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Psychedelics and Religion
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1612 | Submission Open
Keywords: psychedelics; spirituality; meditation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Engaged Spiritualities: Theories, Practices, and Future Directions submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1532 | Submission Open
Keywords: engaged spiritualities; spirituality and religion; spiritual experiences; everyday life
Peccata Lectionis
edited by Marton Hovanyi
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 1466 | 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)
Continental Philosophy and Catholic Theology
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1400 | 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)
Divine Narratives: Exploring the Intersection of Poetry, Myth, and the Spiritual in Literature and Theatre
edited by Jamal Assadi
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1194 | Submission Open
Keywords: divine narratives; poetry and myth; spirituality in literature; the sacred and the profane; ritual and performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Reconciling Religion and Remains—Faith and Biblical Archaeology
edited by Mark D. Janzen, Kyle H. Keimer and Chris McKinny
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open
Keywords: biblical archaeology; biblical criticism; fundamentalism; positivism; worldview; apologetics; funding sources; history of research; nomenclature
Women and Religion in the Medieval and Early Modern World
edited by Antónia Fialho Conde
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open
Keywords: property; heritage management and luxury in a cloistered environment; monasticism and gender; building monastic historical landscapes; prosopography and social identity; women's monastic literacy; nuns' mobility(s); the monastic populations and its mechanisms of pressure and attraction; patronage and artistic commissions in a cloistered environment; expressions of cloistered devotions; implementing justice: times and manners
Europe, Religion and Secularization: Trends, Paradoxes and Dilemmas submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 868 | Submission Open
Keywords: Europe; modernity; secularization; religion and politics
The Qur’an and Ethics: Methodology of Studying Qur’anic Morality
edited by Nuha Alshaar and Yasmin Amin
submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open
Keywords: Qurʾān; ethics; tafsīr; taqwā; iḥsān; psycho-spiritual analysis of the Qurʾān; ‘ adl; ḥikma; raḥma
Existential Health, Religion and Youth in a Global Perspectives
edited by Katarina Westerlund
submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open
Keywords: existential health; religion; youth; spirituality; contextual perspectives
The Modern Reception and Interpretation of Daoism in East Asia and the West: A Comparative Perspective (19th–21st Centuries)
edited by and
submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open
Keywords: daoism; philosophy; existentialism; dialectics; alchemy; modernization; science; spirituality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Systematic Theology as a Catalyst for Renewal in Catholic Education
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submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 1120 | Submission Open
Keywords: Catholic education; systematic theology; trinitarian and relational ontologies; Catholic faith and culture; ecclesiology; religious education; catechesis
Interpreting the Bible: Re-Reading Texts, Characters, and Images from Scripture
edited by and Ignacio Rojas Gálvez
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5608 | Submission Open
Keywords: inner-biblical interpretation; exegesis; old testament; new testament; early Judaism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Embellishing Belief: Sacred Objects and Spaces in Premodern East Asia and Southeast Asia
edited by Cynthea J. Bogel and Daniel Borengasser
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 740 | Submission Open
Keywords: premodern East Asia; premodern Southeast Asia; religious visual and material culture; methodologies of sacred materiality and space; embellishment; religious symbolism; authenticity; precious materials; iconography and symbology; ritual praxis; sacred object contextualization
(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, and Dewei Zhang
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1496 | 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)
Bible Translation and Biblical Hermeneutics: Exploring the Nexus of Language and Interpretation
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1078 | Submission Open
Echoes of the Divine: The Historical, Literary, and Theological Dimensions of Prophetism submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 220 | 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)
God, Logic and Language
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: concept of God; divine attributes; omnipotence; omniscience; eternity; language and theology; theism; existence of God
Himalayan Ecospiritual Knowledges and Ethics of Sustainability in the Anthropocene
edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters, and Mary Evelyn Tucker
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10942 | Submission Open
Keywords: Himalayan– Tibetan highlands; religious ecology; spiritual environmentalisms; commoning; ethics; the Anthro-pocene
Transitions of Islam and Democracy: Thinking Political Theology
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4218 | Submission Open
Keywords: political Islam; political thought; Islam and democracy; Islamic philosophy; religion and state; Muslim state; Islamic constitution; political rights; political liberty; anocracy
Arts, Spirituality, and Religion
edited by and Emília Simão
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2173 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality and religion; arts as a spiritual practice; spirituality and technology; spirituality and education; pilgrimage and celebrations; spirituality; health; and well-being
Religious Transmission Across Generations: Challenges, Continuities, and Changes
edited by Christel Gärtner and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1029 | 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)
Chinese Christianity and Knowledge Development
edited by Mingyu Lu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 950 | Submission Open
Keywords: missionaries; knowledge development; publications; transition of knowledge; Chinese Christianity; Chinese culture; interdisciplinary studies; Chinese– Western cultural exchange; architecture; arts; customs
The Question of “Theodicy” in Contemporary Society: The Imagery of (after) Death in Religion and New Forms of Spirituality
edited by Antonio Camorrino
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 809 | Submission Open
Keywords: theodicy; religion; new forms of spirituality; ultimate meanings; suffering; death; after-life; imagery
Religion, Gender and Social Development
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; social construction; religion; development; women; theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Interreligious Dialogue: Validity and Sustainability
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: interreligious/interfaith dialogue; interreligious relations and interactions; comparative religions; religious pluralism and diversity
