Kollontai, Professor Pauline C. H.

• Professor of Higher Education in Theology and Religious Studies
• Department of Religion, Politics and International Relations

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Article

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2015) Emotional intelligence in higher education: using art in a philosophical discussion on God, evil and suffering. Research in Education, 93 (1). pp. 66-76.

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2010) Healing the heart in Bosnia‐Herzegovina: art, children and peacemaking. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 15 (3). pp. 261-271.

Kollontai, Pauline C.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2009) Women as Leaders: Contemporary Perspectives on the Roles of Women in Messianic Judaism. Women in Judaism: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal, 6 (1).

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2006) Between Judaism and Christianity: the case of Messianic Jews. Journal of religion and society, 8.

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2004) Messianic Jews and Jewish identity. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 3 (2). pp. 195-205.

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2003) The Sacred Icon in the Contemporary World. The Expository Times, 114 (11). pp. 372-376.

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2002) Theodicy in a post-Holocaust world: the work of Dorothee Soelle. Theology. pp. 265-273.

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2000) Contemporary Thinking on the Role and Ministry of Women in the Orthodox Church. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 15 (2). pp. 165-179.

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 The Bloom Review one year on: multi-faith perspectives. The Methodist Recorder.

Book Section

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2024) Challenging the Religious Political Discourse and Practice of Racism in Israel. In: Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Yore, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6881-2579, (eds.) Religion in Diverse Societies: Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust. London and New York, Routledge

Kollontai, P. C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2023) Spotlight: A Jewish Perspective on Democracy and Minority Rights in Israel. In: Schliesser, Christine, (ed.) On the Significance of Religion for the SDGs: An Introduction. Religion Matters: On the Significance of Religion in Global Issues, V . London, Routledge, pp. 88-91

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2020) On Human Dignity and Rights: The Dialectics of Religious and Secular Law in Israel. In: Xie, Zhibin, Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Kim, Sebastian, (eds.) Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Social Justice. Springer, pp. 203-217

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2020) Promoting the Peaceable Garden Culture of Religion: The Challenges of Growing Inclusive and Just Community from the Perspective of Theology and Religious Studies. In: Jansen, Bettina, (ed.) Rethinking Community through Transdisciplinary Research. Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 249-264

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2017) Biblical Jewish Values on Care of the Stranger and the Neighbour in Israel: The Case of the Bedouin of the Negev. In: Kollontai, Pauline, Yore, Sue and Kim, Sebastian, (eds.) The role of religion in peacebuilding : Crossing Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust. Jessica Kingsley, pp. 260-285

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2017) Who is My Neighbour? The Laïcité-Islam Encounter in France. In: Kim, David William, (ed.) Religious encounters in transcultural society : collision, alteration, and transmission. Lexington Books, pp. 23-46

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2015) Art in a Theological and Philosophical Discussion on Theodicy and Moral Evil. In: Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Yore, Sue, (eds.) Mediating Peace: Reconciliation Through Art, Music and Film. Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars, pp. 57-73

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2015) ‘Inter-Religious Work for Peace through Globalized Transnational Civil Society. In: Herrington, L., MacKay, A. and Haynes, J., (eds.) Nations Under God: Religion and Geopolitics. London, E-IR Publications, pp. 176-186

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2015) Storytelling in Religious Education: Promoting Respect and Empathy in Diverse Communities. In: Gross, Z. and Davies, L., (eds.) The Contested Role of Education and Conflict and Fragility. Sense Publishers, pp. 217-234

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2014) Finding a Way Forward Together: Religion and Cosmopolitanism in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: Rovisco, Maria and Kim, Sebastian, (eds.) Religion, Cosmopolitanism and Public Life. Routledge, pp. 48-67

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2014) Finding a Path to a Common Future: Religion and Cosmopolitanism in the Context of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: Rovisco, Maria and Kim, Sebastian, (eds.) Cosmopolitanism, Religion and the Public Sphere. Abingdon, Oxon and New York, Routledge, pp. 48-67

