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
Caritaswissenschaft und Christliche Sozialarbeit, Theologische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Platz der Universität 3, D-79098 Freiburg, Germany
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
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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
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Professorship Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313 Herdecke, Germany
Interests: mind-body medicine approaches; spirituality and health; quality of life; coping; questionnaire development; integrative medicine; clinical studies; health service research; spiritual dryness; awe
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Interests: mind-body medicine approaches; spirituality and health; quality of life; coping; questionnaire development; integrative medicine; clinical studies; health service research; spiritual dryness; awe
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College of Arts & Sciences, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300, USA
Interests: religion and politics; political Islam; religious extremism and counter-terrorism
Interests: religion and politics; political Islam; religious extremism and counter-terrorism
School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Interests: apocalyptic literature; book of revelation; paratexts, manuscripts, and textual criticism; early Jewish literature and its relationship to the new testament and early christianity
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Interests: apocalyptic literature; book of revelation; paratexts, manuscripts, and textual criticism; early Jewish literature and its relationship to the new testament and early christianity
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Department of Political Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
Interests: religion and politics; comparative Asian politics; religious fundamentalism; engaged Buddhism
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Interests: religion and politics; comparative Asian politics; religious fundamentalism; engaged Buddhism
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Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
Interests: marriage choices
Interests: marriage choices
Institute for Media Studies, Department Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: games and social networks; games and religion; media and conspiracy culture; popular culture
Interests: games and social networks; games and religion; media and conspiracy culture; popular culture
Department of Sociology and Demography, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-0655, USA
Interests: culture; family; gender; program evaluation; qualitative methodology; religion; social inequality; social welfare social policy
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Interests: culture; family; gender; program evaluation; qualitative methodology; religion; social inequality; social welfare social policy
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School of Divinity, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, USA
Interests: the gospels; biblical models of leadership; hermeneutics; Pauline literature; ecclesial leadership
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Interests: the gospels; biblical models of leadership; hermeneutics; Pauline literature; ecclesial leadership
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Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ariel University, Ariel 407000, Israel
Interests: anthropology and sociology of religion; contemporary jewry; queer liturgy; queer theology; LGBTQ+ jewish studies; reform judaism; israeli jewish society; american jewish community; ethnography
Interests: anthropology and sociology of religion; contemporary jewry; queer liturgy; queer theology; LGBTQ+ jewish studies; reform judaism; israeli jewish society; american jewish community; ethnography
CITER—Research Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 1649-023 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: theology and literature; public theology; systematic theology; theology and culture; political spirituality; spirituality and health; spiritual exercises
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Interests: theology and literature; public theology; systematic theology; theology and culture; political spirituality; spirituality and health; spiritual exercises
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1. Department of Emergency Psychiatry, Altrecht Mental Health Care, 3512 PG Utrecht, The Netherlands
2. Department of Residency Training, Altrecht Mental Health Care, 3512 PG Utrecht, The Netherlands
2. Department of Humanist Chaplaincy Studies for A Plural Society, University of Humanistic Studies, 3512 HD Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: clinical psychology; epidemiology; behavioural science; health psychology; psychiatry; aging/gerontology
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Interests: clinical psychology; epidemiology; behavioural science; health psychology; psychiatry; aging/gerontology
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School of Historical, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Interests: global Christianity; colonialism; British empire; religious conversion; East Africa; evangelicalism; revivalism
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Interests: global Christianity; colonialism; British empire; religious conversion; East Africa; evangelicalism; revivalism
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Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 211 19 Malmö, Sweden
Interests: social sciences; multiculturalism, ethnic and religious segregation; gender and sexuality; Islamism; integration
Interests: social sciences; multiculturalism, ethnic and religious segregation; gender and sexuality; Islamism; integration
Religious Studies, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF, UK
Interests: William James; Michel Foucault; philosophy of religion; psychology of religion; religion and critical theory; psychoanalysis and religion
Interests: William James; Michel Foucault; philosophy of religion; psychology of religion; religion and critical theory; psychoanalysis and religion
Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada
Interests: East Asian Buddhism
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Interests: East Asian Buddhism
