Call for “Religious Culture and Thought” Int’l Congress Extended

The call for sending papers to “Religious Culture and Thought” international congress was extended by April 2014.

The secretary of the congress had previously announced January 21 as the deadline for sending the works but the date was extended by April 4, 2014 following the request made by many researchers.

Scholars, intellectuals, researchers, seminarians and students willing to attend the international event should register at the website of the congress at theologyconferece.ir and send their papers via the website.

The papers will be evaluated within 10 days after they are received by the secretary and those whose works are accepted will be informed and get certificates in Persian and English.

The first volume of a collection of the papers will be included in the list of the Iranian National Library and published on scientific websites such as ISC and IRANDOC.

The congress aims to produce precious and scientific works in Islamic sciences, introduce the latest scientific and research achievements in these sciences and identify top researchers of Islamic sciences.

Philosophy and wisdom, religions and schools of thought, Quranic and Hadith sciences, ideas and viewpoints of religious leaders and intellectuals, mysticism and Sufism, history and civilization of religions and faiths, ethical theology and religious ethics, religious education and training, religious management and leadership, religious sociology, religious culture and lifestyle, religious art and architecture and religious dissemination, media and relations are some of the themes of the congress.

The papers can also be written on theoretical principles of Islam, principles of Islamic jurisprudence and theology, jurisprudence in Islamic faiths, political thought in Islam, Islamic laws, women rights in Islam, Islamic psychology, marriage and family, Islamic banking and insurance, Islamic economy, trading and financial-banking systems, Islamic international-relations and teaching methods in religious sciences.

The international congress was due to be organized on February 20 and 21, but it was postponed to June 2014.

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