Religious and Theological Interactions in East Asia: Issues, Channels and Impact
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2025 | Viewed by 1235
Special Issue Editors
Interests: religious anthropology; Asian theologies; narratology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the publication of this Special Issue entitled “Religious and Theological Interactions in East Asia: Issues, Channels and Impact.”
This Special Issue explores the resources offered by a younger generation of East Asian scholars working on religious interactions and theological thinking in East Asia. The project explores the way Asian religions and societies harness resources offered by the interactions occurring between Christian resources and the ones coming from other traditions. How do such interactions allow for an array of thinkers and actors to dialogically tackle issues related to the care of our common home? The contributions will particularly focus on three challenges: (a) Specifying anew what the simple imperative of “being human” means that today raises the challenge of finding a sustainable way to nurture relationships with other forms of life and integrate such concern into the way we interpret our spiritual resources. (b) “Being human” entails proactively taking into account new epistemological and ethical issues in a way that benefits the well-being of humankind as well as the environment in which it lives. (c) “Being human” means to ensure and nurture community cohesiveness in a way that makes it possible to debate and identify the ends that humankind finds itself invested in. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- East Asian theologies;
- Interreligious interactions in East Asia;
- Sociology and anthropology of religion in local and national contexts (East Asia).
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 200–300 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the Guest Editor or Religions Editorial Office. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editors for the purpose of ensuring a proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer review.
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 September 2024
Deadline for full manuscript submission: 15 January 2025
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Benoit Vermander
Prof. Dr. Chae Young Kim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Asian theologies
- East-Asian wisdoms
- global challenges
- humaneness
- interreligious dialogue
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