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Innovative Approaches to Religious Pluralism: Integrating Law, Policies and Practice

edited by Eugenia Relaño Pastor and

Kyriaki Topidi

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6166 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious pluralism; governance of diversity; secularism and state neutrality; legal recognition of religious minorities; equality; freedom of religion or belief (FoRB)

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

Temple Art, Architecture and Theatre

edited by

Xiaohuan Zhao

, Duanfang Lu and Qing Chang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2707 | Submission Open

Keywords: temple; art; architecture; theatre

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

Chinese Religious Cultures: Historical Traditions and Modern Interpretations

edited by

Yuehua Chen

, Chuanhui Zeng,

Zhejia Tang

and Xuedan Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 27 articles | Viewed by 49440 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern interpretations; Chinese religious cultures; Buddhist culture; Daoist culture; Islamic culture; Christian culture; Chinese folk religion; Confucian religious thoughts

Religion, Mobility, and Transnational History

edited by Anthony Miller

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14036 | Submission Open

Keywords: pilgrims; mobility; transnational turn; refugees; missionaries; migrants; border crossing; orthodoxy; cultural adaptation

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

Religious Symbols and Fashion: Identification, Representation and Regulation in Dress

edited by

Alberto Fabio Ambrosio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13101 | Submission Open

Keywords: fashion and religions; symbolism of clothing; philosophy and theology of clothing and fashion; art; clothing; fashion; and theology; modern adaptations and fashion; mystical practices and rituals; gender roles and distinctions; personal and spiritual connection; spiritual practice and devotion; interreligious and interspiritual dialogue; spirituality and contemporary culture

Religious Transmission Across Generations: Challenges, Continuities, and Changes

edited by Christel Gärtner and

Roberta Ricucci

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8671 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious transmission; young peoples belief; nones; atheism; cultural religion; religious education; religious institutions

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

Buddhist Art Along the Silk Road and Its Cross-Cultural Interaction

edited by

Liming Zhang

and Yinggang Sun

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5623 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist art; Asian civilizations; the Silk Road; mutual learning through exchange; Sinicization of Buddhism; Gandhara

Seeking Truth and Meaning: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion and Philosophy

edited by B. Keith Putt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3505 | Submission Open

Keywords: truth; meaning; philosophy; religion; interdisciplinary perspectives

The Politics of Digital Religiosities

edited by Anustup Basu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3027 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital religion; digital politics; neopaganism; digital fundamentalisms; social media studies; minoritarian politics; majoritarian politics; religious nationalism; media and politics

Spirituality, Culture, and Sustainability: Integrating Cultural Sensitivity into Responsible Religious Tourism

edited by

Tomasz Duda

and

Silvia Aulet

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2220 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious tourism; pilgrimage; sustainable development; cultural sensitivity; spirituality; religious sensitivity; regenerative tourism; accessible tourism; heritage; interpretation

Anthropology and Religion: Rethinking Identity in a Fragmented Cultural Landscape

edited by Teresa Aizpun and Raúl Madrid

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2057 | Submission Open

Keywords: identity; anthropology; culture; philosophy; deconstruction; posthumanism; religion; selfhood; technology; subjectivity

Words and Images Serving Christianity

edited by María Jesús Soto-Bruna and

Mirela Oliva

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2051 | Submission Open

Keywords: word— verbum; meaning— sensus; processio— emanatio; creation; mirror— speculum; light; darkness; visio; colors; image— imago; soul; sacred; spirituality; Christianity

Theoretical and Behavioral Approaches to the Growth of Soka Gakkai International (SGI)

edited by

Kwangsuk Yoo

and

Andrew Eungi Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1807 | Submission Open

Keywords: Soka Gakkai International; Buddhist lay movement; Buddhist social engagement; Buddhist citizenship; Buddhist growth; Buddhist humanitarianism; Buddhist global community

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

A Sociological Approach to the Study of the Sanskrit Purānas

edited by Joël Dubois and Deven M. Patel

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sanskrit; Purānas; sociological analysis; historical analysis; storytelling lineages

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

Worship in the 16th-Century Reformation: Theology and Practice

edited by

Hwarang Moon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 645 | Submission Open

Keywords: reformation worship; 16th-century liturgy; theology of worship; Word and Sacrament; sacramental theology; liturgical reform; worship and ecclesiology; ritual and worship

Through the Lens of a Realist Metaphysics: Gender and the Catholic Church

edited by Deborah Savage and Paul Gondreau

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: metaphysics; philosophical realism; gender; man and woman; Catholic church; human sexuality; complementarity; ordination