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2014) Come to the Edge and Reach Over: Christian and Muslim Women Creating Communities of Trust. In: Khadar, J. and Twal, I., (eds.) Christian Muslim Relations: From Theocracy to Secularism and Between. University of Bethlehem

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2013) Adopting a peace education approach in religious schools: perspectives from Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: Buchanan, Michael, (ed.) Leadership and Religious Schools: International Perspectives and Challenges. London, Bloomsbury, pp. 69-88

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2012) Feminism and faith: women building peace and reconciliation in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Noake, Richard, (eds.) Building communities of reconciliation. Volume II: Christian responses to situations of conflict. Nanumsa: South Korea, pp. 175-200

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2012) The Sacred Icon: Confronting the Anthropocentrism of a Secularized World. In: Gibson, Stephen and Mollan, Simon, (eds.) Representations of Peace and Conflict. Rethinking Political Violence . Palgrave, pp. 226-244

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2008) Religion as a tool for waging peace: theoretical perspectives in the context of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: Kim, Sebastian, Kollontai, Pauline and Hoyland, Gregory, (eds.) Peace and reconciliation in search of shared identity. Ashgate Publishing Limited

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2007) Transplanting religion: defining community and expressing identity. In: Kim, Sebastian and Kollontai, Pauline, (eds.) Community identity: dynamics of religion in context. T & T Clark, pp. 57-68

Conference or Workshop Item

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2024) Repentance and Repair: Overcoming the Religious Political Agenda of Racism in Israel. In: Wesley House College, Global Research Seminar, 2nd May 2024, Wesley House College, Cambridge. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Lohmann, Friedrich (2023) 'Religion and Human Rights'. In: Religion Matters in Global Issues, 12th October 2023, Religions for Peace, New York.

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2023) Reflections on the Bloom Review - Does Government Do God? In: The Bloom Review One Year On: Multi-Faith Perspectives, 1st May 2024, Woolf Institute, Cambridge. (Submitted)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2023) ‘Childlessness and Fertility in Traditional Judaism: Religious and Political Realities in Israel’. In: GNPT 2023 Research Series Forum,, 13th March 2023. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2022) Counteracting Jewish Religious Exclusionist Theology and Religious Nationalism in the Struggle Against Racism and Violence in Israel. In: 6th Global Network for Public Theology Consultation,, 1-5 October 2022, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2022) Israel’s Geopolitical Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine. In: International Eurasia Conference, 13-16 July 2022, York St John University, York, UK. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2022) Religion Challenging Jewish Religious Extremist Violence in Israel. In: European Academy of Religion, 20-24 June 2022, University of Bologna, Italy. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2022) Judaism and Democracy in Israel: An Exploration with a Focus on Minority Rights. In: Institute for Social Ethics Seminar, 26 April 2022, University of Zurich. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2022) 'The Praxis of Hospitality in Contemporary Contexts: A Jewish Perspective’. In: 6th Global Network for Public Theology Consultation,, October 2022, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba. (Submitted)

