Crosswise Blog

Coordinated by Dr. Rosa Martinez-Cuadros, the Crosswise Blog welcomes concise articles that explore the social and cultural dimensions of the intersection between science, religion, and health.

If you are interested in contributing, please review our submission guidelines at the bottom of this page.

**Rethinking Moral Agency, Normative Piety, and Everyday Islam in the Context of Healing** Muge Akpina

**Health and Well-being in Times of COVID-19. Experiences from Latin American Women in Hamburg** Franca Webel

**Controversies and beliefs around the cryopreserved embryos in Argentina** Cecila Johnson

**New Models of Self-Restoration in Prison: Ethnography of Buddhism in Quebec Penitentiaries** Catherine de Guise

**Rythmic Routines: Folk music, Religiosity and Well-Being across China’s Borders** Lisa Spinelli

**A conflict between Islam and Science? Covid-19 Vaccines and Muslim communities in Barcelona and Tangier** Rosa Martínez-Cuadros

**Embryos in the Spotlight: Decoding Societal Imaginaries in the intersection of Sicence, Health and Belief** Gabriela Irrazabal

**Yoga, Science and Health: The Social and Discursive Construction of the Yoga Body** Matteo Di Placido

**The universalization of Spirituality** Rodrigo Toniol

**Ukugula kwabantu: Building bridges between biomedicine and the African healing traditions of Southern Africa** Sinethemba Makanya

**Submission Guidelines for the Crosswise Blog

We invite you to submit your work in Times New Roman, 12-point font, single-spaced format, either as a .docx or .rtf (Word) file. Your article should be between 600 to 800 words.

Content Style

Title: Choose a short, engaging title (we recommend no more than 15 words) and use clear, straightforward language throughout your piece.
Research Trajectory: Outline your academic background and explain how you arrived at your current research topic.
Key Research Question(s): State your research questions in plain, easy-to-understand language.
Why It’s Important: Describe the significance of your work. What are you contributing to the field, and why does it matter socially and scientifically?
Methods and Techniques: Explain how you conducted your research or how you plan to do it.
Findings: Share your main results or preliminary ideas on what you expect to discover.
Visual Material: We encourage you to include a picture to illustrate your research. Ideally, this should be something you captured during your fieldwork, such as a graphic, poster, ritual, or object. Visit our website for examples and inspiration.
Social Media Accounts: Provide any social media handles (e.g., X, Facebook, LinkedIn) for yourself or your organization that you’d like us to tag.

Once the checklist is complete, email your piece to rosa.m.cuadros@oslomet.no

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Crosswise Blog. We look forward to your submission!