Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
A Whitestone Publication
Issue 24.1 Summer 2025
Special Issue on Religion and Bioethics
The following issue has resulted from a
conference in the fall of 2024. The
conference was sponsored by the journal in collaboration with the University of
Denver.
NISHA
DAGA and GEORGE KODIMATTAM JOSEPH
Indian Institute of Technology
THE SACRED END: EXPLORING THE ETHICAL PRACTICE OF SALLEKHANĀ IN JAINA TRADITION
HOSSEIN
GODAZGAR
University
of Warwick
IRIA GRAMMENOU
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
SUFFERING AND DYING IN MODERN PANDEMICS:
A PARALLEL READING OF IVAN ILLICH, GIORGIO AGAMBEN AND BYUNG-CHUL HAN
KEVIN GRANE
University of Denver/Iliff
School of Theology
FAITH AND TRANSITIONS: RELIGIOUS NOTIONS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR YOUTH
KAREY ALISON HARWOOD
North Carolina State
University
RECONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOGENETIC TIES
HOLLIS PHELPS
Mercer University
CONSTRUCTING MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES: A CRITIQUE OF THE
MYSTICAL PARADIGM IN PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH
GENN RUAN
University of California,
Riverside
XIAOQIAN ZHANG
Northeast Normal University
THE VIOLENCE OF CLASSIFICATION AND ETHICS OF SUICIDE:
A REFLECTION ON QIU JIN’S DEATH
YARON SILVERSTEIN
Hemdat Academic College
MEDICAL
PROCEDURE IN THE HEAT OF EMOTION: