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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 681 | 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 6621 | 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

Kyriaki Topidi

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2692 | 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

Ihsan Yilmaz

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 60331 | Submission Open

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

Religion, Culture and Spirituality in a Digital World

edited by

Víctor Manuel Pérez Martínez

, Miguel Ángel Motis Dolader and Carmen Herrando Cugota

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7684 | 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

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

edited by Wenhua Shen,

Yuhao Wu

and

Lu Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7661 | Submission Open

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

The Hebrew Bible: A Journey Through History and Literature

edited by Pierfrancesco Cocco

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6838 | Submission Open

Keywords: Hebrew Bible; ancient history; literary criticism; biblical theology; biblical narratives; biblical archaeology; biblical poetry; cultural studies; near eastern literature

Casta Meretrix: The Paradox of the Christian Church Through History

edited by

Jonathan Farrugia

and

Nicholas Doublet

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5700 | 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

Classical Arabic Texts and the Pre-Modern Islamic Rhetorical Tradition: Rethinking the Qur’an and Early Arabic Poetry as Cultural Foundations

edited by

Ali Ahmad Hussein

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5357 | Submission Open

Keywords: Qur’ an; pre-Islamic poetry; Umayyad poetry; classical Arabic poetry; Qur’ anic rhetoric; rhetoric of pre-and early Islamic poetry; Arabic cultural heritage; comparative literary analysis; classical Arabic lexicon; interrelationship between Qur’ anic and classical literary texts

Functions of Religion Among Young People: Diverse Religious, Spiritual and Non-Religious Worldviews

edited by Eduardo Duque,

José Francisco Durán Vázquez

and Francis Davis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4250 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; youth; belief; unbelief; spirituality; plurality; generations

Faith and Education: Contemporary and Global Issues in Historical Perspective

edited by

Stephen G. Parker

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2960 | Submission Open

Keywords: faith schools; religious education; theology of education; history of education; church and state; collective worship

Pilgrimages of Repair: Journeys to Return, Rebuild and Restore

edited by Heather Warfield

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2404 | Submission Open

Keywords: repair; pilgrimages; multidisciplinary; sacred sites

Revisiting Islamic Ethics: Shifting Epistemologies and Boundaries

edited by

Etin Anwar

and Syed A. H. Zaidi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1902 | 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

Temple Art, Architecture and Theatre

edited by

Xiaohuan Zhao

, Duanfang Lu and Qing Chang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open

Keywords: temple; art; architecture; theatre

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

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 823 | 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)

Religion and the Book in Medieval Europe: Between Manuscripts and Print

edited by

Lucie Doležalová

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 523 | Submission Open

Keywords: manuscripts; scribes; early print; bible; sermons; devotional literature; catechism; religious reform; polemic; media transformation

Transformations in East Asia Religious Diversity: Technology, Hybridity, Equality

edited by

Francis Khek Gee Lim

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: pluralism; social inequalities; technology

Humans, Science, and Faith

edited by

John A. Bloom

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 462 | 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)

Reconciling Religion and Remains—Faith and Biblical Archaeology

edited by Mark D. Janzen, Kyle H. Keimer and Chris McKinny

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open

Keywords: biblical archaeology; biblical criticism; fundamentalism; positivism; worldview; apologetics; funding sources; history of research; nomenclature

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

edited by

Peter Ellard

and Ryan Patrick McLaughlin

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1127 | 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)

Dreaming a Better World: Aristotelians, Marxists, & Christians in Dialogue & Action for Social Equilibrium and Peace

edited by Jeffery Nicholas

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: change (the world); dialogue; marx; Marxists; Aristotle; Aristotelians; common good; justice

Catholic Propaganda on the Frontiers: Evangelizing Pagans, Protestants, and Non-Believers in the 16th and 17th Centuries

edited by Manuel Mendez Alonzo and Gregor Pobežin

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: Catholic mission; comparative missionary endeavors; global religion; paganism and heresies; cultural adaptation

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

edited by Roberto Mata

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1025 | Submission Open

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

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

Renewal, Innovation, and Transformation: The Changing Face of Judaism in Modern Times

edited by

Yaakov Ariel

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18707 | Submission Open

Catholic Social Thought in the Era of the Un-Common Good

edited by James P. O’Sullivan

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2203 | Submission Open

Keywords: Catholic social teaching; solidarity; subsidiarity; human rights; common good; preferential options for the poor and marginalized; integral human development; sustainability; nuclear disarmament; nationalism