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

Healing the Earth: Spirituality and Planetary Health

edited by

Hans Alma

and

Pim Martens

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary health; existential concern; ecocentric worldview; ecological imagination; ecological distress; spiritual health; spiritual transformation

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

edited by Andrew Keitt and Ismael del Olmo

submission deadline 2 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4862 | 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)

The Legacy of the Nation of Islam: African American Muslim Identity and Religious Community Formation

edited by Francesco Tamburini

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: nation of Islam; African American Muslims; black religious movements; Islam in America; African American history; transnational Islam; black Islam

Religion, Spirituality, Well-Being and Positive Psychology

edited by Adam Anczyk, Halina Grzymała-Moszczyńska and Anna M. Maćkowiak

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2404 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychology of religion; spirituality; well-being; positive psychology; humanistic psychology; mindfulness; happiness and religion/spirituality; spirituality and mental health; religion and migration

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

History of Evangelization: Encounters and Disencounters During the Modern Age (16th–19th Centuries)

edited by

Jesús Folgado García

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: evangelization; Christianization; Papacy; Protestant reformation; Anglicanism; cultural adaptation; inculturation; cultural hybridization

The Theological Underpinnings of Ignatian Spirituality: From Historical Context to Contemporary Relevance

edited by

Eduard López Hortelano

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3131 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jesuit tradition; mystical theology; Society of Jesus; spiritual renewal; ecclesiastical reform; meditative practices; doctrinal development; faith and reason; ethical implications; cultural integration

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

Himalayan Ecospiritual Knowledges and Ethics of Sustainability in the Anthropocene

edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters,

Dan Smyer Yü

and Mary Evelyn Tucker

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28679 | Submission Open

Keywords: Himalayan– Tibetan highlands; religious ecology; spiritual environmentalisms; commoning; ethics; the Anthro-pocene

Religiosity and Psychopathology

edited by

Spyros Tsitsigkos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19387 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious depression; demon possession; demon obsession; religious hysteria; magic

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

Pilgrimage: Diversity, Past and Present of Sacred Routes

edited by Pedro Pereira and Marina Pignatelli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11226 | Submission Open

Keywords: pilgrimage; transits to sacred places; culture; religiosity; syncretism; gender; power relations; economy

New Testament Studies—Current Trends and Criticisms—2nd Edition

edited by Susanne Luther, Clarissa Breu and Birke Siggelkow-Berner

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3491 | Submission Open

Keywords: theories; methods; hermeneutics; New Testament

Philosophical Theology, Doctrine, and the Theological Virtues

edited by

Lee C. Barrett

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: theological theological virtues; faith; hope; love; cardinal virtues; theological anthropology; dispositions; virtue ethics; infused grace; merit

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

The Teaching of Pope Francis on Marriage

edited by Grzegorz Pyźlak

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: pope Francis; pastoral care of marriages; preparation for marriage; pastoral accompaniment; building the bonds; building the relation; psychological counselling; cultural and social background in the formation of marital love; education on values

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

Religion and Culture: Post-Christianity, Culture, Democracy, and Great Power Relations

edited by

G. Doug Davis

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-christianity; democracy; culture; great-power relations

Forced Migration and the Bible: Displacement, Statelessness, and Resiliency in Sacred Texts

edited by Roberto Mata

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2747 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate migration; trauma; borderlands; statelessness; neocolonialism

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

Advances and Challenges in Pastoral Psychology

edited by

Teofil Tia

and

Ioana Cristina Todor

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open

Keywords: pastoral psychology; digital pastoral care/tele-chaplaincy; trauma-informed ministry; positive psychology constructs; practical theology; clergy burnout; eco-psychology/creation care

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

Reframing Vodun: Imagery, Practice, and Performance

edited by Timothy R. Landry and

Sela Adjei

submission deadline 13 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vodú n; Vodou; Benin; Togo; Ghana; Haiti

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

Mysticism and Ethics: Bridging Transcendence and Action in Religious Experience

edited by

Silvia Bara Bancel

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3993 | Submission Open

Keywords: mysticism; ethics; action; love; virtues; god; religious experience; justice; transcendence; moral

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

Religion and Film in the 21st Century: Perspectives and Challenges

edited by Irena Sever Globan

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1977 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and film; transcendental style; theology and cinema; sacred and screen; religious aesthetics; spiritual expe-rience; media and religion; representation of religion; film and meaning; visual theology

