Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies

J.S.R.I. is an international on-line publication of SCIRI (the Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Research of Religions and Ideologies) and SACRI (the Academic Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies). It is a peer-review academic publication intended for professors and researchers interested in the study of religions and ideologies.

J.S.R.I. encourages interdisciplinary approaches of religions, engaging the following domains: religious studies, philosophy of religions, ethics, political philosophy and political science, anthropology, sociology, interreligious dialogue and communications theory. All articles must explore the religious dimension of the issues covered.

J.S.R.I. is an open-access journal published on the internet, with three issues per year. The languages in which materials can be published are English and Romanian.

J.S.R.I. does not provide authors with offprints of published materials, but we will notify them by email when their manuscript is published online. There is no fee for the publication of articles in the journal.

Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies is the first Romanian journal included in Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Current Contents: Arts & Humanities, Thompson-Reuters ISI databases.

JSRI is covered, among others, in: Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Thompson-Reuters ISI database); Current Contents: Arts & Humanities (Thompson-Reuters ISI database); ISI Web of Knowledge; SCOPUS; EBSCO; DOAJ; Pro-Quest; J-Gate; Gale; CEEOL; Index to the Study of Religions Online (Brill).


Vol 11, No 31 (2012): JSRI vol. 11, issue 31, Spring 2012

Table of Contents

Studies and Articles

What people think about cloning? Social representation of this technique and its associated emotions PDF
Mihai Curelaru, Adrian Neculau, Mioara Cristea 3-30
Religion and medicine or the spiritual dimension of healing PDF
Corina Dima-Cozma, Sebastian Cozma 31-48
Transplantation debates in Romania between bioethics and religion PDF
Cristina Gavriluta, Mihaela Frunza 49-71
Christianity and bioethics. Seeking arguments for stem cell research in Genesis PDF
Mircea Leabu 72-87
Arguments in favor of a religious coping pattern in terminally ill patients PDF
Andrada Parvu, Gabriel Roman, Silvia Dumitras, Rodica Gramma, Mariana Enache, Stefana Maria Moisa, Radu Chirita, Catalin Iov, Beatrice Ioan 88-112
From cognitive to moral enhancement: A possible reconciliation of religious outlooks and the biotechnological creation of a better human PDF
Vojin Rakic 113-128
On the reference to Catholic Ethical Theology in Contemporary Health Policy PDF
Calin Saplacan 129-147
Human cloning and the myth of disenchantment PDF
Laurentiu Staicu 148-169

In memoriam

A model of cultural dialogue and intellectual history: The case of Leon Volovici PDF
Gabriel Gherasim, Raluca Moldovan 170-192

Reviews

Illness as a human possibility in the knowledge based society PDF
Codruta Cuceu 193-197
The empire of communication: body, image and relation PDF
Ioan Hosu 198-205
Religious discourse and postmodern rationality in bioethics PDF
Cristian Radu 206-222


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The opinions expressed in the texts published are the author’s own and do not necessarily express the views of JSRI editors. The authors assume all responsibility for the ideas expressed in the materials published.