Review of Ecumenical Studies

20/03/2026

RES at the LMU Munich

24/02/2026

A Pontificate of Presence:
Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome 2013-2025 (by Alexandru-Marius Crişan)

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10/02/2026

Today we had our first meeting about the CFP to “Faith and Reason in Christian Traditions”, edited by Alin Suciu & Otniel Vereș. If you’re interested in contributing or would like more details, feel free to reach out! Submission deadline: December 1, 2026

21/01/2026

CFP on Utopia and Faith

A few questions that require answers: What is the role of faith and religion in historical and contemporary utopias? What significance do utopias have for religious ideas? How can religious and secular utopias be distinguished from one another? How were and are attempts made to put utopian ideas into practice? How are religious and secular education linked to the idea of utopia? What criticism of utopias can be found from a religious perspective?

Guest Editors: Robert Pfützner and Sebastian Engelmann

19/12/2025

Check the editorial signed by Tereza Leonhard and Helmut P. Gaisbauer about "Freedom, Responsibility, Meaning of Life: Existential Perspectives on Poverty and Education"!

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10/12/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS: “Faith and Reason in Christian Traditions”

The issue seeks contributions that examine historical, comparative, and interdisciplinary dimensions of the relationship between Christian faith and intellectual culture, from early Christian engagements with classical philosophy to medieval scholastic developments, Reformation perspectives, and modern or contemporary debates.

Submissions accepted in English or German

Deadline: 1 December 2026

Submission address: [email protected]

Guest Editors: Alin Suciu and Otniel-Laurean Vereș

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10/10/2025

Call for Papers — RES 3/2026
Theme: Christianity, Ethics & Science

We invite submissions exploring the crossroads of theology, ethics, and science — from bioethics to creation, from technology to theology.

Final deadline: Feb 15, 2026
Intention to publish (title or abstract): Nov 15, 2025

30/09/2025

The first online Joensuu–Sibiu meeting of the Review of Ecumenical Studies for the academic year has taken place.

For information on forthcoming thematic issues, please visit our website: https://www.res.ecum.ro/

14/07/2025

Review of Einar Thomassen, The Coherence of “Gnosticism”, Hans-Lietzmann-Vorlesungen 18, Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2021. "Central to his thesis is that since the Nag Hammadi texts are problematic to be dated, reliance must be placed on Christian apologists, particularly Irenaeus of Lyons." "He specifically examines Irenaeusʼs Adversus Haereses: I.29 & I.30, to which he brings the Apocryphon of John as a case study, to illustrate the connection between the theological encounters described by Irenaeus and the texts found in the Nag Hammadi corpus."

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18/06/2025

Review by Pekka Metso of ”Listening to the East: Synodality in Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Church Traditions”, Collana ut unum sint 4, Vatican: Liberia Editrice Vaticana 2023, 667 p.
”The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the Orthodox Church, the second with the Oriental Church. The section on the Orthodox Church is structured around three themes that open up the perspective of synodality: communion, participation and mission. The section on the Oriental Church, on the other hand, is organised according to ecclesiastical structures, so that synodality is dealt with separately in the context of each member of the church family.”

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24/05/2025

Daemones Boni et Mali: The Locus of Evil in Renaissance Hermetic Neoplatonism, by Noel Putnik

This article deals with the ways evil was conceptualized in the works of Cornelius Agrippa, the most important German representative of the Hermetic Neoplatonism. In a heterodox fashion of blending various Christian and non-Christian concepts developed by Marsilio Ficino, Agrippa attempted to further Christianize some aspects of Hermetic and Neoplatonic theology, cosmology and anthropology.

This article deals with the ways evil was conceptualized in the works of Cornelius Agrippa, the most important German representative of the...

15/05/2025

State Church or Church within the State? (of Oliver Jens Schmitt) is one of the few books that triggered various reactions from academic reviewers, being even attacked under the guise of academic approaches. Very few of these reactions convinced that their authors really understood what Oliver Jens Schmitt intended in this book. Instead of focusing on details, methodological discussions are of utmost importance.

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