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Problems in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy of Religion

edited by Imran Aijaz

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8070 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic philosophy of religion; Islam and philosophy; philosophical issues in Islam; philosophical debates in Islam; contemporary philosophical problems in Islam

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Religion, Liberalism and the Nation in East Asia

edited by

Yijiang Zhong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7058 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; secularity; liberty; citizen; public vs. private; citizen; nationalism; civil society

Whither Spirituality?

edited by

Morgan Shipley

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3245 | Submission Open

Keywords: spirituality; secular spirituality; spiritual but not religious; nones; spiritual; secularity; digital age; appropriation; public life; environmentalism; global spiritualities; spirituality and wellness

Management of Religious Diversity: Comparing and Contrasting Experiences across the World

edited by

Roberta Ricucci

and Juan Cruz Esquivel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2697 | Submission Open

Keywords: management of religious diversity; state; local level; comparative studies; integration; discrimination; religious minorities

Spirituality for Community in a Time of Fragmentation

edited by

Timothy Muldoon

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2155 | Submission Open

Keywords: spirituality; community; growth; decline; common good; justice; solidarity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)

Intersections of Religiousness/Spirituality and Forgiveness and Implications for Mental Health and Well-Being

edited by

Justyna Mróz

Loren Toussaint

and

Kinga Kaleta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1522 | Submission Open

Keywords: forgiveness; mental health; well-being; self-forgiveness; personal resources; faith; religiosity; trauma

Grief Care: Religion and Spiritual Support in Times of Loss

edited by Panagiotis Pentaris

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1418 | Submission Open

Keywords: grief care; spiritual support; religious copying

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)

Christian Missions and the Environment

edited by David Onnekink, Richard Darr and Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1054 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christianity; mission; ecology; environment; agriculture; colonialism; post-colonialism; RNGOs; global Christianity; creation care; earth-keeping

Preaching in Multicultural Contexts

edited by Eunjoo Mary Kim and

Namjoong Kim

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open

Keywords: culture; preaching; homiletics; multiculturalism; globalization; pluralism

Systematic Theology and Social Ethics: On the Unity of Theory and Praxis

edited by Miguel Escobar Torres and Matyas Szalay

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 437 | Submission Open

Keywords: systematic theology; community; society; ethics; practice; theory

Non-dual Techniques of Body, Energy and Consciousness: The Philosophy and Practice of Meditation

edited by Naoki Kashio and Jørn Borup

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: practice; prayer; consciousness; body; energy; bio-force; mind; soul; spirituality; psychosomatic technique; body– mind transformation; non-duality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Reviving Ancient Wisdom on the Northern Silk Road: Research on Old Uyghur Buddhism and Buddhist Scriptures

edited by Abdurishid Yakup

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: Old Uyghur Buddhism; Old Uyghur manuscript culture; transmission of religious knowledge; interaction of religions; translation technique of Buddhist scriptures; plurilingualism; Dunhuang; Turfan; the Northern Silk Road

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Examining Religion's Influence in Non-formal and Informal Educational Contexts: Beliefs, Practices and Narratives

edited by

Andrea Porcarelli

and Marco Guglielmi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and education; non-formal and informal educational contexts; learning society and religion; religious education; religious literacy; education and religious change; religious and secular narratives; interreligious dialogue and education

Peoples Linking the Shores: The Indian Ocean as an Islamic Space

edited by

Rüdiger Lohlker

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic world; Indian Ocean; pre-modern networks; Islamic law; Sufism; geography; Hajj; Islamic texts

The History of Religions in China: The Rise, Fall, and Return

edited by

Huaiyu Chen

and Minhao Zhai

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11850 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhism; Daoism; Chinese religions; Dunhuang; popular religion; Manichaeism; Nestorianism; manuscripts; ritual; material culture

Situating Religious Cognition

edited by

Timothy Stanley

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1820 | Submission Open

Keywords: situated cognition; extended mind theory; 4e cognition; phenomenology of religion; media studies; pragmatist studies of religion; hermeneutics; deconstruction

