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. Jerry Zhang
MDPI Beijing Office, Liyuanbeijie Road 186, Suite 307, Liyuan Town, Tongzhou District, 101101 Beijing, China Tel. +86 10 59011009; Fax: +86 10 59011089
E-Mail: jerry.zhang@mdpi.com
Production Editor
Dr. Brietta Pike
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
E-Mail: pike@mdpi.com
Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
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
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. 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
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: http://sociology.byu.edu/Faculty/JHoffmann/ 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, Valdosta State University, Ashley Hall, Room 109, 1500 N. Patterson St., 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
Room 401, Hui Yeung Shing Building, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies , (Divinity School of Chung Chi College), 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, 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. 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
Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 125 Saunders Hall, CB# 3225, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225, USA Tel. 919.357.4786 (cell); 919.962.5666 (department)
E-Mail: petjm@email.unc.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
George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, 2300 K St. NW, Ste. 313, Washington DC 20037, USA Tel. +1 202 994 6220; Fax: +1 202 9946413
Website: http://www.gwish.org/ E-Mail: hcscmp@gwumc.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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