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
Department of Philosophy and Religion, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28618, USA
Interests: artificial intelligence and religion; sociology of religion; religion and social theory
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Interests: artificial intelligence and religion; sociology of religion; religion and social theory
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School of Theology, Charles Sturt University, North Parramatta 2151, Australia
Interests: old testament studies; biblical hermeneutics; biblical reception; interfaith dialogue
Interests: old testament studies; biblical hermeneutics; biblical reception; interfaith dialogue
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. Past President & CEO, Foundation for Salutogenesis, 40141 Bologna, Italy
2. President, Jamtse Ling Rimé Center for Non-Sectarian Buddhism, 40141 Bologna, 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. President, Jamtse Ling Rimé Center for Non-Sectarian Buddhism, 40141 Bologna, 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 Humanities 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: children, nature, and earth steward development; the arts and earth steward development; wonder, empathy, and earth steward development; religion and earth steward development
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Interests: children, nature, and earth steward development; the arts and earth steward development; wonder, empathy, and earth steward development; religion and earth steward development
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Department of Philosophy and Religion, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
Interests: philosophy of religion; theories of religion; religous stuides as an academic field; ritual studies
Interests: philosophy of religion; theories of religion; religous stuides as an academic field; ritual studies
Department of Law, University of Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4NR, UK
Interests: constitutional law; international law; law and religion; gender and law; human rights
Interests: constitutional law; international law; law and religion; gender and law; human rights
Department of Philosophy, Palacky University, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Interests: comparative mysticism; Spanish mysticism; St. John of the Cross; Thomas Merton; Teilhard de Chardin; world religions; philosophy of religion; interfaith dialogue; philosophy, religion and films; the interface of science and religion; ecological spirituality; mysticism and social justice; Martin Luther King Jr.; Asian philosophies; Thich Nhat Hanh; Gandhi; the XIV Dalai Lama; D. T. Suzuki; engaged Buddhism; Zen Buddhism; environmental ethics; ecofeminism
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Interests: comparative mysticism; Spanish mysticism; St. John of the Cross; Thomas Merton; Teilhard de Chardin; world religions; philosophy of religion; interfaith dialogue; philosophy, religion and films; the interface of science and religion; ecological spirituality; mysticism and social justice; Martin Luther King Jr.; Asian philosophies; Thich Nhat Hanh; Gandhi; the XIV Dalai Lama; D. T. Suzuki; engaged Buddhism; Zen Buddhism; environmental ethics; ecofeminism
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Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: Chinese Buddhism; Buddhist philosophy; relationships between Buddhism and Chinese philosophy
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Interests: Chinese Buddhism; Buddhist philosophy; relationships between Buddhism and Chinese philosophy
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Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4160, USA
Interests: environmental ethics; religion and nature; environmental humanities; science and religion
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Interests: environmental ethics; religion and nature; environmental humanities; science and religion
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Institute of Psychology, Ignatianum University in Cracow, 31-501 Cracow, Poland
Interests: forgiveness; religion and health; spirituality and health; stress
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Interests: forgiveness; religion and health; spirituality and health; stress
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Duke Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Interests: Ambrose of Milan; Augustine of Hippo; Gregory of Nyssa; divine impassibility; theosis/deification; patristic exegesis of Romans; virtue theory; theological anthropology; Christology; Christian perfection
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Interests: Ambrose of Milan; Augustine of Hippo; Gregory of Nyssa; divine impassibility; theosis/deification; patristic exegesis of Romans; virtue theory; theological anthropology; Christology; Christian perfection
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Seminar for Arabic Studies/Islamic Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
Interests: representation of Islam in textbooks; female authorities in Islam; institutionalisation of Islam; political participation and religious practices of Muslims in Europe; production of knowledge about Muslims in Europe
Interests: representation of Islam in textbooks; female authorities in Islam; institutionalisation of Islam; political participation and religious practices of Muslims in Europe; production of knowledge about Muslims in Europe
Department of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Interests: Asian religions; Buddhist meditation; yoga; literary cultures in history; Sanskrit literature; Pali literature; textual criticism; Asian philosophy; phenomenology; science studies; secularism; postcolonial historiography
Interests: Asian religions; Buddhist meditation; yoga; literary cultures in history; Sanskrit literature; Pali literature; textual criticism; Asian philosophy; phenomenology; science studies; secularism; postcolonial historiography
Faculty of Theology, University of Malta, 2080 Msida, Malta
Interests: catechetics; catholic religious education; catholic school leadership; catholic education; education for the faith; methodology for education for the faith
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Interests: catechetics; catholic religious education; catholic school leadership; catholic education; education for the faith; methodology for education for the faith
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La Salle Academy, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
Interests: leadership; formation; mission and identity; religious education
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Interests: leadership; formation; mission and identity; religious education
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Department of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Interests: AI; epistemology; language; mind; Socrates; Wittgenstein
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Interests: AI; epistemology; language; mind; Socrates; Wittgenstein
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Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: ancient Greek philosophy; history of Christian thought
Interests: ancient Greek philosophy; history of Christian thought
Department of Philosophy and Religion, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
Interests: classical and modern Islamic thought; Qur’anic studies; Islamic reformism; Islamic liberalism; progressive Islam; Shari‘a reasoning
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Interests: classical and modern Islamic thought; Qur’anic studies; Islamic reformism; Islamic liberalism; progressive Islam; Shari‘a reasoning
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School of Religion and School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Interests: artificial intelligence; biomedical and social ethics; spiritual and religious health; aging; human enhancement technologies; sport
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Interests: artificial intelligence; biomedical and social ethics; spiritual and religious health; aging; human enhancement technologies; sport
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Department of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Design, and Social Sciences, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
Interests: Virgin Mary (doctrine, medieval literature, art and altarpieces); women's writing (medieval women, nuns, Teresa of Avila); Spain- the medieval kingdoms of Castile, Aragon, Valencia, Navarre)
Interests: Virgin Mary (doctrine, medieval literature, art and altarpieces); women's writing (medieval women, nuns, Teresa of Avila); Spain- the medieval kingdoms of Castile, Aragon, Valencia, Navarre)
Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
Interests: sociology of religion; cultural sociology; mental health; organizations; science and religion; aesthetics
Interests: sociology of religion; cultural sociology; mental health; organizations; science and religion; aesthetics
Department of Political Science, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
Interests: Chinese politics; politics of religion; contentious politics; politics of resource extraction in Latin America
Interests: Chinese politics; politics of religion; contentious politics; politics of resource extraction in Latin America
Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: identity construction in Japan; Japan’s minority; Zainichi Korean; religion and identity; women and religion
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Interests: identity construction in Japan; Japan’s minority; Zainichi Korean; religion and identity; women and religion
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