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Jewish Thought in Light of Deleuze and Guattari Studies

edited by

Iddo Dickmann

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open

Keywords: continental philosophy; Deleuze; Guattari; Bible; Talmud; Kabbalah; Jewish philosophy

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

Orthodox Faith in Text and Image: Doctrinal Expressions in Church Culture

edited by Mihai Himcinschi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodoxy; spirituality; doctrine; mission; patristics; liturgy; deification; icon; mosaic; Byzantine

Muslim Da ’Wah and Christian Mission. New Perspectives in the Global Interfaith Context

edited by

Gaetano Sabetta

and Joseph Victor Edwin

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open

Keywords: mission in Christianity; Da ‘ wah in Islam; Muslim– Christian relations; interfaith dialogue

Transforming Religion in the Anthropocene

edited by

Patrick Becker

and

Claudia Gialousis

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 635 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropocene; globalization; technology; technological progress; ecological crisis; nature; (cultural) narratives; Human-nature-dynamics; (religious) worldviews

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

Daoist Inner Alchemy Atlas: Practice and Related Medicine, Thunder Rites and Iconology

edited by Wenhua Shen,

Yuhao Wu

and

Lu Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 16 articles | Viewed by 38333 | Submission Open

Keywords: inner alchemy; daoist medicine; thunder rites; iconology

Religions and Society: Between Navigating Secularism and Lived Religion

edited by

Andrea Casavecchia

and

Urszula Soler

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5694 | 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)

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

edited by

Hwarang Moon

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open

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

Religion, Ritual, and Healing—2nd Edition

edited by

Haiyan Xing

and Gerald Murray

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1623 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; spirit beliefs; ritual practices; specialist religious leaders; healing ; cultural systems; ethnography; symbols; transcendent realities; interdisciplinary dialogue

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

Reformed Theology in Dialogue: Faith, Culture, and Everyday Practice

edited by David Jensen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1225 | Submission Open

Keywords: reformed theology; confessions; revelation; authority; christology; covenant; divine sovereignty; sin; election

Revealing the Hidden: Apocryphal Texts and the Shaping of Religious Thought

edited by

Dorota Rojszczak-Robińska

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1106 | Submission Open

Keywords: apocrypha and pseudepigrapha; parabiblical tradition; biblical exegesis; devotional literature and culture

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

Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, Scientific, and Beyond—Second Edition

edited by

Jeffery D. Long

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1039 | Submission Open

Keywords: afterlife; metempsychosis; past life memory; past lives; paranormal; rebirth; reincarnation

Contemporary Johannine Scholarship: Texts, Contexts, and Trajectories

edited by

Martin Micallef

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 766 | Submission Open

Keywords: theological interpretation; narrative theology; christological analysis; pneumatological approach; symbolic interpretation; trinitarian reading; historical– contextual analysis; literary– critical method; reception history; intertextual reading

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

Religion and Migration in the Middle Ages (c.1100–c.1500): From a Religious Perspective, Redefining the Boundaries of Community and Identity

edited by Martial Staub and Lidia L. Zanetti Domingues

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: migration; religion; pluralism; late Middle Ages; refuge; respectability; resource; social groups; identity

Political Secularism, Religious Reform and International Relations

edited by Youssef Choueiri

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open

Keywords: enlightenment; colonialism; post-secularism; liberal secularism; Kemalism; diversity; pluralism

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

Contemporary Black Theology

edited by

Kurt Buhring

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open

Keywords: black theology; womanist theology; African American religion

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

Religion, Law, and Human Rights: Towards Equality and Inclusion

edited by

Maria Bhatti

and Jeremy Kingsley

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; law; human rights; equality; inclusion; pluralism; gender justice; secularism; freedom of belief; social justice

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

Religion and Eco-Anxiety: Pastoral and Ethical Perspectives

edited by

Przemysław Kantyka

and

Krzysztof Smykowski

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecology; eco-theology; eco-anxiety; God’ s creation; environment; sustainability; ethics; pastoral teachings for the environment; responsible management of environment

Outworking the “Birds of the Air”: Early Christians’ Attitudes Toward Labor and Work

edited by

Andrea Annese

and Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: early Christianity; labor and work; eschatological expectations; apocalypticism; delay of the eschaton; early Christ groups; early Christians and ethics; attitudes toward the environment

