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Sacred Harmony: Music and Spiritual Transformation
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2599 | Submission Open
Keywords: music; spirituality; sacred sound; ritual; liturgy; philosophy of music; theology of music; religious studies; ethnomusicology; musicology of religion
Religious Art of the Renaissance
edited by Bonnie Noble
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open
Keywords: Counter-Reformation; Religious identity; Devotional image; Iconoclasm; Ritual
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion and Economy in a Global Era: New Articulation After Secularization
edited by Raquel Lázaro-Cantero and
submission deadline 17 May 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open
Keywords: work and transformation; modes of time and health and pathologies; social relationships and human figures; world and natural and social; worship and work; religion and capitalism; economy and Christianity; common good and different goods; human life; work; and meaning; globalization and identities
Jewish Thought in Light of Deleuze and Guattari Studies
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: continental philosophy; Deleuze; Guattari; Bible; Talmud; Kabbalah; Jewish philosophy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Muslim Da ’Wah and Christian Mission. New Perspectives in the Global Interfaith Context
edited by and Joseph Victor Edwin
submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open
Keywords: mission in Christianity; Da ‘ wah in Islam; Muslim– Christian relations; interfaith dialogue
Transforming Religion in the Anthropocene submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 169 | 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)
Reimagining Ministry: Formation, Leadership, and Innovation for the 21st Century
edited by Seidel Abel Boanerges
submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: ministry; ministerial formation; church leadership; digital innovation; digital theology; practical theology; ecclesiology; global christianity; theological education; faith and practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Dialogues Between East and West: Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Past and Present
edited by
submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: autocephaly; Catholicism; church governance; church history; Church Union Movements; Conciliarism; ecumenical movements; Greek Catholics; liturgical movements; Orthodoxy; papacy
(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, and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17684 | Submission Open
Keywords: inner alchemy; daoist medicine; thunder rites; iconology
Jewish Ethics: Foundations, Developments, and Contemporary Challenges
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1398 | Submission Open
Keywords: Jewish ethics; halakha; moral philosophy; rabbinic thought; applied ethics; theology; Jewish law; responsibility; tradition and modernity; religious pluralism
Social Justice in Theological Education: Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open
Keywords: social justice; human rights; world religions; public theology; contextual theologies; theological education; epistemic justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Theological and Ethical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence
edited by Rafael Amo Usanos and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; theology; ethics; religious traditions; human singularity; concept of God; moral evaluation; technological culture; interreligious dialogue; responsible innovation
Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, Scientific, and Beyond—Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open
Keywords: afterlife; metempsychosis; past life memory; past lives; paranormal; rebirth; reincarnation
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 368 | Submission Open
Keywords: migration; religion; pluralism; late Middle Ages; refuge; respectability; resource; social groups; identity
Contemporary Johannine Scholarship: Texts, Contexts, and Trajectories
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submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 323 | 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)
Contemporary Black Theology
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open
Keywords: black theology; womanist theology; African American religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Heresies, Heterodoxies, and Process–Relational Theologies
edited by Donna Bowman
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: process theology; heresy and heterodoxy; theological dissent; church discipline; religious institutions; open and relational theology
Religion, Ritual, and Healing—2nd Edition
edited by and Gerald Murray
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 253 | 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)
Political Secularism, Religious Reform and International Relations
edited by Youssef Choueiri
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: enlightenment; colonialism; post-secularism; liberal secularism; Kemalism; diversity; pluralism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Implications of Spirituality for Mental Well-Being and Public Health
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open
Keywords: ethics; ethical practice; social seterminants of health; negative spiritual coping; positive spiritual coping; spiritually integrated healthcare; spiritual practices in healthcare; well-being of caregivers  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religion and Eco-Anxiety: Pastoral and Ethical Perspectives submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 206 | 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 and Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 184 | 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)
Religion, Law, and Human Rights: Towards Equality and Inclusion
edited by and Jeremy Kingsley
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 126 | 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)
Reformed Theology in Dialogue: Faith, Culture, and Everyday Practice
edited by David Jensen
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: reformed theology; confessions; revelation; authority; christology; covenant; divine sovereignty; sin; election
