Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Peter Iver Kaufman
Jepson School, University of Richmond, Room 232, Jepson Hall, 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA 23173, USA
Tel. +1 804 2898003; Fax: +1 804 2876062
Website: http://jepson.richmond.edu/faculty/bios/pkaufman/
E-Mail: pkaufman@richmond.edu
Interests: christian traditions: late antique, medieval and early modern European spirituality, politics and drama
Editorial Assistant
Mr. Scott Rockensies
University of Richmond, 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA 23173, USA
E-Mail: scott.rockensies@richmond.edu
Assistant Editor
Mr. Jeremiah R. Zhang
MDPI Beijing Office, Suite 2011, Ruidu International Center, No. 1 Cuijingbeili, Tongzhou District, Beijing, China
Tel. +86 10 81521170
E-Mail: jerry.zhang@mdpi.com
Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 79 322 33 79
Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
E-Mail: lin@mdpi.com
Editorial Board
Dr. Antony William Alumkal
Iliff School of Theology, 2201 S. University Blvd., Denver, CO 80210, USA
Tel. (303) 765-3131; Fax: (303) 777-0164
Website: http://www.iliff.edu/index/learn/your-faculty/antony-w-alumkal/
E-Mail: aalumkal@iliff.edu
Interests: sociology of religion; race and religion; American evangelicalism
Dr. Stef Aupers
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31-10-4082387/2085; Fax: +31-10-4089098
Website: http://www.eur.nl/fsw/staff/homepages/aupers/
E-Mail: aupers@fsw.eur.com
Interests: modernity; new age; post-Christian spirituality; \'re-enchantment of the world\'; internet culture; conspiracy culture; popular culture; online gaming
Prof. Dr. John P. Bartkowski
Department of Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-0655, USA
Tel. +1 210 4586007; Fax: +1 210 4584619
E-Mail: john.bartkowski@utsa.edu
Interests: religion; family; gender; youth; social welfare
Prof. Dr. Klaus Baumann
Caritaswissenschaft und Christliche Sozialarbeit, Theologische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Platz der Universität 3, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany
Tel. +49 761 203 2110 (secretariat), -2111 (direct); Fax: +49 761 203 2119
Website: http://www.caritaswissenschaft.uni-freiburg.de/persons/prof-dr-klaus-baumann-director
E-Mail: klaus.baumann@theol.uni-freiburg.de
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
Contribution:
Special Issue: Religions and Psychotherapies
Prof. Dr. J. A. Belzen
University of Amsterdam, Oude Turfmarkt 147, NL-1012 GC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 525 2008/2010
E-Mail: belzen@hum.uva.nl
Interests: psychology of religion; mysticism; cultural psychology; psychobiography; psychopathology of religion
Dr. John Berthrong
School of Theology, Boston University, One Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel. +1 617 353 6136; Fax: +1 617 353 3061
Website: http://www.bu.edu/sth/profile/john-h-berthrong/
E-Mail: jhb@bu.edu
Interests: interfaith dialogue, multiple religious participation, Chinese and East Asian religion and philosophy, comparative theology and philosophy
Contribution:
Special Issue: European Perspectives on the New Comparative Theology
Prof. Dr. Arndt Büssing
Professorship of Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping, Center for Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Health, University Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, D-58313 Herdecke, Germany
Tel. +49 2330623246; Fax: +49 2330623358
Website: http://www.uni-wh.de/universitaet/personenverzeichnis/details/show/Employee/buessing/
E-Mail: arndt.buessing@uni-wh.de
Interests: spirituality/religiosity; coping; quality of life; health service research; integrative medicine; health psychology; mind-body interventions; questionnaires
Contribution:
Special Issue: Spirituality and Health
Special Issue: Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity
Prof. Dr. Francisca Cho
Theology Department, Georgetown University, PO Box 571135, 120 New North, Washington, DC 20057-1135, USA
