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
Independent Researcher, Bedfordshire, UK
Interests: Baha'i history; Shi`i Islam; Qajar Iran; study of religion
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Interests: Baha'i history; Shi`i Islam; Qajar Iran; study of religion
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Korea Theological Seminary, Cheonan 31071, Republic of Korea
Interests: liturgy; faith formation; sacramental theology; religious education; neuroscience; disability
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Interests: liturgy; faith formation; sacramental theology; religious education; neuroscience; disability
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School of Philosophy and Theology, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA 6959, Australia
Interests: continental philosophy; Emmanuel Levinas; Christian theology; Judaism; dialogue; Jewish-Christian relations; spirituality; spiritual direction; pastoral supervision; ecclesiology; pastoral theology; Catholic universities; ethics and our future world
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Interests: continental philosophy; Emmanuel Levinas; Christian theology; Judaism; dialogue; Jewish-Christian relations; spirituality; spiritual direction; pastoral supervision; ecclesiology; pastoral theology; Catholic universities; ethics and our future world
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College of Arts & Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA
Interests: religion and race; sexual ethics; women and religion
Interests: religion and race; sexual ethics; women and religion
Department of Education and Developmental Psychology, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: psychology of religion and spirituality
Interests: psychology of religion and spirituality
School of Architecture and Landscape, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Interests: religious spatial practices; urban epistemic superdiversity; lived religion; worldviews and sense-making practices
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Interests: religious spatial practices; urban epistemic superdiversity; lived religion; worldviews and sense-making practices
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Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Interests: ethnography; Sikh religious tradition; UK Hindus; religious socialisation; 'mixed-faith' families
Interests: ethnography; Sikh religious tradition; UK Hindus; religious socialisation; 'mixed-faith' families
1. Department of History, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0117, USA
2. School of History, Law, and Social Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2DG, UK
Interests: popular piety, beliefs, and practices; church history; medieval and early modern religious, cultural, intellectual, and social history, literature, theology, and folklore; Celtic Studies; the history of medieval and early modern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England, Europe, and the Celtic diaspora; the late medieval church and religion; the Reformation; Catholicism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Catholic missionary movements; the growth of Protestantism; confessional identity; medieval and early modern women and religion; poetry, patronage, and religious and lay patrons; prelates, priests, and the cure of souls; humanism, education, and vernacular religious texts; medieval manuscripts, manuscript culture, and the history of the book; popular culture; the cult of saints, relics, and devotion; pilgrimage and travel; witchcraft and magic; death, the afterlife, and the apocalypse
2. School of History, Law, and Social Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2DG, UK
Interests: popular piety, beliefs, and practices; church history; medieval and early modern religious, cultural, intellectual, and social history, literature, theology, and folklore; Celtic Studies; the history of medieval and early modern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England, Europe, and the Celtic diaspora; the late medieval church and religion; the Reformation; Catholicism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Catholic missionary movements; the growth of Protestantism; confessional identity; medieval and early modern women and religion; poetry, patronage, and religious and lay patrons; prelates, priests, and the cure of souls; humanism, education, and vernacular religious texts; medieval manuscripts, manuscript culture, and the history of the book; popular culture; the cult of saints, relics, and devotion; pilgrimage and travel; witchcraft and magic; death, the afterlife, and the apocalypse
History of Religions, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: Islamic studies; Islamic fundamentalism; Salafism; minority jurisprudence
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Interests: Islamic studies; Islamic fundamentalism; Salafism; minority jurisprudence
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School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: spirituality, religion and public health; spirituality, religion and mindfulness
Interests: spirituality, religion and public health; spirituality, religion and mindfulness
Galilean School of Higher Education, University of Padua, 35123 Padova, Italy
Interests: sociology of religion; sociology of Islam; religion and communication; digital religion; system theory and religion
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Interests: sociology of religion; sociology of Islam; religion and communication; digital religion; system theory and religion
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Institute of Buddhist Studies, The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
Interests: Japanese Buddhist studies; ritual studies; the cognitive study of religion; tantric studies
Interests: Japanese Buddhist studies; ritual studies; the cognitive study of religion; tantric studies
Department of Religious Studies, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 27410, USA
Interests: religion in America; American cultural history; catholicism in America; mormonism; women's studies of religion; religion and the body; performance studies
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Interests: religion in America; American cultural history; catholicism in America; mormonism; women's studies of religion; religion and the body; performance studies
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Department of Religion, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Interests: Chan/Zen Buddhism; history of Chinese religions; Japanese and Korean Buddhism; religious pluralism; monastic cultures and institutions; Buddhist doctrines; Buddhism and globalization; contemplative life and practice; Chinese history
Interests: Chan/Zen Buddhism; history of Chinese religions; Japanese and Korean Buddhism; religious pluralism; monastic cultures and institutions; Buddhist doctrines; Buddhism and globalization; contemplative life and practice; Chinese history
Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Interests: millenarianism; new religious movements; Confucianism; new and alternative religions in Central Europe
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Interests: millenarianism; new religious movements; Confucianism; new and alternative religions in Central Europe
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Department of Theology, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: political theology; Islamic activism; Islamic political thought; Malcolm X
