Special Issues

Religions publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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The Catholic Encounter with Chinese Thought, Society and Politics in the Ming–Qing Dynasties
edited by Thierry Meynard
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13276 | Submission Open
Keywords: late Ming and early/mid-Qing; Catholic studies; history of Chinese Catholicism; Western missionaries; Chinese Christians; global– local perspectives; Chinese– Western cultural exchange.
Catholic Education and Pope Francis’ Dream for a Synodal Church submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9581 | Submission Open
Keywords: synod; synodality; Catholic education; pedagogy; Church; Pope Francis; teaching; religious education; faith formation; governance; Catholic schools; Catholic higher education; leadership; discernment; decision making; bishops; teachers; parish; Gravissimum educationis; Vatican
Current Trends in Pauline Research: Philippians
edited by Isaac Blois and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 8953 | Submission Open
Keywords: Philippians; hermeneutics; pauline studies; ethics; early Christianity; comparative studies; Paul within Judaism; social scientific studies; social identity theory; Carmen Christi; Christ Hymn
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Pastoral Theology in a Multi-Crisis Environment
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4211 | Submission Open
Keywords: epidemic; environmental disaster; war; economic crisis; threat; risk; loss; pastoral support
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religious Conflict and Coexistence in Korea
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1909 | Submission Open
Keywords: Korean religion; religious conflict; interreligious dialogue
Climate Crisis and Religions/Spirituality
edited by Takeshi Kimura
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; climate crisis; environment; sustainability; intergenerational ethics
Middle East Religions from Comparative Perspectives—How Religion Is Shaping the Middle East
edited by and Zofia Sawicka
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1410 | Submission Open
Keywords: diversity of religions; Middle East; interreligious dialogue; intercultural communications; religion and politics; religious identity; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism
Sikhi, Sikhs and Caste: Lived Experiences in a Global Context
edited by Opinderjit Kaur Takhar
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1059 | Submission Open
Keywords: activism; /bani/; caste; egalitarianism; endogamy; equality; legislation; Panjabi culture; pollution; purity; Sikhi; /zat/
Vulnerability in Theology, the Humanities and Social Sciences submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open
Keywords: vulnerability; resilience; vulnerance; dispositive of power; gender perspectives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Dissolutions of Monasteries
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 422 | Submission Open
Keywords: monasteries; secularisation; anticlericalism; comparative history
Interreligious Dialogue and Conflict
edited by Georgios Trantas
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; war; conflict; reconciliation; religioscapes; soft power; Europe; Middle East; Balkans; Russia
Zoroastrianism: History, Texts, Exegesis
edited by Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo and Enrico G. Raffaelli
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open
Keywords: Zoroastrianism; Avesta; Pahlavi; New Persian; Gujarati; exegesis; Iran; India
Religious Wonder in Pre-Modern Korea: Its Social, Cultural, Political Aspects
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Keywords: wonder; yŏnghŏm; lingyan; Korea; Korean religion; Korean Buddhism; Korean Confucianism; Korean folk religion; Korean Catholicism
Religion and Medicine: Expanding Understandings of Human Flourishing
edited by and Monnica T. Williams
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10465 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; medicine; spirituality; holism; ritual and ceremonial healing; somatic healing; psychedelic healing
Divine Logos in Translation: Philosophy and Biblical-Exegesis in Context submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8130 | Submission Open
Keywords: translation; exegesis; divine revelation; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; philosophy; science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion and Public Agenda: Complexity and the Challenges of the Common Home submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7967 | Submission Open
Keywords: common home; complexity; public theology; religious studies; interculturality; 2030 agenda; Laudato si’ ; sustainable development goals; Pope Francis; transdisciplinarity
Religions and Violence: Dialogue and Dialectic
edited by Eric Morrow and
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 730 | Submission Open
Climate Change and Religion: Challenges, Changes and Next Steps in Theology and Praxis
edited by Ryan LaMothe and Storm Swain
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open