Tel. +1 202 6876110; Fax: +1 202 6878000
Website: http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/chof/
E-Mail: chof@georgetown.edu
Interests: Buddhism; science; aesthetics; philosophy of language; philosophy of mind
Prof. Dr. Roberto Cipriani
Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, via del Castro Pretorio 20, 00185 Rome, Italy
Tel. +39 06 57339110; Fax: +39 06 57339102
Website: http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/cipriani
E-Mail: roberto.cipriani@tlc.uniroma3.it
Interests: sociology of religion; popular religiosity; religious symbols; qualitative analysis of religion
Prof. Dr. Francis X. Clooney
Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Tel. +1 617 384 9396
Website: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/faculty/clooney.cfm
E-Mail: fclooney@hds.harvard.edu
Interests: classical hinduism in the sanskrit and tamil traditions; comparative christian-hindu theology; christian missionary encounters with asia religions
Contribution:
Special Issue: European Perspectives on the New Comparative Theology
Prof. Dr. David C. Dollahite
Brigham Young University, 2054 Joseph F. Smith Building, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Tel. +1 801 4224179; Fax: +1 801 4220229
Website: http://familylife.byu.edu/faculty/dollahite
E-Mail: david_dollahite@byu.edu
Interests: family; marriage; youth spiritual development; qualitative research; latter-day saint (Mormon) families; fathering
Dr. Malachi Hacohen
Duke University, History Department, 222 Carr Building, Campus Box 90719 Durham, NC 27708, USA
Tel. +1 919 382 9202; Fax: +1 919 382 9269
Website: http://history.duke.edu/people?Gurl=/aas/history&Uil=mhacohen&subpage=profile
E-Mail: mhacohen@duke.edu
Interests: european intellectual history; Jewish studies
Contribution:
Special Issue: Between Religion and Ethnicity: Twentieth-Century Jewish Émigrés and the Shaping of Postwar Culture
Prof. Dr. John P. Hoffmann
Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, 2039 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Tel. +1 801 4229298; Fax: +1 801 4220625
Website: https://sociology.byu.edu/Hoffmann/
E-Mail: john_hoffmann@byu.edu
Interests: social and political attitudes; mormon studies; crime and delinquency; gender and religion
Dr. Christine A. James
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 1500 N. Patterson St., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698-0050, USA
Tel. +1 229 2597609; Fax: +1 229 2595011
Website: http://teach.valdosta.edu/chjames/
E-Mail: chjames@valdosta.edu
Interests: religion and science; religion and health; religion and politics; religion and pedagogy; medical ethics; aesthetics; philosophy of science; public policy; public administration
Dr. Ted G. Jelen
Department of Political Science, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5029, USA
Tel. +1 702 8953355; Fax: +1 702 8951065
E-Mail: jelent@unlv.nevada.edu
Interests: abortion; church-state; religion and political behavior; market theories of religion; feminism
Prof. Dr. Chang-Ho C. Ji
Professor of Psychology and Public Policy, School of Education and Department of History and Politics, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, CA 92515, USA
Tel. +1 951 7852269; Fax: +1 951 7852205
Website: http://www.lasierra.edu/index.php?id=1818
E-Mail: cji@lasierra.edu
Interests: psychology and sociology of religion; religion and politics; Christianity; Islam
Dr. Nicholaos J. Jones
Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 332B Morton Hall, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
Tel. +1 256 8242338; Fax: +1 256 8242387
Website: http://www.uah.edu/njones/
E-Mail: nick.jones@uah.edu
Interests: philosophy of science; Asian philosophy; science and religion; philosophy of religion
Dr. Kent R. Kerley
Department of Justice Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1201 University Blvd., Suite 210, Birmingham, AL 35294-4562, USA
Tel. +1 205 9348548; Fax: +1 205 9342067
