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.

AUTHOR BIOS

ABSTRACTS

NISHA DAGA and GEORGE KODIMATTAM JOSEPH

Indian Institute of Technology

THE SACRED END: EXPLORING THE ETHICAL PRACTICE OF SALLEKHANĀ IN JAINA TRADITION

CHRIS DURANTE

Saint Peter’s University

RELIGION’S RELATIONSHIP WITH PUBLIC BIOETHICS:

A CRITICAL HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT AND PRAGMATIC METHOD FOR INCLUSIVE DISCOURSE

HOSSEIN GODAZGAR

University of Warwick

A “SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST” APPROACH TO “MUSLIM BIOMEDICAL ETHICS”:  EXAMINING “MUSLIM” OPPOSITION TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE

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:

THE POSITIONS OF MILITARY RABBINATE PERSONNEL ON POSTHUMOUS SPERM RETRIEVAL (PSR) FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 7, 2023 ATTACK