Jewish Intellectual Traditions in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Region: Between Tradition, Enlightenment, and Modernity submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 97 | 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 , and
submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5279 | 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)
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 | Viewed by 1018 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and science; apologetics; artificial intelligence and religion; history of science; theology
The Roles of Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare
edited by Anne Klee, Arielle Rubenstein and Glen Milstein
submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 928 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; and healthcare; religious faith and medical considerations; health and spirituality
Studies on Religious Rituals and Practices
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 290 | 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
Perspectives in Contemporary Catholic Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Metaphysics
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 276 | 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)
The Influence of Religion on the American Founding and Revolution: In Celebration of the Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence
edited by , and Jess Chupp
submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 209 | 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
Holy Cities in the 21st Century: Images, Identities, and Networks
edited by Stanley Brunn
submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: holy cities; pilgrimage; religion and globalization; sacred and secular; interfaith encounters; digital religion; religious tourism
Echoes of the Divine: The Historical, Literary, and Theological Dimensions of Prophetism submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4449 | 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
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1293 | 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
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | 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 Indian Thought
edited by Gergana Ruseva and Milena Bratoeva
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open
Keywords: myth; ritual; Brahmanism; Hinduism; Buddhism; liminal spaces and level of existence; transformation; dream; death; rebirth
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Living Faith, Shaping Identity: Social and Religious Practices of Minority Communities in Japan submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious diversity in Japan; minority communities; cultural identity; indigenous religions; social practices and rituals; intercultural dialogue; minority rights and inclusion; migration and religion; religious and cultural preservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religious Socialization in Current Sociology
edited by Lena De Botton and
submission deadline 26 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 151 | 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)
The Interplay Between Narrative, Ritual, and Religiosity in East Asian Literary and Cultural Traditions
edited by , and David Sevillano López
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2434 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asian literature; Buddhism; religions; India; China; Korea; Japan
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Eucharist as the Bread of Life: Phenomenological and Existential Explorations
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1713 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacramental theology; eucharist; metaphysics; existentialism; phenomenology; transubstantiation; consubstantiation
Exploring Eco-Spirituality: Intersections of Faith, Nature, and Ethics
edited by and Ryan Patrick McLaughlin
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1505 | 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)
Buddhist Philosophy: Logic and Epistemology
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 792 | 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 Evolution of Chinese Buddhist Knowledge Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 617 | 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)
Comparative Thinking on Islam in a Global Age submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islam; globalization; Middle East; new media and social communication; religious diplomacy; interreligious dialogue; policy; intercultural communication; Islamic studies; digital religion; mediatization; religious authority; cultural security; Islamic media; online communities; digital transformation; media ethics; digital diplomacy; decentralized networks; multi-platform communication
Transformations in Daoist Ritual Texts and Other Daoist Literature Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties—2nd Edition
edited by , Bony Schachter and Jacopo Scarin
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 495 | 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
Christian Theology Across Non-European Cultures: Local Wisdoms and Cross-Philosophical Approaches submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 449 | 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 , Indrani Margolin and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; religion; evolving; flourishing; transformation; transdisciplinary; spiritually sensitive practice
Reimagining Jewish-Muslim Relations After October 7th
edited by and Elad Ben David
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open
Keywords: Muslim— Jewish relations; Islamic theology; Abraham Accords; post-October 7th; Gaza War; peacebuilding; interfaith dialogue; utopian studies; Israel; Hamas; countering extremism
New Perspectives on East Asian Buddhist Architecture
edited by Puay Peng Ho
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist architecture; East Asia; places of worship; Buddhist monuments; religious and cultural functions
Preserving the Master’s Word: Rituals and Protective Accessories for Sacred Scriptures in the Himalayan Culture
edited by Michela Clemente
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: consecration rituals; book rituals; Himalayan book culture; Buddhist studies; bon studies; materiality of the books; codicology; book conservation; Himalayan art history
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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