E-Mail: krkerley@uab.edu
Interests: religion and crime; religion in the prison context; faith-based programs; evangelical protestantism
Contribution:
Special Issue: Current Studies in the Sociology of Religion
Dr. Ruqayya Yasmine Khan
Department of Religion, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
Tel. 210 999.8428; Fax: 210 999-7843
E-Mail: rkhan@trinity.edu
Interests: islamic studies; muslims in Europe; Qur\'anic studies; women in islam; Arabic literature
Contribution:
Special Issue: Islam in America: Zeroing in on the Park51 Controversy
Dr. Rebecca Y. Kim
Social Science Division, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263, USA
Tel. +1 310 5067481; Fax: +1 310 5067251
Website: http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/member.htm?facid=rebecca_kim
E-Mail: rebecca.y.kim@pepperdine.edu
Interests: immigration; religion; ethnicity; the second generation; global Christianity
Prof. Dr. Neal Krause
Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
Tel. +1 734 7635583; Fax: +1 734 7637379
Website: http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=nkrause
E-Mail: nkrause@umich.edu
Interests: religion and health; social relationships in religious institutions; race differences in religious involvement
Prof. Dr. Simon S.M. Kwan
Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Tel. 852-2609-6709; Fax: <sup>1</sup> 852-2603-5224 <sup>2</sup> 852-3017-4078
Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/theology
E-Mail: smkwan@cuhk.edu.hk
Interests: Asia theologies; contextual theologies; Christian counseling; practical theologies
Dr. Kevin L. Ladd
Department of Psychology, Indiana University South Bend, Wiekamp Hall 2159, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, Indiana 46634-7111, USA
Tel. (574) 520-5505; Fax: (574) 520-4538
Website: http://www.iusb.edu/~psyrel
E-Mail: kladd@iusb.edu
Interests: psychology; cognition; motivation; emotion; prayer; body; stereotype; prejudice; belief system; theory; experimental methods; statistics; children\'s beliefs
Prof. Dr. Jeff Levin
University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97236, Waco, TX 76798, USA
Tel. +1 254 7107555; Fax: +1 254 7101428
Website: http://www.isreligion.org/about-isr/jeff-levin/
E-Mail: jeff_levin@baylor.edu
Interests: epidemiology; gerontology; public health; Judaism
Prof. Dr. Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp
Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 125 Saunders Hall, CB# 3225, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225, USA
Tel. 919-962-3927; Fax: 919-962-1567
Website: http://religion.unc.edu
E-Mail: maffly@email.unc.edu
Interests: American religious history; African American religions
Contribution:
Special Issue: Women and Religious Authority
Prof. Dr. Wilfred McSherry
Centre for Practice and Service Improvement, Faculty of Health Sciences, Staffordshire University, Room BL 155B, Blackheath Lane, Stafford, ST18 0AD, UK
Tel. +44 (0)1785 353630; Fax: +44 (0)1785 353673
E-Mail: w.mcsherry@staffs.ac.uk
Interests: spirituality; spiritual health care; spiritual assessment
Dr. Julie Mell
North Carolina State University, History Department, Campus Box 8108 Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
E-Mail: jlmell@ncsu.edu
Interests: Jewish studies; medieval european history
Contribution:
Special Issue: Between Religion and Ethnicity: Twentieth-Century Jewish Émigrés and the Shaping of Postwar Culture
Dr. Moojan Momen
Sandy Health Centre, Northcroft, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 1JQ, UK
Tel. +44 1767 627 626
Website: http://www.northill.demon.co.uk
E-Mail: moojan@momen.org
Interests: Shi`i Islam; The Baha\'i Faith; history of religion; sociology of religion
Prof. Dr. Antonio Muñoz García
Dpto. Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 18071 Granada, Spain
Tel. +34 958 246349
Website: http://www.ugr.es/local/anmunoz/
E-Mail: anmunoz@ugr.es
Interests: psychology of religion; values; personality
Prof. Dr. Laura R. Olson
