[Discussion] Multiculturalism and the Civil Society

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Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies (JSRI)
Issue no. 8/ August 2004: Multiculturalism and the Civil Society

ISSN: 1583-0039

J.S.R.I. is an international publication of the Seminar for the
Interdisciplinary Research of Religions and Ideologies, the Department
of Systematic Philosophy from Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj, Romania)
and SACRI (www.sacri.ro <http://www.h-net.org/announce/www.sacri.ro>).
It is a peer-review academic publication intended for academics,
professors and young researchers interested in the study of religions
and ideologies.

At present, JSRI has been included in the international directory
Directory of Open Access Journal (www.doaj.org
<http://www.h-net.org/announce/www.doaj.org>). In the same time, JSRI is
the first Romanian Journal that was selected for coverage in The Arts &
Humanities Citation Index and Current Contents: Arts & Humanities. The
evaluation process was conducted by ISI, Philadelphia, USA.

So far, JSRI has published 6 issues, with a total of more than 1400
pages. Among the authors who published in JSRI, one can mention: Moshe
Idel, Richard Rorty, Leonard Swidler, Peter van der Veer, Kathleen
Tobin, Simon Geissbuhler, Eva M. Synek, Josepf A. Favazza, Boris DeWiel,
Mester Bela, Ioan Chirila, Sandu Frunza, Marius Jucan, Aurel Codoban,
Adrian-Paul Iliescu, Mihaela Frunza.

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 encourages the submission of the following types of materials:

    * theoretical studies written by experts in the field, well-known
      specialists and academics
    * applied articles, regional-focused, reflexive and comparative
      texts written by graduate students, junior lecturers
    * book reviews

The length of the materials should range between 10-25 pages for studies
and articles and between 2-7 pages for book reviews (Times New Roman, 12
pts, 1.5 lines).

The topic for the issue no. 8 is Multiculturalism and the Civil Society.
J.S.R.I. encourages interdisciplinary approaches engaging the following
domains: interreligious dialogue, philosophy of religions, political
philosophy and political science, ethics, religious studies,
anthropology, sociology, educational science and communications theory.
We are expecting papers on this topic until the 1st of July 2004 the
latest.

The materials should be accompanied by the following:

    * a 10 line abstract (in English) (except for book reviews)
    * up to 10 key words (in English) that best describe the content of
      the material
    * half page CV of the author, mentioning the contact details, and a
      list of up to 10 major publications
    * a personal picture (optional)

All texts should be sent as attachments at one of the following e-mail
addresses:
s_c_i_r_i@yahoo.com
sfrunza@hiphi.ubbcluj.ro

Enquiries should be directed to:
s_c_i_r_i@yahoo.com

	Mihaela Frunza, Executive Editor
Babes Bolyai University
Department of Systematic Philosophy
M. Kogalniceanu no.1
400084 Cluj, Romania

+40 744 698826

Email: s_c_i_r_i@yahoo.com <mailto:s_c_i_r_i@yahoo.com>
Visit the website at http://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro/JSRI