CFP Buddhism and Hinduism

Call for papers for the special issue “Contemporary Philosophical Engagements with Buddhism and Hinduism”

Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to “Contemporary Philosophical Engagements with Buddhism and Hinduism.” The Guest Editor of this issue is Tyler Dalton McNabb (Saint Francis University). The special issue is open to philosophical engagements with any aspect of Buddhist and/or Hindu philosophy. The primary genre of the submitted papers must be philosophical rather than historical or exegetical. Nevertheless, we welcome papers that include reconstruction and/or evaluation of philosophical ideas, theories, or religious doctrines. The papers could be for or against any element of Buddhist or Hindu philosophy.

Topics of Interest: We invite submissions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:
• Is there room for a conception of a self in Buddhism?
• How should we categorize Buddhist ethical theory?
• Can Buddhism be naturalized?
• Buddhism and trope theory
• Buddhism and theories of time
• Can Buddhism make room for the permanent and independent?
• Is there a room for manyness and pluralism in Advaita Vedanta Hinduism?
• Philosophical Hermeneutics of Hinduism
• Is theism (of any stripe) consistent with Buddhist belief and practice?
• The relationship between Hinduism and Christianity
• Shankara’s epistemology
•Theistic Personalism and the Madhva’s Dvaita Vedanta Tradition
•Is Hindu cosmology consistent with causal finitism?

Submission Guidelines:
• Manuscript Preparation: Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the journal's guidelines for authors, available here:
www.agatheos.com

Add “Engagements with Buddhist or Hindu philosophy” on the title page of your submission.

Submission Process:
• Deadline: The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2025.
• Submission Portal: Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online submission system: www.agatheos.com
• Peer Review: All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process.
• Notification: Authors will be notified of the review outcome in 2-3 months after submission.