Dr Isaac Portilla Pelaez

Research Fellow

Email
ip44@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Research Areas: 

  • Interfaith Dialogue (Challenges and Opportunities); Interreligious Studies / Hindu-Christian Studies.
  • World Religions; Comparative Religion; Comparative Theology.
  • Philosophy of Peace, Non-violence/Harmlessness, and Conflict: Indian/Hindu Perspectives.
  • Insider/Emic and Outsider/Etic Perspectives in the Study of Religion.
  • The Future of Spirituality and Religion in Western Cultures.
  • The Academic Study of Mystical Experience/Consciousness.
  • Hermeneutical Phenomenology; Phenomenology; Philosophies of Life.
  • Cross-cultural Philosophy; Traditions of Asia (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism); Non-Western Philosophy; Indian Sages: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Aurobindo.
  • Ethics: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on the "Other."
  • Religious Studies and Philosophical/Theological Inquiry; Interdisciplinary Research.
  • Wisdom teachings in the New Testament; Christian Engagement with Asian Traditions; Ecumenism; Dual/Multiple Religious Belonging.

Research methods:

Hermeneutical phenomenology; cross-disciplinary hermeneutical, philosophical, and theological inquiry, including cultural and politico-historical analysis.

Fellowships & Memberships:

  • Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS)
  • American Academy of Religion (AAR)
  • European Academy of Religion (EuARe)
  • Society for Hindu-Christian Studies

Centres & Networks

  • Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP, University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø)
  • Scholars at the Peripheries (CSRP, University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø)
  • Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS, Oxford) / Hinduism in Dialogue Network
  • Mystical Theology Network (MTN, Oxford)
  • Cambridge Anthropology-Theology Network (CAT)
  • Interreligious Discussion Group (University of Tübingen)

Selected publications

  • Portilla, I., 31 Jan 2025, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. (Routledge Hindu studies series)

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Portilla, I., 19 Aug 2024, (In preparation) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. (Peacemakers)

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Open access
    Portilla, I., 9 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Harvard Theological Review. 115, 4, p. 591–620 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Portilla, I., 18 Mar 2022, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. 136 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Portilla, I., 2017, 1st ed. Madrid: Editorial Mirlo. 262 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book