Editorial Board for section 'Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences'
- Religions and Theologies Section
- Religions and Humanities/Philosophies Section
- Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences Section
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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
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
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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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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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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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
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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Interdisciplinary Medical Anthropologic Studies and Research Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro State Federal University, 20211-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Interests: transcultural psychiatry; spirituality and psychiatry; SpNQ
Interests: transcultural psychiatry; spirituality and psychiatry; SpNQ
Department of Anthropology, University of London, London WC1E 7HU, UK
Interests: religious healing in Pentecostalism; mental health and Islam; Prophecy and Jewish Millennialism; psychology of Atheism
Interests: religious healing in Pentecostalism; mental health and Islam; Prophecy and Jewish Millennialism; psychology of Atheism
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: meaning in life; meaning making; existential psychology; old age; chronic pain; religion; spirituality and care
Interests: meaning in life; meaning making; existential psychology; old age; chronic pain; religion; spirituality and care
Department of Sociology and Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Interests: religion; race; immigration; science
Interests: religion; race; immigration; science
Postgraduate Program in Theology and Postgraduate Program in Bioethics, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil
Interests: psychology and religion; spirituality; spirituality and health; bioethics; spiritual care
Interests: psychology and religion; spirituality; spirituality and health; bioethics; spiritual care
Department of Religion Health and Human Values, College of Health Sciences, Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Interests: religion; health; spiritual care; spiritual assessment; epidemiology
Interests: religion; health; spiritual care; spiritual assessment; epidemiology
1. Medical Faculty, University of Basel, 4000 Basel, Switzerland
2. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, 4037 Basel, Switzerland
3. Research Institute for Spirituality and Health RISH, 4900 Langenthal, Switzerland
4. Senior Consultant, Clinic SGM Langenthal, 4900 Langenthal, Switzerland
Interests: conceptual issues in whole person medicine; integrating religion and spirituality into clinical practice; impact of R/S on the outcome of holistic treatment approaches; spirituality and cardiovascular diseases; spirituality and pain
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2. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, 4037 Basel, Switzerland
3. Research Institute for Spirituality and Health RISH, 4900 Langenthal, Switzerland
4. Senior Consultant, Clinic SGM Langenthal, 4900 Langenthal, Switzerland
Interests: conceptual issues in whole person medicine; integrating religion and spirituality into clinical practice; impact of R/S on the outcome of holistic treatment approaches; spirituality and cardiovascular diseases; spirituality and pain
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Practice of Pastoral Theology and Care, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Interests: psychodynamic implications of trauma and forced displacement; the intercultural dynamics within traditional pastoral care; pastoral care to marginalized populations
Interests: psychodynamic implications of trauma and forced displacement; the intercultural dynamics within traditional pastoral care; pastoral care to marginalized populations
Department of Religion, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
Interests: comparative ethics; international human rights; religion and law; ethics of war and peace; religion and political theory; African religions
Interests: comparative ethics; international human rights; religion and law; ethics of war and peace; religion and political theory; African religions
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698-0050, USA
Interests: religion and science; religion and health; religion and politics; religion and pedagogy; medical ethics; aesthetics; philosophy of science; public policy; public administration
Interests: religion and science; religion and health; religion and politics; religion and pedagogy; medical ethics; aesthetics; philosophy of science; public policy; public administration
School of Education and Department of History and Politics, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA 92515, USA
Interests: psychology and sociology of religion; religion and politics; Christianity; Islam
Interests: psychology and sociology of religion; religion and politics; Christianity; Islam
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Interests: religion; spirituality; health
Interests: religion; spirituality; health
Psychology Department, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
Interests: psychological and spiritual adjustment following adverse life events; religious and spiritual struggles; sacred moments; desecration; spiritually integrated psychotherapy
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Interests: psychological and spiritual adjustment following adverse life events; religious and spiritual struggles; sacred moments; desecration; spiritually integrated psychotherapy
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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
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, USA
Interests: religious/spiritual coping; religious/spiritual struggles; sanctification; sacred moments; definitions; wholeness; spiritually integrated psychotherapy
Interests: religious/spiritual coping; religious/spiritual struggles; sanctification; sacred moments; definitions; wholeness; spiritually integrated psychotherapy
School of Education, Faculty of Education, Theology and the Arts, St. Mary’s University, London, UK
Interests: histories of religion and education; religious education on radio and television; religious education in schools, informal and alternative contexts; RE teacher education and professionalisation; history of Christianity in the nineteenth and twentieth century; churches, state and education; faith and supplementary schooling; childhood and religion; Sunday schools; prayer and collective worship; children’s spirituality; theories and theologies of education; religion, non-religion and secularisation; religion in the Second World War
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Interests: histories of religion and education; religious education on radio and television; religious education in schools, informal and alternative contexts; RE teacher education and professionalisation; history of Christianity in the nineteenth and twentieth century; churches, state and education; faith and supplementary schooling; childhood and religion; Sunday schools; prayer and collective worship; children’s spirituality; theories and theologies of education; religion, non-religion and secularisation; religion in the Second World War
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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
Postgraduate Program in Political Sociology at IUPERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rua Joana Angélica 63–Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro 22420-030, Brazil
Interests: sociology of religion; history of religion; history of Christianity; religion in Latin American; world religions; history and theology of Christianity; secularization; new religious movements; comparative religion
Interests: sociology of religion; history of religion; history of Christianity; religion in Latin American; world religions; history and theology of Christianity; secularization; new religious movements; comparative religion
Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
Interests: Islam; Islamic studies; Islam-West relations; sociology of religion; contemporary Islamic thought; religious and ideological extremism; Muslim communities in the West
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Interests: Islam; Islamic studies; Islam-West relations; sociology of religion; contemporary Islamic thought; religious and ideological extremism; Muslim communities in the West
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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 Nursing and Care, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: spiritual care; nurses competences; cancer patients; spiritual needs; spiritual well-being
Interests: spiritual care; nurses competences; cancer patients; spiritual needs; spiritual well-being
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
Interests: social categories and personal characteristics; race; ethnicity; religion; gender; opinions; beliefs; threats to social and personal identities; majority versus minority identity; multiculturalism; stereotyping/prejudice; self and identity; intergroup relations; attitudes/social influence
Interests: social categories and personal characteristics; race; ethnicity; religion; gender; opinions; beliefs; threats to social and personal identities; majority versus minority identity; multiculturalism; stereotyping/prejudice; self and identity; intergroup relations; attitudes/social influence
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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Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, USA
Interests: pastoral counseling; pastoral theology; theory and praxis of transformation, with pilgrimage as a specialization; expanding theories of research for pastoral praxis
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Interests: pastoral counseling; pastoral theology; theory and praxis of transformation, with pilgrimage as a specialization; expanding theories of research for pastoral praxis
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