Acknowledgements

This edition is the second part of the first volume of the Journal “Theology & Culture” (ISSN: 2708-6755), which is the official academic Journal of the Department of Theology & Culture, University College Logos. This academic journal is published two times per year in print and online. Theology & Culture is an international peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research articles in the field of Theology, Study of Religion, Education, Literature and Social Sciences. All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. And also, our reviewers and editorial board members are from different countries all over the world.

The journal publishes reviews, original papers, conference announcements, book reviews and research reports trying to provide a platform for experts, scholars and researchers that has started their career now to exchange their latest researches and findings. Another goal of the Journal is be the promotion of case studies that concern religion, history, culture and society in Albania and the Balkans in general. The official language of the Journal is English and only in special cases will be printed articles in German, French or Italian.

The journal will be indexed by Google scholar, DOAJ (Directory of Open Journals) and is hosted to our Issuu page (https://issuu.com/ departamentiitheologjisedhekultures). Also, the journal has its own Academia (https://independent.academia.edu/AcademicJournalTheologyCulture) and Researchgate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theology_Culture) account and every article is accompanied by a Doi number.

For this second edition, we are publishing 6 more articles that refer to Sociology of Religion, Christian Ethics, Interfaith dialogue, Social Anthropology, History of Religions and English Literature. We would like to thank our contributors for this second edition and especially Dr. Penelope A. Anastasiadou, As. Prof. Christos Ν. Tsironis & As. Prof. Dimitrios A. Αndreadis-“Church and Philanthropy in the Healthcare Sector: A case study in a Greek Orthodox Diocese”, Dr. Efstathios C. Lianos Liantis-“The historical geopolitics of Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans: Aspects of coexistence between Orthodox Christianity and Islam”, Adjunct Lecturer Dr.

Georgia Sarikoudi-“Social Anthropology during socialism and postsocialism in South and Eastern Europe”, Lecturer Dr. Georgios Gaitanos-“Interfaith dialogue as a medium of peace building: official and unofficial mediation platforms”, As. Lecturer Msc. Thoma Çomëni-“Autonomy and bioethical challenge”, and Dr. Vasso Tsirevelou-“Eliot: cultural effects on barren and desolate land. Cultural ideologies in the poem, The Waste Land”. The Editorial Board Dr. Georgios Gaitanos Dr. Georgios Keselopoulos