Journal of Interreligious Studies

In JIRS 48, Carlos Piccone Camere reviews Douglas Ober's book Dust on the Throne (stanfordpress.bsky.social) Read about it : irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

In JIRS 48, Salwa Alinat-Abed reviews Beyond Piety and Politics by Sabri Ciftci, F. Michael Wuthrich, and Ammar Shamaileh. Read it here: irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

“Reimagining Interfaith Engagement: A Postfoundationalist Comparative Theology Paradigm,” by David Muthukumar Sivasubramanian, from SAIACS in Bangalore, India, offers a constructive epistemological proposal for comparative theology. Read more in Issue 48 irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

“Monotheism and its Religious Alternatives: Some Neo-Perennialist Perspectives on the Divine Reality,” Christopher Knight from Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge advances apophatic framework for religious pluralism. Read More in irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

Samantha Lin, a @Georgetown Alumna, authors "Sacrifice and Wood of the Cross: The Aqedah in Judaism and Christianity.” Lin conducts a study of Augustine and Rashi, and their interpretations of Genesis 22. Read more in Issue 48 irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

Ana Petrache from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Draws on interviews with Christians, Jews, and Muslims, analyzing how ritual shapes each community’s response to state-imposed restrictions. Read More in Issue 48 irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

Baltazar Acebedo Jr. from the University of Groninge, critically engages Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Asia through the lens of Miroslav Volf ’s “Theology of Embrace.” Read more in Issue 48: irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

Issue 48 is now published! Explore peer-reviewed articles and book reviews in our newest publication irstudies.org/index.php/ji...

Excited to partner w/ the Jay Phillips Center Scholars in Interreligious Studies Fellowship. Learn a/b this funded fellowship of scholarly inquiry, public engagement, & collaborative formation for emerging scholars in the field of (Inter)religious Studies: tinyurl.com/jpcsirs

In SHU's studio (@setonhall.bsky.social) this morning recording a new episode of Inter/Sections, sponsored by SHU's Institute for Communication & Religion + Interreligious Studies Media. @amotakacs.bsky.social interviews Aseel Azab a/b her article, "Blessed Be the Stranger." tinyurl.com/j45asz

In JIRS 47, Ryan Keating reviews Beyond Dialogue (@politybooks.bsky.social) by Craig Considine. Read it here: tinyurl.com/j47bk3

Matt Cavedon reviews Sameer Advani's "Ratzinger on Religious Pluralism" (Emmaus Academic) in JIRS 47. Read it here: tinyurl.com/j47bk2

Renee Bowling reviews Everyday Encounters (@fortresspress.bsky.social) by Hans Gustafson of @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social: Read at tinyurl.com/j47bk1

How can Kantian moral philosophy ground a theistic, religiously plural vision that draws on both Christianity and Sufism? In JIRS 47, Joseph G. Prud’homme (@washcoll.bsky.social) develops a Kantian-type moral argument for postulatory religious pluralism. Read here: tinyurl.com/j47ar4

How does Pope Francis move Catholicism toward a "fraternal pluralism" that rejoices in encounter with non-Christians, other Christians, and even dissenting Catholics? Read Matthew P. Cavedon's new article in Journal of Interreligious Studies 47: tinyurl.com/j47ar3

New in JIRS 47: Alison Forster proposes a “cataphatic śūnyatā,” offering a Pure Land alternative to Zen-focused readings of Meister Eckhart and reframing apophatic vs. cataphatic approaches to Buddhist–Christian dialogue. Read: tinyurl.com/j47ar2

How does divine action become lived experience in Christianity and Islam? In JIRS 47, Siavash Asadi introduces “Qur’anopraxis” alongside “Christopraxis,” comparing Jesus and the Qur’an as loci of encounter with God in practical theology. Read: tinyurl.com/j47ar1

Issue 47 is now published. Explore peer-reviewed articles and book reviews! tinyurl.com/jirs47

Check out this Pre-AAR event: Association for Interreligious/Interfaith Studies 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston. Learn more and register here: www.aiistudies.org/2025boston

Recent publication from our editor-in-chief

Check out the review of David Thang Moe's Beyond the Academy in our recent issue: tinyurl.com/j46bk4

Check out R. Kronish's review of "Approaches to Jewish-Arab Interreligious Dialogue" by Ben Mollov (@igiglobal.bsky.social‬) in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/j46bk3

Check out R. Kronish's review of "Approaches to Jewish-Arab Interreligious Dialogue" by Ben Mollov (@igiglobal.bsky.social‬) in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/j46bk3

Explore A Companion to Comparative Theology (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social‬), "[which] both surveys...developments & offers myriad examples of comparative theologies animated by [a] range of concerns, making it a truly panoptic orientation to the work of the discipline." Review at tinyurl.com/j46bk2

Check out Mahowski Mylroie's review of Clooney's memoir (‪@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social‬) in our recent issue: tinyurl.com/j46bk1

Explore a new model for Abrahamic dialogue in "Constructive Problematizing Dialogue," which tackles harmonization & doctrinal avoidance to foster deeper interreligious exchange. A must-read for anyone interested in Jewish-Christian-Muslim engagement: tinyurl.com/j46ar5%22

Can we truly measure interfaith learning? A critical look at the challenges of quantifying outcomes—and why context, stakeholder voices, and mixed methods matter. Essential reading for interfaith practitioners & researchers. Read more: tinyurl.com/j46ar4

In issue 46, explore creative resistance in Finnish schools! 🎨✊ New research highlights how religious minorities use art & counter-storytelling to combat exclusion. A must-read for educators & advocates: tinyurl.com/j46ar3

Institute for Communication and Religion Partners With Interreligious Studies Media The Institute for Communication and Religion is proud to announce its partnership with Interreligious Studies Media, which is a nonprofit that produces the Journal of Interreligious Studies.

The Journal of Interreligious Studies is in the process of transitioning to a new organizational model under Interreligious Studies Media. We're happy to welcome @setonhall.bsky.social as a Full Partner. Details here: tinyurl.com/ismshup

From issue 46: How can interfaith programs foster empathy amid deep conflict? A study on LSE Faith Centre's Israel-Palestine initiative reveals the power of identity transcendence—empathy without compromising one’s beliefs. Key insights for peacebuilding in divided spaces: tinyurl.com/j46ar2