Beyond the “Spice Routes”: Indic and Sinitic Religions across the Asian Maritime Realm

edited by Andrea Acri and Francesco Bianchini

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1242 | Submission Open

Keywords: Indian Ocean studies; maritime history; Hinduism; Buddhism; Confucianism; folk religions; maritime Asia; maritime silk roads

Un-glossing East Asian Buddhism: Gender, Sangha and the State in the Early-Modern Era

edited by Sung-Eun Thomas Kim and Nam Lin Hur

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: East Asian Buddhism; societal relevance; early-modern era; Buddhist practices and ritualism; the Great East Asian War; Buddhism for the masses

Vivere Sine Proprio: The Relevance of Franciscan Spirituality for Today’s Big Questions

edited by Willem Marie Speelman

submission deadline 4 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: Franciscan spirituality; wicked problems; problem/mystery; poverty; social exclusion; interreligious dialogue; healthcare; sustainability; leadership; conflict

The Hebrew Bible in American Literature

edited by

Fay Ellwood

submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: American; literature; theology; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; poetry; novel; story; narrative

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Devotion Practice and Performative Expression in the Religious Art of Medieval Europe

edited by Barbara Crostini and Vlad Bedros

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7323 | Submission Open

Keywords: medieval art; materiality; performance; devotion; museum studies; iconoclasm; Byzantium

The Interplay between Religion and Culture

edited by

Bożena Gierek

and

Izabela Sołjan

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8689 | Submission Open

Keywords: architecture; art; belief; culture; landscape; myth; religion; ritual; symbol; value

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Religion and Social Transformation

edited by Robert D. Woodberry

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3134 | 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)

Inter-Religious Encounters in Architecture and Other Public Art

edited by Timothy Parker

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2986 | Submission Open

Divine Encounters: Exploring Religious Themes in Literature

edited by Enrique Santos Marinas and Svetlana Maliavina

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2230 | Submission Open

Keywords: sciences of religions; theology; epiphanies; theophanies; literature; mythology; myth criticism

Narrating the Divine: Exploring Biblical Hebrew Poetry and Narratives

edited by Sung Jin Park

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 592 | Submission Open

Keywords: biblical narratives; biblical poetry; biblical law; wisdom literature; prophetic literature; the Book of Job; divine narratives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Contemporary Changes and Transformations in the Islamic World

edited by

Yasir S. Ibrahim

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3399 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic Studies; decolonization; tradition; reform; feminism; gender; leadership; authority; Shari'a

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)

Disclosing God in Action: Contemporary British Evangelical Practices

edited by Andrew Rogers, Helen Collins and Israel Olofinjana

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 468 | Submission Open

Keywords: evangelicalism; contemporary; British; practices; divine action; theological reflection

Minds as Creaturely and Divine

edited by

Joshua Farris

, Benedikt Paul Göcke and

Timothy Kleiser

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 20547 | Submission Open

Keywords: divine minds; human minds; neuroscientific theology; minds and liturgy; deified minds

Mystical Theology and Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Volume II

edited by

Stefan Tobler

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14515 | Submission Open

Keywords: mysticism; Sufism; Islam; Christianity; Christology; hermeneutics; religious experience; interreligious dialogue; Muslim– Christian dialogue; mystical theology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Chinese Christianity: From Society to Culture

edited by

Tiangang Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6016 | Submission Open

Keywords: jesuits; protestant missionaries’ activities; christian communities; nativization; contextualization of theology; rite; architecture; arts; customs

Interfaith Encounters: Religious Polemics from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period

edited by Golda Akhiezer

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3513 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious polemics; public disputations; polemical literature; theology; methodology; typology; comparative religions

