Overview
Background
Dr Aaron Ghiloni is the author of Islam as Education: Pedagogies of Pilgrimage, Prophecy, and Jihad (2019) and John Dewey among the Theologians (2012). He is the editor of World Religions and their Missions (2015), a comparative religion textbook now in a second edition (2022). He is Associate Editor of the journal Religious Education.
Dr Ghiloni has research interests in Islam, Christianity, interreligious studies, John Dewey, and education–religion dialogues.
Dr Ghiloni has taught the following subjects within UQ’s Studies in Religion discipline: History of the Supernatural, Belief and Unbelief, World Religions, Spirituality in the Everyday, and Western Religious Thought from the Middle Ages to the Present. He supervises doctoral students working in religion and culture.
Availability
- Dr Aaron Ghiloni is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Christian Studies
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Islamic Studies
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Pragmatism, especially the philosophy of John Dewey
Works
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2022
Book
World religions and their missions
Aaron J. Ghiloni ed. (2022). World religions and their missions. 2nd ed. New York, NY United States: Peter Lang. doi: 10.3726/b18717
2022
Book Chapter
Studying mission comparatively: from Max to Max universalism
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2022). Studying mission comparatively: from Max to Max universalism. World religions and their missions. (pp. 265-297) edited by Aaron J. Ghiloni. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang Publishing Group.
2022
Book Chapter
A plurality of missions
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2022). A plurality of missions. World religions and their missions. (pp. 1-9) edited by Aaron J. Ghiloni. Lausanne, Switzerland: Peter Lang Publishing Group.
2021
Journal Article
Religious education scholars cannot assume they are talking about the same things
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2021). Religious education scholars cannot assume they are talking about the same things. Religious Education, 116 (4), 319-320. doi: 10.1080/00344087.2021.1953270
2019
Journal Article
Teaching democracy by teaching supernaturalism
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2019). Teaching democracy by teaching supernaturalism. Religions, 10 (8), 482. doi: 10.3390/rel10080482
2019
Journal Article
Publishers' series on Christianity and the liberal arts
Ghiloni, Aaron (2019). Publishers' series on Christianity and the liberal arts. International Journal of Christianity and Education, 23 (1), 140-142. doi: 10.1177/2056997118815415
2019
Journal Article
Interfaith education for all: theoretical perspectives and best practices for transformative action
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2019). Interfaith education for all: theoretical perspectives and best practices for transformative action. International Journal of Christianity and Education, 23 (1), 117-119. doi: 10.1177/2056997118813336
2019
Journal Article
Supernaturalism: what’s a Deweyan to do?
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2019). Supernaturalism: what’s a Deweyan to do?. The Journal of School and Society, 6 (2), 69-80.
2019
Book
Islam as education: pedagogies of pilgrimage, prophecy, and jihad
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2019). Islam as education: pedagogies of pilgrimage, prophecy, and jihad. Lanham, MD, United States: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic.
2017
Journal Article
Review of Bert Roebben, Theology Made in Dignity: On the Precarious Role of Theology in Religious Education, Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monographs, no. 44. Leuven/Paris/Bristol, CT (Peeters) 2016, viii–147 pp, ISBN: 978-90-429-3416-0
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2017). Review of Bert Roebben, Theology Made in Dignity: On the Precarious Role of Theology in Religious Education, Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monographs, no. 44. Leuven/Paris/Bristol, CT (Peeters) 2016, viii–147 pp, ISBN: 978-90-429-3416-0. International Journal of Practical Theology, 21 (2), 326-328. doi: 10.1515/ijpt-2017-0025
2017
Journal Article
Can cosmopolitanism work religiously? A response to David T. Hansen
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2017). Can cosmopolitanism work religiously? A response to David T. Hansen. Religious Education, 112 (3), 217-224. doi: 10.1080/00344087.2017.1303302
2016
Journal Article
Book review: Engaged teaching in theology and religion
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2016). Book review: Engaged teaching in theology and religion. International Journal of Christianity and Education, 20 (2), 167-168. doi: 10.1177/2056997116640232
2016
Journal Article
Muhammad, Education, and Finitude
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2016). Muhammad, Education, and Finitude. Religious Education, 111 (3), 288-306. doi: 10.1080/00344087.2015.1132519
2015
Book Chapter
Towards the comparative study of mission
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2015). Towards the comparative study of mission. World religions and their missions. (pp. 265-305) edited by Aaron J. Ghiloni. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang. doi: 10.3726/978-1-4539-1419-9
2015
Book Chapter
Pragmatism
Ghiloni, Aaron (2015). Pragmatism. Encyclopedia of christian education. (pp. 976-979) edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport. Lanham, NJ, United States: Rowman and Littlefield.
2015
Book
World religions and their missions
Aaron J. Ghiloni ed. (2015). World religions and their missions. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang.
2015
Book Chapter
Holistic education
Ghiloni, Aaron (2015). Holistic education. Encyclopedia of christian education. (pp. 595-597) edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport. Lanham, NJ, United States: Rowman and Littlefield.
2015
Book Chapter
The varieties of religious mission
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2015). The varieties of religious mission. World religions and their missions. (pp. 1-14) edited by Aaron J. Ghiloni. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang. doi: 10.3726/978-1-4539-1419-9
2015
Book Chapter
Inter-religious education
Ghiloni, Aaron (2015). Inter-religious education. Encyclopedia of Christian Education. (pp. 648-650) edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport. Lanham, United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
2013
Journal Article
Reforming formation: educational theory in dialogue with theological education
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2013). Reforming formation: educational theory in dialogue with theological education. Uniting Church Studies, 19 (2), 51-63.
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Wide-Awake In God's World: Bible Engagement For Teenage Spiritual Formation In A Culture Of Expressive Individualism
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