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

Muslim Cultures of Care and the Fracture of Civil Society

edited by Kathleen M. Moore

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic ethics; moral economy; civil society; faith-based organizations; Muslims in diaspora; religion and governance; ethics of care; affective labor; spiritual care; pastoral care; intergenerational care; caring subjectivity

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

Religion and Restorative Justice

edited by Harold Dean Trulear

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: restorative justic; harmed party; responsible party; criminal justice reform; theological anthropology; redemption; punishment; accountability

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

Latin American Theology of Liberation in the 21st Century—2nd Edition

edited by

Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer

Alex Villas Boas

and

Peter Casarella

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1537 | Submission Open

Keywords: Latin American theology; theology of liberation; theology of the people; contextual theology; Pope Francis and Latin America; ecological theology; gender and theology; intercultural theology; social movements and religion

Critical Issues in Christian Ethics

edited by

Kenneth L. Waters

, Richard Rose and Sandra Morgan

submission deadline 23 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8847 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christian; conversion; discipleship; ethics; evil; faith; forgiveness; fruit of the spirit; God; gospel; good and bad; Heaven; Hell; holiness; justification; Jesus; judgment; justice; law; light; love; Paul; rebirth; religion; salvation; repentance; righteousness; right and wrong; Romans 12; sanctification; sin; the Ten Commandments; truth and lie; the Sermon on the Mount; works of the flesh

Family Health and Its Threats in the Physical, Mental, Religious–Moral, and Social Dimensions

edited by

Urszula Dudziak

and Piotr Guzdek

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5072 | Submission Open

Keywords: religions; marriage; family; moral norms; health; raising; Christianity; Judaism; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism

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

Religions and Society: Between Navigating Secularism and Lived Religion

edited by

Andrea Casavecchia

and Urszula Soler

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2205 | Submission Open

Keywords: spirituality; religions institutions and community; belief and technology; religions and IA; secularism and religion belonging

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

Body-Mind Relations and Ethical Living in Medieval Chinese Buddhism

edited by

Kai Sheng

and

Jing Guo

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: body– mind relations; mind– nature theory; embodied cognition; history of Buddhist ideas and social life; morality and belief

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

Monastic Lives and Buddhist Textual Traditions in China and Beyond

edited by Limei Chi,

Zhiyuan Chen

and Dewei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12196 | Submission Open

Keywords: monastic lives; Buddhist textual traditions; transmission and transformation of Buddhist texts; Buddhist manuscript culture; Buddhist biography and hagiography; Buddhist miracle tales

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

Experience and Non-Objects: The Limits of Intuition

edited by

Olga Louchakova-Schwartz

and

Michael D. Barber

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5548 | Submission Open

Keywords: God; subatomic particles; subjectivity; intuition; inwardness; religious cognition; Kant; Husserl; Merleau-Ponty; Henry

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

Continental Philosophy and Catholic Theology

edited by

Glenn Morrison

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4815 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christianity; Catholic; continental philosophy; theology; metaphysics; mystery; phenomenology; synodality; truth; wisdom

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

Peccata Lectionis

edited by Marton Hovanyi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4789 | Submission Open

Keywords: theory of reading; history of reading; interdisciplinarity; sin; Judaism; Christianity; literary and cultural criticism; biblical hermeneutics; constructive theology

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

The Encounter of Colonialism and Indian Religious Traditions

edited by Enrico Beltramini

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3991 | Submission Open

Keywords: India; religion; colonialism; mission; Christianity; Islam; Hinduism; assimilation; dialogue; practice; theology

Exploring Free Will in Faith Traditions in Conversation with Contemporary Challenges

edited by Nazif Muhtaroglu and Safaruk Chowdhury

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2539 | Submission Open

Keywords: human will; human authonomy; decision-making; accountability; faith traditions; artificial intelligence; neuroscience; cognitive psychology

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

Buddhist Meditation: Culture, Mindfulness, and Rationality

edited by

Heather Kempton

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1916 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhism; meditation; mindfulness; culture; psychology; philosophy; rationality; introspection; secularization; in-terdisciplinarity

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

Meeting at the Crossroads: Understanding the Intersection of Rhetoric, Race, and Religion

edited by

Andre E. Johnson

and Denise Burgher

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1867 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhetoric; race; religion; theology; rhetorical criticism; media; gender; religious communication; performance; social justice; social movements; political rhetoric

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

Sacred Algorithms: Religion in the Digital Age

edited by

Luís M. Figueiredo Rodrigues

and

Lana Kazkaz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1670 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital religion; algorithms; artificial intelligence; faith and technology; spiritual mediation; online ritual; religious authority; cybertheology; digital culture; contemporary spirituality

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