<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px;">The<b style="font-style: italic;"> Journal of Korean Religions</b><b> (JKR)</b> would like to announce the April 2014 publication of Volume 5, Number 1 "Envisioning a Buddhist-Christian Dialogue in Korea."</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Opening with an introduction from guest editors Prof. Jin Y. Park and Dr. Kyeongil Jung, this groundbreaking collection of essays features roundtable papers as well as research articles on diverse forms of Buddhist-Christian dialogue in contemporary Korea. The topics are wide-ranging, from an imagining of a theoretical paradigm for Buddhist-Christian dialogue via Wŏnhyo’s <i>hwajaeng</i> (harmonization of all disputes) theory, to a discussion of Buddhist-Christian dialogue from a dual practitioner’s perspective, to an analysis of the interreligious dialogue taking place in the Gangjeong Village peace struggles.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Also featured are two research articles that highlight exemplary cases of Buddhist-Christian dialogue, including the “2011 Ashoka Declaration” of interreligious peace and cooperation by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, similar movements among an alternative community of Catholic Christians, and Wŏn Buddhism, a new form of Buddhism begun in Korea in 1916 and whose ecumenical roots offers lessons for the present.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">We also very gladly announce the selection of <i>JKR</i> for full coverage by Thomson Reuters in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, as well as Current Contents/Arts and Humanities. Featured on databases such as Project MUSE and JSTOR, as well as A&HCI, SCOPUS, and ATLAS, in five quick years <i>JKR</i> has established itself in key global indices of humanities research.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">The<b><i> Journal of Korean Religions</i></b> is the only English-language academic journal dedicated to the study of Korean religions. Launched in 2010 by the Institute for the Study of Religion at Sogang University in Korea, JKR is peer-reviewed and published twice yearly, in April and October. </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Our forthcoming issue, October 2014 Vol. 5 No. 2, </b>will be a theme issue on “State Ritual and Religion in Korea.” The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2014. Submissions will be peer-reviewed and authors will be notified by July 31, 2014.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Style guidelines can be found here: <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #4787ff"><a href="http://bit.ly/JKRsubguide">http://bit.ly/JKRsubguide</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Submissions and enquiries should be sent to the managing editor: <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="mailto:journalkr@sogang.ac.kr">journalkr@sogang.ac.kr</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">For more information about the Journal of Korean Religions, see our journal's website: <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #4787ff"><a href="http://jkr.sogang.ac.kr/">http://jkr.sogang.ac.kr/</a></span> </div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">You can also find us on:</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Project Muse - <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_korean_religions">http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_korean_religions</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JournalofKoreanReligions">https://www.facebook.com/JournalofKoreanReligions</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div></body></html>