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

Jewish Intellectual Traditions in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Region: Between Tradition, Enlightenment, and Modernity

edited by

Aušrelė Kristina Pažėraitė

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: Eastern European Jewry; intellectual history of Jews from the Baltic countries; Haskalah in Eastern Europe; modern hasidism; Zionism; religious Zionism; Yiddish culture; Jewish press; modernity and traditional identity; YIVO

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

Languages and Buddhist Texts: Translation, Transmission, and Interpretation Across Traditions

edited by

Lu Lu

Bohan Li

and

Zhouyuan Li

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10228 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist texts; multilingualism; translation studies; Buddhist philology; languages of Buddhist scriptures; linguistic philosophy; corpus linguistics; natural language processing (NLP); digital humanities; comparative Buddhist studies; Chinese Buddhist translations

(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 1 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5527 | 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)

No God, No Science? Reassessing the Relationship Between Theology and Modern Science

edited by George M. Coghill and Ximian Xu

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4802 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and science; apologetics; artificial intelligence and religion; history of science; theology

Studies on Religious Rituals and Practices

edited by

Anna Prashizky

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2031 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; religious rituals; ritual practices; rites of passage; ritualization; symbolism; migration and refugees; war and violent conflicts; everyday and holiday rituals; postmodern religious experience

The Roles of Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare

edited by Anne Klee, Arielle Rubenstein and Glen Milstein

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1497 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; spirituality; and healthcare; religious faith and medical considerations; health and spirituality

The Fate and Future of Psychoanalysis in Spiritual Care

edited by

Pamela Cooper-White

and

Peter Capretto

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 882 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychoanalysis; spiritual care; pastoral care; psychotherapy; psychodynamic theory; psychology of religion; chaplaincy; psychotherapy; relational theory; social scientific study of religion

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

The Influence of Religion on the American Founding and Revolution: In Celebration of the Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence

edited by

Thomas Cook

Bolek Z. Kabala

and Jess Chupp

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious beliefs and practices during the American Revolution; Declaration of Independence; pulpits of the American Revolution; Natural Law and the American founding; Imago Dei and inalienable rights; religion and inalienable rights; historical development of inalienable rights; enlightenment— radical and moderate

Perspectives in Contemporary Catholic Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Metaphysics

edited by

Alan Vincelette

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open

Keywords: Catholic philosophy; realism in epistemology; moral realism; natural theology; theology; religion and philosophy

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

Echoes of the Divine: The Historical, Literary, and Theological Dimensions of Prophetism

edited by

Marta García Fernández

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11179 | Submission Open

Keywords: prophecy and the ancient Near East; prophecy as a religious phenomenon; prophetic hermeneutics; major and minor prophets; former or historical prophetic books; prophecy and Second Temple extrabiblical literature

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

Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation

edited by

Peter Admirand

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4348 | Submission Open

Keywords: interfaith dialogue; transformation; comparative theology; peacebuilding; interreligious engagement; atheist– theist dialogue

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

Energy and Religion

edited by

Michael Marder

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2452 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy humanities; theology of energy; philosophy of energy; energeia; patristics; aristotle; divine energies

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

Thresholds of Reality: Exploring the In-Between in Religious Traditions Across the World

edited by Gergana Ruseva and Milena Bratoeva

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1716 | Submission Open

Keywords: liminal spaces and levels of existence; in-between (mental) states; transformation; initiation; dream; death; rebirth; ritual; myth

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

Religious Socialization in Current Sociology

edited by

Lena De Botton

and

Ana Burgués

submission deadline 26 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; social impact; equality; interfaith dialogue; social justice; violence and abuse prevention; sustainability; successful actions; inclusive education; gender

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

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

edited by

Urszula Dudziak

and Piotr Guzdek

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8959 | 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)

Words and Images Serving Christianity

edited by María Jesús Soto-Bruna and

Mirela Oliva

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7920 | Submission Open

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

The Interplay Between Narrative, Ritual, and Religiosity in East Asian Literary and Cultural Traditions

edited by

Efraín Villamor Herrero

Irene Minerva Muñoz-Fernández

and David Sevillano López

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6522 | Submission Open

Keywords: Asian literature; Buddhism; religions; India; China; Korea; Japan

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

Exploring Eco-Spirituality: Intersections of Faith, Nature, and Ethics

edited by

Peter Ellard

and Ryan Patrick McLaughlin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4684 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-spirituality; environmental ethics; theological perspectives on nature; climate change and religion; indigenous spiritual practices; ecotheology; sustainability and faith; interfaith environmental activism; sacredness of nature; religious responses to ecological crises