Pilgrimage Routes, Sacred Places, and Contribution to Territories’ Sustainable Development

edited by

Fátima Matos Silva

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3404 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious places and regional planning; sacred sites and sustainability; universal accessibility in religious places; universal accessibility in routes and trails; religious routes and trails and sustainability; pilgrims and sustainability; religions and cultural heritage; resilience pilgrimage and motivations; sacred sites and evolution ecumenic; places of worship and religious tourism; cultural and religious routes and trails; the transformational potential of visiting holy sites; inner/outer experiences; secular/non-confessional trails; religion and commerce; religion and museums; religion and historical art

Mysticism Reloaded: Innovative Approaches, Methods, and Theories to Study Mysticism

edited by

Ali Qadir

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2313 | Submission Open

Keywords: mysticism; methods in religion; comparative research; interdisciplinary theories of religion

Jainism and Narrative

edited by Eva De Clercq

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 815 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Institutional Innovation and Tradition: Understanding Changes and Continuities in Religious Leadership, Communication, and Technology Ethics

edited by Pauline Cheong and Ilona Nord

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 714 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious organizations; innovation; leadership; communication; ethics; artificial intelligence; technology; agency; authority; community

Cancer and Theology: Personal and Pastoral Perspectives

edited by Brian C. Macallan and Ronald T. Michener

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer and theology; suffering; disease; hope and cancer; healing

Geopolitics and Religion(s): Neglected Topics in the Current World Crisis

edited by Vendulka Kubalkova and Renat Shaykhutdinov

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: beyond religion as soft power only; religion(s) and geopolitics; against west-and Euro-centrism; international political theology and geopolitics; the ‘ holy’ and ‘ mundane’ in world politics; competing and complementary narratives in religion and geopolitics; strategic narratives in international relations (IR) sharp and smart power in IR; BRICS

Female Visions: The Religious Visual Culture of Contemporary Female Islamic Mysticism

edited by

Sara Kuehn

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: contemporary Sufism; Islamic mysticism; female mysticism in Islam; Sufi art and aesthetics; religious visual culture in Islam; vision and visuality; imaginations; visualizations; dreams; sacred artefacts; sacred space

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Asceticism, Mysticism, and the Affirmation of the World in Christianity and Islam

edited by

Rico G. Monge

and

Elliott Bazzano

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6845 | Submission Open

Keywords: asceticism; mysticism; comparative theology; comparative religions; Christianity; Islam; Sufism

Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation

edited by Steve R. Guthrie and Adam A. Perez

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 1060 | Submission Open

Keywords: worship; music; children; intergenerational; spirituality; contemporary worship; praise and worship; spiritual formation

Pastoral Care in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

William Schmidt

and Jody Clarke

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: pastoral care; pastoral counseling; spiritual accompaniment; systems care; spirituality; pastoral theology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)

Natural Sciences as a Contemporary Locus Theologicus

edited by Jacek Rodzeń and Paweł Polak

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3622 | Submission Open

Keywords: science and religion; natural sciences; theology; scientific rationality; science as a value; aim(s) of science; scientific worldview; theology of science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Consciousness between Science and Religion

edited by Sibylle Trawöger

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: consciousness; soul; body; mind; awareness; dialogue between science and religion; theological anthropology

Resurrection and New Creation in Ephesians

edited by

J. David Stark

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: resurrection; new creation; Ephesians; Paul; eschatology

Intellectual Crossroads: Religion, Knowledge, and Science in the Early Modern World

edited by Andrew Keitt and Ismael del Olmo

submission deadline 17 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 733 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge; science and religion; preternatural; superstition; astrology; cosmology; physico-theology; scientific revolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Clashing Civilizations and Civilizational Identities in Populist Discourses

edited by

Ihsan Yilmaz

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32688 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Religion, Society, Politics and Digital Technologies

edited by

Ihsan Yilmaz

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18540 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious authority; religious digital mobilization; digital reilgion(s); religious populism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)

Global Catholicism

edited by Bryan Froehle and Massimo Faggioli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6648 | 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

Religious Ethics and Law: A Comparative Perspective

edited by

János Jany

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5345 | Submission Open

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