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), and an associate editor for 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.
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
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
Journal Article: Teaching democracy by teaching supernaturalism
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2019). Teaching democracy by teaching supernaturalism. Religions, 10 (8), 482. doi: 10.3390/rel10080482
Dynamic Tension: Knowledge, Being, and Time between Theological Metaphysics and Continental Philosophy
Doctor Philosophy
(2018) Doctor Philosophy
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
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.
World religions and their missions
Aaron J. Ghiloni ed. (2015). World religions and their missions. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang.
John Dewey among the theologians
Ghiloni, Aaron (2012). John Dewey among the theologians. New York, United States: Peter Lang Publishing. doi: 10.3726/978-1-4539-0589-0
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Teaching democracy by teaching supernaturalism
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2019). Teaching democracy by teaching supernaturalism. Religions, 10 (8), 482. doi: 10.3390/rel10080482
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Muhammad, Education, and Finitude
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2016). Muhammad, Education, and Finitude. Religious Education, 111 (3), 288-306. doi: 10.1080/00344087.2015.1132519
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.
On writing interdisciplinary theology
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2013). On writing interdisciplinary theology. Practical Theology, 6 (1), 9-33. doi: 10.1179/pra.6.1.bp158hp6266484mr
'Gumboot religion': religious responses to an Australian natural disaster
Ghiloni, Aaron J. and Shaw, Sylvie (2013). 'Gumboot religion': religious responses to an Australian natural disaster. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 7 (1), 27-48. doi: 10.1558/jsrnc.v7i1.27
Ghiloni, Aaron (2011). Is formation education?. Journal of Christian Education, 54 (3), 29-41. doi: 10.1177/002196571105400305
Interreligious education: what would Dewey do?
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (2011). Interreligious education: what would Dewey do?. Religious Education, 106 (5), 476-493. doi: 10.1080/00344087.2011.613345
A Deweyan reading of the doctrine of creation
Ghiloni, A. J. (2009). A Deweyan reading of the doctrine of creation. Journal of Christian Education, 52 (1), 45-55. doi: 10.1177/002196570905200106
Theology as Education: John Dewey in Dialogue with Christian Doctrine
Aaron J. Ghiloni (2010). Theology as Education: John Dewey in Dialogue with Christian Doctrine. PhD Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics, The University of Queensland.
Dynamic Tension: Knowledge, Being, and Time between Theological Metaphysics and Continental Philosophy
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor