Special Issues

Religions runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build 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 in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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The Qur’ān and the Hermeneutics of Globality
edited by
submission deadline 3 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: aesthetics; I‘ jāz; Kalām; literary exegesis; philosophy; rhetoric; Shiite; Sunni; Sufi; Tafsīr (Riwāya; Dirāya; Nafsī; al-Qur’ ān bi’ l-Qur’ ān); Ta’ wīl; translation  
Ethics, Religion, and Peace
edited by Jove Jim S. Aguas, and
submission deadline 4 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 930 | Submission Open
Keywords: ethics; religion; peace; ethical issues; peacemaking; religious beliefs; religious and political conflicts
How Christianity Affects Public Policy submission deadline 8 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; economics; political science; political philosophy; public Health; government; social welfare and social work; sociology & social history; law; education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Judaism and African American Religions
edited by
submission deadline 8 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: African American religions; Jewish theology; Judaism and African American religions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Biblical Models of Leadership submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open
Keywords: leadership; organizational leadership; biblical leadership; ecclesial leadership; church leadership; religious leadership; moral leadership; values-based leadership; Christian leadership; ministerial leadership
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Skepticism and Tolerance: Moses Mendelssohn, Salomon Maimon, and Jewish Enlightenment Thought
edited by , Libera Pisano, Michah Gottlieb and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5466 | Submission Open
Keywords: Judaism; Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah); Skepticism; Tolerance; Education (Bildung); Exegesis; German Enlightenment; Religion; Philosophy; Reason
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religiosity and Spirituality in Philosophical Practice: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3435 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; religiosity; spirituality; counseling; pastoral counseling; psychological counseling; philosophical practice; philosophical counseling; philosophical therapy; philosophy of religion; Christianity; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism; Judaism; Daoism; mindfulness; meditation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The Study of Biblical Theology: Global Pentecostalism
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 795 | Submission Open
Keywords: Pentecostalism; Charismatic; Azusa Street Revival; Global Church Growth/Missions; William Seymour; women (or female) and minority leaders in Pentecostalism
Indigenous Psychologies at the Intersection of Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Times
edited by Natasha Tassell-Matamua and Eleanor Brittain
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 736 | Submission Open
Keywords: indigenous peoples; indigenous knowledges; spirituality; religion; colonization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Flora and Fauna in the Hebrew Bible
edited by Song-Mi Suzie Park
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open
Keywords: flora; fauna; plants; animals; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
New Testament and Christian Origins submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open
Keywords: theory of history; critical historiography; redescriptive theory of religion; Christian origins; early Christian literature; canonical bias; invention of tradition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religion and Social Transformation
edited by Robert D. Woodberry
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and economic development; religion and violence; religion and political institutions; religion and inequality; religion and slavery/abolition; religion and printing; religion and the origins of cumulative science; religion and inequality; religion and tolerance/religious liberty; religion and women’ s rights; religion and environmental degradation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Homiletical Theory and Praxis
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: homiletics; homiletical theory; preaching; aesthetics; eco-preaching; feminist homiletics; performance studies; practical theology; process theology; proclamation; postcolonial preaching; prophetic preaching; pulpit; rhetoric; trauma studies; wisdom; womanist homiletics
Building Religious Solidarity in the Wake of the Increased Global Migration
edited by Anja Zalta and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious solidarity; secularism; laicism; post-secularism; religious plurality; state; religions; migration; climate change; Christian solidarity; Muslim solidarity; Buddhist solidarity; Hindu solidarity; Global North; Global South; new religious movement solidarity; interreligious and intrareligious solidarity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Patristics: Essays from Australia
edited by Garry Trompf
submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Contemporary Religion, Media and Popular Culture submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1340 | 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)
The Impact of German Idealism on Religion
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 768 | Submission Open
Keywords: German Idealism; philosophy of religion; concept of religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Sacred Space and Religious Art submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 650 | Submission Open
Keywords: Middle Ages; sacred space; religious art and architecture; contemporary art and architecture
Catholic Education and Pope Francis’ Dream for a Synodal Church submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6276 | 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
Anthropological Perspectives on Diaspora and Religious Identities
edited by
submission deadline 23 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious identity; diasporas; anthropology; commonsense; strangeness; movement; sedentarism
The Relationship between Buddhist Worldviews and Contemplative Practices
edited by Yaroslav Komarovski
submission deadline 29 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1167 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist philosophy and contemplation; Buddhist models of the mind; body; path; and reality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Times of Crisis submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3369 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; crisis; religiosity; religious coping; well-being
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Gender, Violence and Islam submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open
(De)Colonizing Evangelical Christian Spirituality: Inheritance, Interrogation, and Improvisation
edited by Rolf Nolasco, Dong Hyeon Jeong and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open
