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CALL FOR PAPERS
\nfor a topical issue of Open Theology
\nPhenomenology of Religious Experience IV: Religious Experience and Description (second call)
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Edited by:
Olga Louchakova-Schwartz (UC Davis and Jesuit School of Theology)
\nJames Nelson (University of Valparaiso)
\nAaron Preston (University of Valparaiso)  \;  \;  \;
\nDESCRIPTION
\n&ldquo\;Open Theology&rdquo\; (http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opth) invites submissions for the topical issue &ldquo\;Phenomenology of Religious Experience IV: Religious Experience and Description&rdquo\;\, prepared in collaboration with the Society for the \; Phenomenology of Religious Experience (www.sophere.org).  \;
\nThis topical issue will illumine possibilities and difficulties arising in the description of religious experience. \; Does religious experience harbor concealed empirical and phenomenological complexity\, and how do we address complexity in a focused description which aims at revealing the essence of experience? We invite an interplay between pragmatics of describing religious experience\, philosophical and theological issues involved in creation of description\, and theoretical models of how religious and spiritual experience may be described. \; We will accept papers dedicated to description of perception\, imagination\, body-awareness\, recollection\, social cognition\, self-experience\, temporality etc. in the context of religious experience. How does phenomenological description of religious experience translate into ecology\, history\, or natural science? What are cultural influences in the description of religious experience? The papers should provide not just the description of experience \;per se\, but an analysis of the process or outcome of description and reflection on what description of religious experience \;per se entails. \; Such reflections must employ phenomenological philosophy\, such as e.g. in the work of Anthony Steinbock or Jean-Luc Marion\, but can also draw on contemporary dialogues between phenomenological philosophy and other philosophical and theological traditions\, such as we see in the work of researchers like Espen Dahl\, Matthew Ratcliffe\, Dan Zahavi\, Stanley Cavell\, \;or Evan Thompson\, to name a few.
\n \;  \; Tentative themes:
I. \;Creating Descriptions of Religious Experience
II. Models for Descriptions of Religious and Spiritual Experience
\n \; III. Description of religious experience\, and ecology\, environmental studies\, health sciences\, natural sciences\, history\, business studies\, etc. \;
\n \;Authors publishing their articles in the topical issue will benefit from:
\n \; &ndash\; transparent\, comprehensive and fast peer review\,
\n \; &ndash\; efficient route to fast-track publication and full advantage of De Gruyter \; e-technology\,
\n \; &ndash\; free language assistance for authors from non-English speaking regions\,
\n \; &ndash\; complementary membership in the Society for Phenomenology of Religious Experience. \; \;
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 \; As a rule\, publication costs should be covered by so called Article Publishing Charges (APC)\, paid by authors\, their affiliated institutions\, funders or sponsors.To view funding opportunities to cover APC please visit \;www.degruyter.com/page/1097
Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with Managing Editor of the journal Dr. Katarzyna Tempczyk (
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HOW TO SUBMIT
Submissions will be collected \;by March 31\, \;2020\, via the on-line submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/openth/
\nChoose as article type: &ldquo\;Topical Issue Article: Phenomenology of Religious Experience IV&rdquo\;.  \;  \;
\nBefore submission the authors should carefully read over the Instruction for Authors\, available at: http://www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s23006579_Instruction_for_Authors.pdf
\nAll contributions will undergo critical peer-review before being accepted for publication.  \;  \;
\nFurther questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Olga Louchakova-Schwartz at olouchakova@gmail.com. In case of technical or financial questions\, please contact journal Managing Editor Katarzyna Tempczyk at katarzyna.tempczyk@degruyter.com.
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