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
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
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 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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Department of Theology, Philosophy, and Music, Dublin City University, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland
Interests: phenomenology; philosophy of religion; constructive theology; thematic studies of empathy, affect, temporal experience, and intersubjectivity
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Interests: phenomenology; philosophy of religion; constructive theology; thematic studies of empathy, affect, temporal experience, and intersubjectivity
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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
Religion Department, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
Interests: Buddhism; South Asia; South Asian religion; early Indian Buddhism; religion and the market
Interests: Buddhism; South Asia; South Asian religion; early Indian Buddhism; religion and the market
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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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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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
Institute of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Interests: meaning in life; implicit/invisible religion; existential concerns; death; secular identity; atheist spirituality
Interests: meaning in life; implicit/invisible religion; existential concerns; death; secular identity; atheist spirituality
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
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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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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Institute for the Study of Religions, Section of the Psychology of Religion, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Interests: psychology of religion; spirituality; religion; secularism; theoretical psychology; cross cultural psychology
Interests: psychology of religion; spirituality; religion; secularism; theoretical psychology; cross cultural psychology
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
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: biomedical and social ethics; spiritual and religious health; aging; human enhancement technologies; sport
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Interests: 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