Kollontai, Pauline C.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2022) Faith Matters: Lessons of Solidarity and Transformation in Faith-led Action and Multifaith Collaboration in Israel. In: PEACECON, 26-28 January 2022, Washington D. C.. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073, Schliesser, Christine and Kadayifci-Orellana, Ayse (2021) Religion Matters: A Conversation on Religion and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In: Religion and the SDGs, 22 July 2021, by Berkley Centre for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073, Schliesser, Christine and Kadayifci-Orellana, Ayse (2021) On the Significance of Religion in Conflict and Conflict Resolution. In: Religion, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Diverse Contexts, 24 March 2021, The UNESCO Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Innsbruck, Austria. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073, Schliesser, Christine and Kadayifci-Orellana, Ayse (2020) On the Significance of Religion in Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Israel, Rwanda and Pakistan. In: Religion, Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 14 Oct 2022, Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International Relations & Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction, Dublin City University. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073, Schliesser, Christine and Kadayifci-Orellana, Ayse (2020) ‘Religion and the 16th United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Building Just, Peaceful and Inclusive Societies’. In: .Religion and the UN SDGs, September 2022, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington D.C. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2019) An Examination of the Concepts of Religion and Violence in a Jewish-Democratic State. In: International Symposium on Religion and Violence, 18 March 2019, Centre of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, USA. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2017) Religion Promoting Communities of Peace and Security. In: International Conference on Peace and Sustainable Development, 15-18 May 2017, Mount Kenya University, Nairobi, Kenya. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2017) Jews, Palestinians and Bedouin: Land Rights in the Context of Jewish Teachings. In: U3A Symposium, 11 February 2017, FMH, York, UK. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2015) Religion, Democracy and Laïcité: Unequal Partners in the Land of Liberty and Equality? In: Religion and Multiculturalism, 4-5 May 2015, Kaye Academic College of Higher Education, Be'er Sheva, Israel,. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2014) Exploring Models of Religious Education in the Search for Building Values of Mutual Understanding, Empathy, and Critical Dialogue: Perspectives from Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: International Symposium on Religious Education and Values, 27 July - 1 August 2014, York St John University, York, UK. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2014) Gender Perspectives in Religious-based Peacebuilding: Women Building Peace and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: 25th IPRA Conference, 10 - 16 August 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2014) Story Telling in Religious Education: Promoting Respect and Empathy in Diverse Communities. In: Sarajevo International Peace Conference, 5 - 9 June 2014, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2013) Coming to the Edge and Reaching Over: Women and Muslim-Christian Dialogue. In: International Conference on Muslim-Christian Dialogue, 30 September - 4 October 2013, University of Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2013) Islamic Revivalism and the Media in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: 3rd Global Network of Public Theology Conference, 2-5 Sept 2013, University of Chester, UK. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2013) Peace Education in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In: EASRE Conference, 2 - 4 July 2013, York St John University, York, UK. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2012) Korean Children's Voices: Expressing a Theology of Peace and Unification through the Kid's Guernica International Peace Mural Project. In: 4th International Conference on Peace and Reconciliation, 5 - 9 November 2012, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. (Unpublished)

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2010) Faith-based Peace-making: Challenging the Dysfunctional Dynamics of a World in Crisis. In: Global Forum of Christian Organisations for North Korean Mission of Reconciliation, 20 - 23 June 2010, Youngnak Presbyterian Ministries, Seoul, South Korea. (Unpublished)

Book

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Yore, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6881-2579, eds. (2024) Religion in Diverse Societies : Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust. Routledge

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Lohmann, Friedrich (2023) On the Significance of Religion for Human Rights. London, Routledge

Schliesser, Christine, Kadayifci-Orellana, Ayse and Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2020) Religion Matters: On the Significance of Religion in Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Religion Matters: On the Significance of Religion in Global Issues, 1 . London, Routledge

Xie, Zhibin, Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Kim, Sebastian, eds. (2020) Human dignity, human rights, and social justice: A chinese interdisciplinary dialogue with global perspective. Springer

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073, Yore, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6881-2579 and Kim, Sebastian, eds. (2017) The Role of Religion in Peacebuilding. Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust. Jessica Kingsley

Kim, Sebastian, Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Yore, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6881-2579, eds. (2015) Mediating peace: reconciliation through visual art, music and film. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Noake, Richard (2012) Religion Creating Cultures of Peace. Nanumsa Publishers

Noake, Richard and Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073, eds. (2012) Building communities of reconciliation. Volume II: Christian responses to situations of conflict. Seoul, Nanumsa

Kollontai, Pauline C. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 and Nesfield, Victoria, eds. (2012) Building communities of reconciliation. Volume III: Christian theologies of peace and reconciliation. Seoul, Nanumsa

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2008) Peace and Reconciliation: In Search of Shared Identity. Aldershot, Ashgate

Kollontai, Pauline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-9073 (2007) Community identity: perspectives from theology and religious studies. London, T&T Clark