Keywords: decolonial method; deconstruction; evangelical spirituality; colonialism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Interreligious Peacebuilding in a Global Context
edited by Mohammed Abu-Nimer
submission deadline 30 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 128 | 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)
Inter-religious Relations: Prejudices and Conflicts—Dialogue and Integration submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 26842 | Submission Open
Keywords: inter-religious relations; religious pluralization; prejudice; conflict; dialogue; integration; globalization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Spirituality and Positive Psychology submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20657 | Submission Open
Keywords: positive psychology; well-being; spirituality; growth; mindfulness; meaning in life; wholeness; spiritual development; character strengths; PTG; hope; resilience; awe; elevation; self-transcendence; wholeness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Augustine’s Concept of God and His Trinitarian Thought submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4897 | Submission Open
Keywords: Augustine; Metaphysical foundation of His Thought; Trinitarian Theology; Concept of God; Christology; Pneumatology; Neoplatonism; Manichaeism; Pelagianism; Doctrine of Grace; Neo-Nicenism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Supernatural in East Asia
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4561 | Submission Open
Keywords: narrative; strange animals; ghosts; demons; immortals; sacred mountains; underworld; parallel universes; magical skills; Buddhism; Daoism; Shamanism; China; Korea
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Role of Religion in Marriage and Family Life
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4259 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; marriage; family life
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Medieval Theology and Philosophy from a Cross-Cultural Perspective submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3036 | 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
Medieval Philosophy and Religious Thought
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2988 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval philosophy; medieval religious thought
The Influence of Religion on Media Discourse submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2777 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; religious values; media discourse; media manipulation; media culture; ideology  
The Catholic Encounter with Chinese Thought, Society and Politics in the Ming–Qing Dynasties
edited by Thierry Meynard
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1221 | 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.
Archaeology of Religion, Ideas and Aspirations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1147 | Submission Open
Multilingualism in Religious Musical Practice submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open
Keywords: multicultural worship; multilingualism; music; justice; care; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The History of Religions in China: The Rise, Fall, and Return
edited by and Minhao Zhai
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 942 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; Daoism; Chinese religions; Dunhuang; popular religion; Manichaeism; Nestorianism; manuscripts; ritual; material culture
Jewish Visual Culture
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 865 | Submission Open
Keywords: Jewish; visual arts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Sin, Sex, and Democracy: Politics and the Catholic Church submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 725 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender ideology; Humanae Vitae; conservative Catholic gropus; public debate; Catholic discourse reconfiguration; Catholic church  
Gender, Religion, and Disasters: Experiences, Practices, and Transformations in the 21st Century submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open
Keywords: gendered experiences; religion; spiritualities; faith traditions; disasters; transformations; contemporary rituals and practices; climate change
Muslim Women in the 21st Century: Agency, Influence, and Lived Experience
edited by , and Rachel Woodlock
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open
Keywords: islam; muslim; gender; women; agency; influence; lived experience; leadership; muslim feminism; transnational identities; islamophobia; inclusion; women and religious law; stereotypes; diveristy; social conditions; lived religion; race and class
Theology and the Arts: Embodied Belief submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open
Keywords: theology and the arts; ritual; embodiment; performance; incarnation; liturgical studies
Rethinking Digital Religion, AI and Culture
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religion; AI; technology; religions; digital culture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Inter-Religious Encounters in Architecture and Other Public Art
edited by Timothy Parker
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open
Christian Religious Perspectives Regarding, Ethics, Faith and Work submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion in the workplace; ethics; workplace theology; faith at work
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Constructing Theologies in Oceania
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Māori; Pasifika; land; water; reconciliation; hermeneutics; post-colonial; settler culture; contextualisation; Talanoa; Oceania
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
How to Do Real Things with Sacred Words—Performative Speech in World Religions
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: performativity and perlocutivity; cosmogony; cosmology; theurgy; blessing and cursing; prophetic word
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Otherness-Reception and Self-Rediscovery in the Dialogue and Comparative Study of Christianity and Buddhism
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Buddhism; comparative study; inter-faith dialogue; theologian; master; cultural difference; divinity; reality; morality; self-understanding; otherness-reception; benefit; consummate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
American Church History: Revivals and Awakenings
edited by Douglas M. Strong
submission deadline 1 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: revivals; revivalism; awakenings; camp meetings; social reform; abolitionism; antislavery; racial justice; women’ s rights; temperance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Space for Worship in East Asia
edited by and
submission deadline 5 Jan 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6359 | Submission Open
Keywords: space for worship; East Asia; ritual space; Buddhist architecture; Daoist architecture; Shinto shrine; Confucian temple; mosque; shrines; Christian church; monastic practice; sacred mountains; sacred landscape; pilgrimage site
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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