JIS XXVII 2015 DOES  GOD  PLAY  DICE? Randomness & Divine Providence JIS XXVII 2015: 1-3 GOD,  NATURE  AND  FREEDOM (Editorial) Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This 27th volume in the interconnected thematic series of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies…

JIS XXVI 2014 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: THE NEXT 25 YEARS JIS XXVI 2014: 1-28 THE  PROMISE  OF  INTERDISCIPLINARY  STUDIES: RE - IMAGINING  THE  UNIVERSITY Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research The thesis of this essay is that interdisciplinary studies hold special…

JIS XXV 2013 BRAVE NEW WORLD? Genetic Engineering & Human Dignity JIS XXV 2013: 1-38 THE  DYSTOPIAN  IMAGINATION: THE  CHALLENGE  OF  TECHNO - UTOPIA Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay seeks to explore the nature and effects of…

JIS XXIV 2012 THE  FIRST  FREEDOMS: Mihajlov's Quest for Democracy & Human Rights JIS XXIV 2012: 1-56 THE  THIRD  REVOLUTION: THE  QUEST  FOR  AN  OPEN  SOCIETY Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay explores the intellectual and spiritual ferment…

JIS XXIII 2011 THE  IDEA  OF  A  UNIVERSITY: From John Henry Newman to the Multiversity and Beyond JIS XXIII 2011: 1-18 THE  UNIVERSITY  AS  QUEST  FOR  TRUTH Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay proposes that the crisis of…

JIS XXII 2010 Intelligent Design & Artificial Intelligence: THE  GHOST  IN  THE  MACHINE? JIS XXII 2010: 1-31 PROGRESS  IN  SCIENCE: A  COPERNICAN  REVOLUTION  IN EVOLUTION? Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research A new paradigm is emerging which places Charles Darwin's…

JIS XXI 2009 CHRISTIANITY & DEMOCRACY: Jacque Maritain in Perspective JIS XXI 2009: 1-24 CULTURE,  RELIGION  AND  POLITICS: WHY  LIBERAL  DEMOCRACY  NEEDS  GOD Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay proposes that while a "Christian" democracy may be too…

JIS XX 2008 GLOBALIZATION & ITS DISCONTENTS: Modernization, Culture and Religion JIS XX 2008: 1-20 THE  GLOBALIZATION  PARADOX Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research Globalization offers a comprehensive framework for addressing prospects for the peaceful evolution of people and societies in…

JIS XIX 2007 VIRTUE  ETHICS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives JIS XIX 2007: 1-18 THE  TELEOLOGICAL  IMPERATIVE Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research This essay proposes that the human quest for meaning, self-realization, and self-transcendence via the moral "ought" as the proper end,…

JIS XVIII 2006 PROPHETS  OF  POST-COMMUNISM: Toward an Open Society JIS XVIII 2006: 1-24 JOHN  F.  KENNEDY  AND  RONALD  REAGAN: THE  CHALLENGE  OF  FREEDOM Michael E. Meagher University of Missouri-Rolla Most Americans in the 1920s and 1930s were unaware of…