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When: Sept. 25-26, 2025 Where: Online Submission deadline: Aug. 1, 2025 Sponsored by the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in Collaboration with the University of Denver The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) invites proposals for an online conference of Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy to be held Sept. 25-26, 2025. The proceedings will be published and developed into a […]
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to the intersection of religion and bioethics. This issue seeks to explore how religious beliefs, ethical frameworks, and cultural values intersect with the challenges of medical and biotechnological advancements. We welcome contributions that offer theoretical insights, critique existing paradigms, and […]
When: Jan. 9-10, 2025 Where: Online Register Now Sponsored by the The Whitestone Foundation dba The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in collaboration with the University of Denver. The conference seeks to explore the complex and evolving intersection between religious beliefs, ethical principles, and bioethical concerns that have become prominent in contemporary social discourse. The […]
The following article is published in three installments. Introduction Zeynep, a 37-year-old Turkish woman, comes from a secular family background. She has traveled to Bali and India on different occasions to participate in yoga and meditation courses. Her main goal for joining these activities was to heal her childhood traumas and release emotions related to […]
The United States likes to present itself as a global leader, yet, when it comes to tackling what is arguably the greatest crisis facing humanity, global climate change, we have fallen woefully short of that idea. The nation’s failure to adequately address the climate crisis is in part the product of an American vision of […]
When: Jan. 9-10, 2025 Where: Online Submission deadline: Nov. 20, 2024 Sponsored by the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in Collaboration with the University of Denver The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) invites proposals for an online conference of Religion and Bioethics to be held Jan. 9-10, 2025. The proceedings will be […]
The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Kinship with and Gratitude for Nature Many verses can be retrieved to prompt human beings to be thankful for the bounties of nature. For instance: “The One [who] gave you the invaluable air; The One gave you the priceless […]
The following is the first installment of a two-part series. Eco-philosophy, or ecosophy, offers insight into the relationship of living beings with their environment. The intersection of faith and eco-philosophy is known as religious environmentalism. This alliance of religion and ecology has been gathering momentum lately. Ikeke[1] notes that science and policy alone cannot tackle […]
As early as 2014, governmental officials in the city of Flint, Michigan made a series of decisions that would prove to have deleterious effects on the people and environment of Flint. As officials sought to make room in the budget, they decided to switch the city’s water supply to the polluted Flint River without a […]
The influence of religions on human attitudes toward the non-human, whether beneficent or deleterious, has been the subject of serious scholarly debate since at least the publication of Lynn White Jr.’s important essay, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis”[1] in the 1960s. This essay issued a near-wholesale condemnation of western Christianity for providing the […]