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Interests: political theology; Islamic activism; Islamic political thought; Malcolm X
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1. The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20036, USA
2. Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Interests: humanities; spirituality; arts and music; medicine and health care; meditation; traveling
2. Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Interests: humanities; spirituality; arts and music; medicine and health care; meditation; traveling
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Pontifical University of Salamanca, 37002 Salamanca, Spain
Interests: neoplatonism in art; christian theology and the arts; iconography and iconology; medieval sigillography and representation; romanesque art; cinema and space; historiography; modern architecture; warburgian cultural history; medieval political theology; critical thinking in art and architecture; aesthetics and urban experience
Interests: neoplatonism in art; christian theology and the arts; iconography and iconology; medieval sigillography and representation; romanesque art; cinema and space; historiography; modern architecture; warburgian cultural history; medieval political theology; critical thinking in art and architecture; aesthetics and urban experience
College of Law, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48842-1300, USA
Interests: religious freedom; common ground; separation of church and state in the U.S. (including issues like school prayer, funding, religious symbolism on public property); separation of politics and religion in Japan; protecting religious minorities
Interests: religious freedom; common ground; separation of church and state in the U.S. (including issues like school prayer, funding, religious symbolism on public property); separation of politics and religion in Japan; protecting religious minorities
Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
Interests: Jews; religio-ethnic identity; inter-faith marriage; diasporism; migration; United States; Israel
Interests: Jews; religio-ethnic identity; inter-faith marriage; diasporism; migration; United States; Israel
Department of Philosophy and Religion, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28618, USA
Interests: religion and technology; method and theory in religion; inaffiliates and religion
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Interests: religion and technology; method and theory in religion; inaffiliates and religion
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Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin, 10100 Turin, Italy
Interests: migration; muslim in western countries; religion; identity
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Interests: migration; muslim in western countries; religion; identity
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School of Theology, Philosophy and Music, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: secularity; political theory; democracy; concepts of the world; theories of the self; time; the philosophical nature of the body; empathy; love; happiness
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Interests: secularity; political theory; democracy; concepts of the world; theories of the self; time; the philosophical nature of the body; empathy; love; happiness
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1. President & CEO Foundation for Salutogenesis, 40141 Bologna, Italy
2. Observatory and Methods for Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
Interests: traditional medicine/CAM; qualitative research; tibetan buddhism; spiritual healing and meditation research; epistemology and sociology of TM/CAM
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2. Observatory and Methods for Health, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
Interests: traditional medicine/CAM; qualitative research; tibetan buddhism; spiritual healing and meditation research; epistemology and sociology of TM/CAM
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Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PW, UK
Interests: late antiquity and latin patristics with particular reference to the works of Augustine; Greco-Roman science; early Christian cosmology; development of doctrine in a largely oral culture, exegesis, preaching; Christianization; late antique culture; neo-Platonism; popular beliefs
Interests: late antiquity and latin patristics with particular reference to the works of Augustine; Greco-Roman science; early Christian cosmology; development of doctrine in a largely oral culture, exegesis, preaching; Christianization; late antique culture; neo-Platonism; popular beliefs
Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CY-1678, Cyprus
Interests: globalization; culture; glocalization; transnationalism
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Interests: globalization; culture; glocalization; transnationalism
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Faculty of Theology, Pontifical University, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare W23 F2H6, Ireland
Interests: late medieval and early modern Christianity; popular religion; lived religion; materiality of devotion; devotion to Christ’s passion; bardic religious poetry; hagiography; history of preaching; medieval exempla; catechisms and their use; sacred history; 19th and 20th century prayer books; relationship between popular piety and liturgy from the Middle Ages to the present day; Irish religious folklore
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Interests: late medieval and early modern Christianity; popular religion; lived religion; materiality of devotion; devotion to Christ’s passion; bardic religious poetry; hagiography; history of preaching; medieval exempla; catechisms and their use; sacred history; 19th and 20th century prayer books; relationship between popular piety and liturgy from the Middle Ages to the present day; Irish religious folklore
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Department of Art History, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: religious studies; Christianity; Mariology; iconography; medieval studies; intellectual history; social history
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Interests: religious studies; Christianity; Mariology; iconography; medieval studies; intellectual history; social history
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Department of Arts and Cultural Heritage, The University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81055 Santa Maria Capua Vetere, CE, Italy
Interests: political and religious history of the early modern Mediterranean world; digital and public humanities
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Interests: political and religious history of the early modern Mediterranean world; digital and public humanities
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Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Interests: faith development; spiritual development; spiritual exemplars; moral and religious-spiritual development; problematic spirituality
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Interests: faith development; spiritual development; spiritual exemplars; moral and religious-spiritual development; problematic spirituality
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