Department of Political Science, Clemson University, 232 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-1354, USA
Tel. +1 (864) 6561457; Fax: +1 (864) 6560690
Website: http://people.clemson.edu/~laurao/
E-Mail: laurao@clemson.edu
Interests: Religion and politics in the contemporary United States
Ms. Jill Peterfeso
Guilford College, 5800 West Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410, USA
Tel. 919.357.4786 (cell); 919.962.5666 (department)
E-Mail: peterfesojm@guilford.edu
Interests: religion in America; American cultural history; catholicism in America; mormonism; women's studies of religion; religion and the body; performance studies
Contribution:
Special Issue: Women and Religious Authority
Prof. Dr. Christina M. Puchalski
Director, George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, Professor, Dept. of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, School of Medicine, Professor, Health Leadership and Management, George Washington University, School of Public Health, 2030 M Street NW Suite 4014 Washington DC, 20036, USA
Tel. +1 202 994 6220; Fax: +1 202 9946413
Website: http://www.gwish.org/
E-Mail: cpuchals@gwu.edu
Interests: humanities; spirituality; arts and music; medicine and health care; meditation; traveling
Dr. Uzi Rebhun
Division of Jewish Demography & Statistics, The A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
Tel. 02-588-1001; Fax: 02-588-1243
E-Mail: rebhun@mscc.huji.ac.il
Interests: Jews; religio-ethnic identity; inter-faith marriage; diasporism; migration; United States; Israel
Prof. Dr. Victor Roudometof
Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus, Post Office Box 20537, Kallipoleos 75, Nicosia, CY-1678, Cyprus
Tel. +357 22894560; Fax: +357 22894559
Website: http://www.roudometof.com/
E-Mail: roudomet@ucy.ac.cy
Interests: Eastern (Orthodox) Christianity; Greece; globalization; culture; diaspora; international migration; transnationalism; nationalism; church-state relations; Eastern Europe (Eastern Orthodox countries); South-eastern Europe; Eastern Mediterranean/Middle East (for Eastern Christian Churches only); Australia; Canada & North America (for Eastern/Greek Orthodox churches and diasporas only)
Dr. W. George Scarlett
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, 105 College Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Tel. +1 617 6272248; Fax: +1 617 6273503
Website: http://ase.tufts.edu/faculty-guide/fac/wscarlet.childdev.htm
E-Mail: george.scarlett@tufts.edu
Interests: faith development, spiritual development,spiritual exemplars, moral and religious-spiritual development, and problematic spirituality
Contribution:
Special Issue: Spiritual Exemplars
Prof. Dr. John Taylor
Department of Sociology and the Center for Demography & Population Health, 526 Bellamy Building, 113 Collegiate Loop, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2270, USA
Tel. 850 644-7109; Fax: 850 644-6208
Website: http://www.sociology.fsu.edu/people/taylor/
E-Mail: jrtaylor@fsu.edu
Interests: social stress; mental health; race/ethnicity; social psychology
Prof. Dr. Hans Zollner
Istituto di Psicologia, Pontificia Universit¨¤ Gregoriana, Piazza della Pilotta, 4, I - 00187 Roma, Italy
Tel. +39 6 6701 5307; Fax: +39 6 6701 5326
E-Mail: zollner@unigre.it
Interests: psychology of religion; cultural psychology; psychology, spirituality, and psychotherapy; interdisciplinary topics around philosophy, sociology, psychology and theology
Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Zwingmann
The Protestant University of Applied Sciences Rhineland-Westphalia-Lippe, Immanuel-Kant-Str. 18-20, D-44803 Bochum, Germany
Tel. +49 2241 8668717; Fax: +49 2118 87973144
E-Mail: christian.zwingmann@web.de
Interests: psychology of religion; religion and health; assessment of spirituality/religiosity; health services research; rehabilitation research
Contribution:
Special Issue: Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity
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