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School of Philosophy, Institute for Christianity and Cross-Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Interests: religious studies; religious philosophy; comparative religious studies; ancient Chinese religious philosophy; medieval philosophy; Christian theology and philosophy; Augustine; Mysticism; Neoplatonism
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Interests: religious studies; religious philosophy; comparative religious studies; ancient Chinese religious philosophy; medieval philosophy; Christian theology and philosophy; Augustine; Mysticism; Neoplatonism
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Department of Religious Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
Interests: Santa Muerte; religion in Latin America; Charismatic Christianity
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Interests: Santa Muerte; religion in Latin America; Charismatic Christianity
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Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1135, USA
Interests: East Asian Buddhism; Buddhism and literature; Buddhism and film; Buddhism and science; theories and methods in the study of religion
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Interests: East Asian Buddhism; Buddhism and literature; Buddhism and film; Buddhism and science; theories and methods in the study of religion
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Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: sociology of religion; popular religiosity; religious symbols; qualitative analysis of religion
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Interests: sociology of religion; popular religiosity; religious symbols; qualitative analysis of religion
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Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Interests: classical Hinduism in the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions; comparative Christian-Hindu theology; Christian missionary encounters with Asia religions
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Interests: classical Hinduism in the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions; comparative Christian-Hindu theology; Christian missionary encounters with Asia religions
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School of History, Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Interests: Anglophone Protestantism from the Reformation to the nineteenth century, especially Puritanism, Dissent and Evangelicalism; slavery and antislavery
Interests: Anglophone Protestantism from the Reformation to the nineteenth century, especially Puritanism, Dissent and Evangelicalism; slavery and antislavery
Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Interests: Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval history; gender and sexuality (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval Islam; history of pre-modern medicine
Interests: Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval history; gender and sexuality (Late Antiquity to Early Modern); medieval Islam; history of pre-modern medicine
Religion and Philosophy Division, Seaver College, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, USA
Interests: world Christianity; global Christianity; history of Christianity; world religions; religion in India; interreligious dialogue; ecumenical movement; ecumenism; history and theology of Christianity; secularization; sociology of religion; ethnography and religion; new religious movements; comparative religion
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Interests: world Christianity; global Christianity; history of Christianity; world religions; religion in India; interreligious dialogue; ecumenical movement; ecumenism; history and theology of Christianity; secularization; sociology of religion; ethnography and religion; new religious movements; comparative religion
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Department of Practical Theology, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (ETF), 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: empirical practical theology; research methodology; higher education; religious education; youth ministry; religious identity development; catechesis; youth and theology
Interests: empirical practical theology; research methodology; higher education; religious education; youth ministry; religious identity development; catechesis; youth and theology
Department of Comparative Sciences of Culture, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: comparative study of Western and Indian culture; secularism; religion in political thought; European accounts of Indian 'religion'
Interests: comparative study of Western and Indian culture; secularism; religion in political thought; European accounts of Indian 'religion'
Berenson Fellow, I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies/ Adjunct Prof. in History of Islamic Thought, Lilec Department, Alma Mater University of Bologna, Roma, Italy
Interests: history of Islam; history of Islamic Thought; Kalam; Islamic Eschatology; Islam-Christian dialogue; Middle Eastern Studies; Islam and Renaissance; Islam and Medieval Europe
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Interests: history of Islam; history of Islamic Thought; Kalam; Islamic Eschatology; Islam-Christian dialogue; Middle Eastern Studies; Islam and Renaissance; Islam and Medieval Europe
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Center of Islamic Theology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Interests: the history of Islamic theology (kalām); Islam and religious pluralism; Christian-Muslim relations and theological interactions; Christian-Muslim textual sources in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish; Ottoman intellectual history; Islamic manuscripts
Interests: the history of Islamic theology (kalām); Islam and religious pluralism; Christian-Muslim relations and theological interactions; Christian-Muslim textual sources in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish; Ottoman intellectual history; Islamic manuscripts
Department of languages and Cultures, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Interests: Buddhist philosophy (in particular Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika); Buddhist school formation; New Confucianism
Interests: Buddhist philosophy (in particular Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika); Buddhist school formation; New Confucianism