Practice of Religious Media in the Twenty-First Century Century
edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: broadcasting media; social media; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; religious media; religious television; religious radio
Religious Institutions in the Mediterranean: A Comparative Perspective
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious institutions; law; society; Mediterranean; New World
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Philosophical Theology, Doctrine, and the Theological Virtues
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 74 | 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)
Computational Approaches to Ancient Jewish and Christian Texts
edited by Jacob P.B. Mortensen
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open
Keywords: New Testament; scriptures of Israel; early Christian texts; computational and algorithmic approaches; distant reading; macro analysis; text analysis
Experimental Theological Aesthetics
edited by Julio Bermudez and Matthew Niermann
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 793 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological aesthetics; experimental theology; experimental philosophy; empirical methods; aesthetic experiences; sacred space; architecture; liturgical arts; beauty; phenomenology; semiotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Roles of Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare
edited by Anne Klee, Arielle Rubenstein and Glen Milstein
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; and healthcare; religious faith and medical considerations; health and spirituality
Witness of the Orthodox Church in the Political Context of the Secularized Modern State
edited by Paul Brusanowski and
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2576 | Submission Open
Keywords: Church and state; missiology; Christian witness; Secularization; religious beliefs and practices; ecumenism; nationalisms; identities
No God, No Science? Reassessing the Relationship Between Theology and Modern Science
edited by George M. Coghill and Ximian Xu
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and science; apologetics; artificial intelligence and religion; history of science; theology
Divine Inspirations: Exploring Religious Themes in Female Visionary Writing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
edited by María Del Mar Graña Cid
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: female mysticism; visionary literature; women’ s religious writing; female authority; feminist theology; female prophetic voice; female thought
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Early Modern Female Mysticism: At the Crossroads of Religion, Medicine, Economics, and the Press
edited by Vittoria Feola and Erin Bell
submission deadline 17 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open
Keywords: mysticism; women; early modern; medieval; neurology; saint; Islam; Catholicism; Quakerism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion, Theology, and Bioethical Discourses on Marriage and Family
edited by Mirosław Brzezinski
submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4504 | Submission Open
Keywords: marriage; family; faith; religion; God's design for marriage; sacrament of marriage; sexuality; sexuality; ethics of married life; morality of married life; pastoral care of families.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Innovative Approaches to Religious Pluralism: Integrating Law, Policies and Practice
edited by Eugenia Relaño Pastor and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 135 | 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)
Clashing Civilizations and Civilizational Identities in Populist Discourses
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 49302 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Faith and Education: Contemporary and Global Issues in Historical Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2282 | Submission Open
Keywords: faith schools; religious education; theology of education; history of education; church and state; collective worship
Daoist Inner Alchemy Atlas: Practice and Related Medicine, Thunder Rites and Iconology
edited by Wenhua Shen, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1972 | Submission Open
Keywords: inner alchemy; daoist medicine; thunder rites; iconology
Casta Meretrix: The Paradox of the Christian Church Through History submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1720 | Submission Open
Keywords: christianity; ecumenical councils; apostolic succession; monasticism; constantinian shift; great schism; reformation; canon law; nicene creed; sacraments; orthodoxy; heresiology; iconoclasm; mysticism; missionary movements; church-state relations; crusades
Religion, Culture and Spirituality in a Digital World
edited by , Miguel Ángel Motis Dolader and Carmen Herrando Cugota
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1671 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious mediatisation; communication and faith; religious culture; cyberphilosophy; cybertheology; digital religion; online religious practices; media influence on spirituality; virtual religious communities; theology and artificial intelligence
Functions of Religion Among Young People: Diverse Religious, Spiritual and Non-Religious Worldviews
edited by Eduardo Duque, and Francis Davis
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 932 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; youth; belief; unbelief; spirituality; plurality; generations
Pilgrimages of Repair: Journeys to Return, Rebuild and Restore
edited by Heather Warfield
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 932 | Submission Open
Keywords: repair; pilgrimages; multidisciplinary; sacred sites
Faith in Action: Exploring the Intersection of Religion and Social Justice
edited by Nicole Johnson and Dean Johnson
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; faith; social action; social justice; peace; social change; nonviolence; faith-based activism; inter-faith; vocation/calling/purpose
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Temple Art, Architecture and Theatre
edited by , Duanfang Lu and Qing Chang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open
Keywords: temple; art; architecture; theatre
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Revisiting Islamic Ethics: Shifting Epistemologies and Boundaries
edited by and Syed A. H. Zaidi
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic ethics; epistemological shifts; innovative Islamic ethical thoughts; Islam and AI ethics; Global citizenship; social justice; and plurality; co-existence; human dignity; renewal in Islamic ethics; ethics of modesty; identity; body politics; applied Islamic ethics; decolonizing Islamic ethics
Religion and the Book in Medieval Europe: Between Manuscripts and Print
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open
Keywords: manuscripts; scribes; early print; bible; sermons; devotional literature; catechism; religious reform; polemic; media transformation
Humans, Science, and Faith
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: science; religion; Christianity; artificial intelligence; human dignity; human flourishing; Darwinism; abortion; euthanasia; anthropic principle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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