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

The Eucharist as the Bread of Life: Phenomenological and Existential Explorations

edited by

James Swindal

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4094 | Submission Open

Keywords: sacramental theology; eucharist; metaphysics; existentialism; phenomenology; transubstantiation; consubstantiation

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

edited by

Andre E. Johnson

and Denise Burgher

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2880 | 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)

The Evolution of Chinese Buddhist Knowledge Systems

edited by

Wenli Fan

and

Kai Sheng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2375 | Submission Open

Keywords: Chinese Buddshit knowledge system; classified knowledge; knowledge of Buddha dharma; knowledge about the Buddhist monastic system; knowledge about the Buddhist faith; knowledge about monastic– lay relations; Confucian and Daoist knowledge systems

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

Buddhist Philosophy: Logic and Epistemology

edited by

Andrew Schumann

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1772 | Submission Open

Keywords: logic; hermeneutics; epistemology; cognition; Nāgārjuna; Dignāga; Dharmakīrti; Madhyamaka; Yogācāra; Abhidharma

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

The Confluence of Islam and Confucianism: A Paradigm for Civilizational Exchange and Mutual Learning

edited by Guiping Yang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1763 | Submission Open

Keywords: the confluence of Islam and Confucianism; civilizational dialogue; civilizational exchange and mutual learning; Han Kitab; comparative philosophy

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

Radical Embodiment and Religious Practice and Thought: Rethinking the Body in Religious Studies and Theology

edited by

David H Nikkel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1565 | Submission Open

Keywords: embodiment; enactive cognition; embedded cognition; extended cognition; meaning; evolution; adaptiveness; ritual; theories of religion; theology

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

Transformations in Daoist Ritual Texts and Other Daoist Literature Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties—2nd Edition

edited by

Jing Li

, Bony Schachter and Jacopo Scarin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open

Keywords: Daoist canonical texts; Daoist literature; Daoist ritual texts; religious writings; contemporary Daoist texts; transformation of texts; symbolism in writing; circulation of texts; Daoist community

Science, Religion, and Health—Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Flourishing

edited by

Jiwon Shim

Piotr Roszak

and

Saša Horvat

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1386 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; well-being; religion; science; medicine; philosophy; ethics; spirituality; human flourishing; holistic care

Reimagining Jewish-Muslim Relations After October 7th

edited by

Iqbal Akhtar

and Elad Ben David

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 889 | Submission Open

Keywords: Muslim— Jewish relations; Islamic theology; Abraham Accords; post-October 7th; Gaza War; peacebuilding; interfaith dialogue; utopian studies; Israel; Hamas; countering extremism

The Sacred and the Secular: Perspectives and Methodologies in Religious Studies

edited by

Kai Sheng

and

Yifeng Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 763 | Submission Open

Keywords: sacred and secular; religious methodology; religious anthropology; myth and history; hermeneutics of religion; political theology; comparative religion

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

Christian Theology Across Non-European Cultures: Local Wisdoms and Cross-Philosophical Approaches

edited by

Dariusz Klejnowski-Różycki

and

Piotr Sękowski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christian theology; cross-cultural theology; non-European theological thought; philosophy and Christianity; inculturation; contextual theology; global Christianity; theology in Asian; African; and Latin American traditions; theological language and translation; non-Western theological perspectives

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

Evolving and Flourishing in an Age of Disruption: The Role of Spirituality in Realignment and Transformation

edited by

Heather Boynton

, Indrani Margolin and

Jo-Ann Vis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: spirituality; religion; evolving; flourishing; transformation; transdisciplinary; spiritually sensitive practice

Behind the Veil: Gender, Religion, and Power in the 21st Century

edited by Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: hijab/veiling; patriarchy/patriarchal control; bodily autonomy; personal choice/agency; internalized patriarchl norms; identity; discrimination; social exclusion; muslim women

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

New Perspectives on East Asian Buddhist Architecture

edited by Puay Peng Ho

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist architecture; East Asia; places of worship; Buddhist monuments; religious and cultural functions

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