Keywords: Anthropocene; care; climate change; climate distress; eco-emotions; ethics; moral injury; pastoral theology; practical theology; religious experience; trauma
Dolls and Idols: Critical Essays in Neo-Animism
edited by Fabio Gygi and Alisha SAikia
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open
Keywords: animism; neo-animism; dolls; idols; relationality; attachment
Medieval Judaism and Jewish Diaspora: With an Emphasis on Crypto-Judaism
edited by Lúcia Helena Costigan and Gabriel Mordoch
submission deadline 5 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval Judaism; early modern Judaism; Jewish diaspora; Crypto-Judaism; marranos; anussim; Jewish history; forced conversion; diaspora communities; Jewish identity; middle ages; cultural contributions; persecution; religious practices; interdisciplinary studies; inquisition
Saints and Cities: Hagiography and Urban History submission deadline 16 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 838 | Submission Open
Keywords: history; hagiography; saints; shrines; medieval Europe; cities; urban history; urban life
The Concept of God: The Intersection of Classical Theism and Relational Theism
edited by John C. Peckham
submission deadline 17 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2596 | Submission Open
Keywords: doctrine of God; God– world relationship; classical theism; relational theism; neo-classical theism; attributes of God; nature of God; creator– creature distinction; theology proper; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Shared Religious Education
edited by , Janet Orchard and Karlo Meyer
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious education; shared education; inter-religious learning; worldviews education; interfaith dialogue
Liturgy between Tradition and Contemporary Practice
edited by Pavel Kopeček
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open
Keywords: liturgy and religion; experience; worship; secularity; culture; theology; liturgy; interdisciplinarity; virtuality; ritual; anthropology; celebrating; church; ecclesiology; community
Pastoral and Spiritual Care in Pluralistic Societies submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12487 | Submission Open
Keywords: pastoral care; spiritual care; interreligious; intercultural; spirituality; spiritual needs; health care chaplaincy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Global Catholicism
edited by Bryan Froehle and Massimo Faggioli
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4012 | Submission Open
Keywords: case study; catholicity; circle method; culture; development of doctrine; ecclesiology; hermeneutics; intercultural theology; interdisciplinarity; method; methodology; Missio Dei; missiology; political economy; practical theology; sensus fidelium; sensus fidelium fidei; synodality; world Christianity; world regions
Medieval Theology and Philosophy from a Cross-Cultural Perspective submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13648 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval Christian theology and philosophy; medieval Muslim theology and philosophy; medi-eval Jewish theology and philosophy; medieval cross-cultural study; theology vs philosophy in medieval period; Greek heritage of medieval philosophy and theology
Spirituality, Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11773 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; religion; resilience; trauma; posttraumatic growth; spiritual intelligence; spiritually sensitive practise; best practice
Ideas and Images Serving Christianity: Words Illustrated by Forms and Forms Explained by Words submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10295 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Cristian doctrine; Patrology; theology; Christian iconography; Church history; medieval culture; Christian society; popular devotion; religious experience; liturgical hymns; interdisciplinary studies; Middle Ages; Renaissance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Texts, Interpretations, and Reception Histories in Chinese Christianity
edited by Qinghe Xiao and Naomi Thurston
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8094 | Submission Open
Keywords: texts; interpretations; Chinese Christianity; core terms and concepts; theological reception; recep-tion history; hymns; Chinese Christian literature
Worship and Faith Formation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7711 | Submission Open
Keywords: worship; liturgy; faith formation; ritual studies; practical theology; religious education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The History of Religions in China: The Rise, Fall, and Return
edited by and Minhao Zhai
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6725 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; Daoism; Chinese religions; Dunhuang; popular religion; Manichaeism; Nestorianism; manuscripts; ritual; material culture
Contemporary Religion, Media and Popular Culture submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6004 | Submission Open
Keywords: contemporary religion; mediatization; popular culture; mass culture; emerging media; power
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Multilingualism in Religious Musical Practice submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4579 | Submission Open
