociology of religion; ethnography and religion; new religious movements; comparative religion
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Interests: world Christianity; global Christianity; history of Christianity; world religions; religion in India; interreligious dialogue; ecumenical movement; ecumenism; history and theology of Christianity; secularization; sociology of religion; ethnography and religion; new religious movements; comparative religion
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Department of Comparative Sciences of Culture, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: comparative study of Western and Indian culture; secularism; religion in political thought; European accounts of Indian 'religion'
Interests: comparative study of Western and Indian culture; secularism; religion in political thought; European accounts of Indian 'religion'
Berenson Fellow, I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies/ Adjunct Prof. in History of Islamic Thought, Lilec Department, Alma Mater University of Bologna, Roma, Italy
Interests: history of Islam; history of Islamic Thought; Kalam; Islamic Eschatology; Islam-Christian dialogue; Middle Eastern Studies; Islam and Renaissance; Islam and Medieval Europe
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Interests: history of Islam; history of Islamic Thought; Kalam; Islamic Eschatology; Islam-Christian dialogue; Middle Eastern Studies; Islam and Renaissance; Islam and Medieval Europe
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Center of Islamic Theology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Interests: the history of Islamic theology (kalām); Islam and religious pluralism; Christian-Muslim relations and theological interactions; Christian-Muslim textual sources in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish; Ottoman intellectual history; Islamic manuscripts
Interests: the history of Islamic theology (kalām); Islam and religious pluralism; Christian-Muslim relations and theological interactions; Christian-Muslim textual sources in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish; Ottoman intellectual history; Islamic manuscripts
Department of languages and Cultures, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Interests: Buddhist philosophy (in particular Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika); Buddhist school formation; New Confucianism
Interests: Buddhist philosophy (in particular Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika); Buddhist school formation; New Confucianism
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: meaning in life; meaning making; existential psychology; old age; chronic pain; religion; spirituality and care
Interests: meaning in life; meaning making; existential psychology; old age; chronic pain; religion; spirituality and care
Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical Lateran University, 00184 Rome, Italy
Interests: medieval philosophy and theology; Thomas Aquinas; Anselm; Augustine; analytic philosophy of religion; religious epistemology; Thomas Reid; virtue epistemology; Plantinga; transhumanism; digital immortality; philosophy of history; evolutionary biology and morality
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Interests: medieval philosophy and theology; Thomas Aquinas; Anselm; Augustine; analytic philosophy of religion; religious epistemology; Thomas Reid; virtue epistemology; Plantinga; transhumanism; digital immortality; philosophy of history; evolutionary biology and morality
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Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Interests: philosophical practice and counseling; humanities therapy; logic and critical thinking; analytic philosophy; experimental philosophy; epistemology; philosophy of science and technology; AI ethics; philosophy of religion; moral psychology; positive psychology
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Interests: philosophical practice and counseling; humanities therapy; logic and critical thinking; analytic philosophy; experimental philosophy; epistemology; philosophy of science and technology; AI ethics; philosophy of religion; moral psychology; positive psychology
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1. Director, Faiths & Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK
2. Religious Literacy, VID Specialised University, Oslo, Norway
3. Leadership, Religion & Society, Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, Sheffield University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Interests: faith-based social action & faith communities; religion and belief in the public sphere; religious literacy
2. Religious Literacy, VID Specialised University, Oslo, Norway
3. Leadership, Religion & Society, Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, Sheffield University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Interests: faith-based social action & faith communities; religion and belief in the public sphere; religious literacy
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA
Interests: religion and philosophy in modern Japan; Catholic thought and literature in modern Japan; nationalism; Tanaka Kōtarō; Yoshimitsu Yoshihiko
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Interests: religion and philosophy in modern Japan; Catholic thought and literature in modern Japan; nationalism; Tanaka Kōtarō; Yoshimitsu Yoshihiko
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Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia
Interests: South Asian religions; religion and politics; religious extremism; religion and terrorism; religion and material culture (archaeology etc.)
Interests: South Asian religions; religion and politics; religious extremism; religion and terrorism; religion and material culture (archaeology etc.)
Institute of Education, University of Cumbria, Lancaster LA13JD, UK
Interests: values in Initial teacher education - (fundamental British values in teacher education and in schools); values and leadership; religious education, spirituality; creative teaching and learning; education in India
Interests: values in Initial teacher education - (fundamental British values in teacher education and in schools); values and leadership; religious education, spirituality; creative teaching and learning; education in India