Keywords: multicultural worship; multilingualism; music; justice; care; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Buddhist Literature and Art across Eurasia
edited by Ming Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4016 | Submission Open
Keywords: Eurasia; Buddhist literature; Buddhist art; trans-media; text– image interaction
Constructing the ‘European Muslim Crisis’: Discourse, Policy, and Everyday Realities
edited by Tahir Abbas, Richard McNeil-Willson and Lianne Vostermans
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2946 | Submission Open
Keywords: crisis; nationalism; Islamophobia; identity construction; othering
Celluloid Jesus—Beyond the Text-Centric Paradigm
edited by Chan Sok Park, and Teng-Kuan Ng
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2362 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and film; religion and visual and material culture; Jesus; biblical studies; film studies; media studies; world cinema
Renewal, Innovation, and Transformation: The Changing Face of Judaism in Modern Times
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2300 | Submission Open
Reclaiming Voices: Women's Contributions to Baptist History
edited by Melody Maxwell
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1556 | Submission Open
Keywords: Baptist; woman; gender; church; Christianity; Protestant; history
Buddhist Art, Artifact and Culture Worldwide
edited by Karil J. Kucera
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1519 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; global; worldwide; local; Buddhist art; Buddhist material culture; Buddhist artifacts; Buddhist sacred site; Buddhist constructed space; Buddhist architecture; pagoda; cave; temple; relic; sculpture; painting; print; image; icon; transnational exchange
The Intercultural Hermeneutics of the Bible in Aotearoa-New Zealand
edited by John Hans de Jong
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1511 | Submission Open
Keywords: Aotearoa-New Zealand; Māori; Christianity; Bible; colonialism; missonaries; ātua
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Role of Religions in Multiple Modern Societies: The Global South
edited by Cristian Parker and Daniel Gutiérrez Martínez
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1436 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiple modernities and religion; role of religions in the global south; religion and politics in the global south; lived and popular religions in the global south; modernization and religions; diverse emerging religious and spiritual expressions; framing modernity through religious belief
C. S. Lewis and Film
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1328 | Submission Open
Keywords: C. S. Lewis; film; personal heresy; an experiment in criticism; chronicles of Narnia; theology; Christian literary theory; Shadowlands; Disney
The Interreligious Dialogue: Philosophical Perspectives submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1285 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious experience; hermeneutics of religious experience; phenomenology of religion; theory of intercultural dialogue; intercultural studies; interreligious studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Consciousness, Spirituality, Well-Being, and Education
edited by Mark Thurston
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; religious experience; well-being; higher education; consciousness studies; mindfulness meditation; dreams; resilience; meaning; positive psychology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religion and/of the Future submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 608 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; future; technology; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; new religious movements; neuroscience; brain; well-being
Śākta Purāṇas in Hindu Religious Practice, Text, and History
edited by Patricia Dold
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 518 | Submission Open
Keywords: Śākta Purāṇas; Devī Purāṇa; Devī Bhagavata Purāṇa; Kālikā Purāṇa; Mahābhāgavata Purāṇa; Upapurāṇas; Śākta texts; Śākta narrative; Śāktism; Hindu Goddesses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Interreligious Peacebuilding in a Global Context
edited by Mohammed Abu-Nimer
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and peace; interreligious peacebuilding; peace and justice; interfaith and intrafaith dialogue; religion; diplomacy; religion and development; globalization and interreligious peace; freedom of religion and beliefs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The Swiss Reformation 1525–2025: New Directions
edited by Bruce Gordon
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: Swiss reformation; reformed theology; lived religion; church history; communication networks; early modern religious cultures; social history; religious politics
Paul among Jews and Christians: Redescribing the “Jewishness” of Paul and His Receptions
edited by Rafael Rodriguez
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: Paul within Judaism; undisputed Pauline letters; disputed Pauline letters; Pauline tradition; Paul in Acts; Pauline apocrypha; “ parting of the ways” ; Second Temple Judaism; Church Fathers
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