Religion and Creativity

edited by

Christopher Hartney

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open

Keywords: creativity; sacred creativity; play; invention; innovation; blasphemy

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

Digital Religion in the Age of the Metaverse

edited by

Vincenzo Pace

and

Alessandra Vitullo

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 858 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital religion; metaverse; internet; sociology; online communication; digital humanities

Sacred Space and Contemporary Art

edited by

Karen Shelby

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: sacred space; hierophany; sacred art; contemporary sacred art

Thresholds of Reality: Exploring the In-Between in Indian Thought

edited by Gergana Ruseva and Milena Bratoeva

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 363 | 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)

Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Religion

edited by

Brian Huffling

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: Aquinas; philosophy; theism; atheism; religion; evil; hiddenness; epistemology; divine attributes

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

Religion, Gender and Social Development

edited by

Mary Nyangweso

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1869 | Submission Open

Keywords: gender; social construction; religion; development; women; theory

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

Chinese Religious Cultures: Historical Traditions and Modern Interpretations

edited by

Yuehua Chen

, Chuanhui Zeng,

Zhejia Tang

and Xuedan Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 31838 | Submission Open

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

The Multiple Images and Forms of Classical Confucian and Daoist Ethics for Living

edited by

Zhongjiang Wang

and Hongxing Lin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 17310 | Submission Open

Keywords: Confucianism; Daoism; ethics for living

The Diversity and Harmony of Taoism: Ideas, Behaviors and Influences

edited by

Wu Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 17298 | Submission Open

Keywords: Taoism; diversity; harmony; ideas; behaviors; contemporary value

Divine Encounters: Exploring Religious Themes in Literature

edited by Enrique Santos Marinas and Svetlana Maliavina

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10268 | Submission Open

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

Disseminating Christian Beliefs Through Word and Image in Medieval and Renaissance Times

edited by

José María Salvador-González

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8900 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christianity; Christian doctrine; patrology; theology; Christian iconography; church history; medieval culture; Christian society; popular devotion; religious experience; liturgical hymns; interdisciplinary studies; middle ages; renaissance

“Searching for a Better Life with My Community”: Migratory Trends in Religious-Based Social Net-Works

edited by

Jakub Isański

, Jarosław Kozak, Błażej Dyczewski and Malika Ouacha

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5458 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious communities; social integration; parochialism; civil society and religion; migrant diasporas; new media and AI in religion; secularization and religious polarization; religious-based social networks

Experience and Non-Objects: The Limits of Intuition

edited by

Olga Louchakova-Schwartz

and

Michael D. Barber

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4444 | 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)

Advancing the Study of Religion and International Relations: Thirty Years After Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" (1993, 1996)—A Critical Evaluation and Appraisal of the Current State of Art

edited by

Joanna Kulska

and

Anna M. Solarz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4210 | Submission Open

Keywords: international Relations; religion; culture; identity; regionalism; clash of civilizations; Huntington; ambivalence of the sacred

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

Christian Monasticism Today: A Search for Identity

edited by Bernard Łukasz Sawicki and

Greg Peters

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4144 | Submission Open

Keywords: monasticism; culture; history; spirituality; anthropology; philosophy; sociology; archeology

Viktor Frankl and the Future of Religion

edited by

Keisuke Noda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3405 | Submission Open

Keywords: logotherapy; Viktor Frankl; phenomenology; self-transcendence; meaning of life; future of religion; religious studies; psychotherapy

Peccata Lectionis

edited by Marton Hovanyi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2343 | 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)

Kant’s Critique of Rational Theology and His Project of Moral Religion

edited by Kezheng Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2078 | Submission Open

Keywords: Kant; rational theology; moral religion; moral argument; radical evil

Mysticism and Nature

edited by

Cristóbal Serrán-Pagán y Fuentes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1865 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological spirituality; ecofeminism; deep ecology; indigenous rights; animal rights; land rights; holism; panentheism; pantheism; cosmic interdependence; anthropocentrism; animism; conservationism; creation spirituality; New England transcendentalism; goddess movement; nonviolence; stewardship; vegetarianism

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

Explorations into Yan Zun’s Edition and Commentary to the Daodejing: Laozi Zhigui

edited by

Thomas Michael

and

Misha Tadd

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1765 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yan Zun; Laozi zhigui; Laozi Daodejing; Daoist religion and philosophy

Breath of Life: Black Spirituality in Everyday Life

edited by Brianne Painia and

Lori Latrice Martin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1748 | Submission Open

Keywords: employment of Black faith practices; expansions and/or reflections; Black secular life; spiritual practices and rituals in Black life; African and Pan-African-informed spiritual traditions

Multilingualism, Translation, and Religion in the Premodern Islamic World(s): Texts, Contexts, and Crossroads

edited by Hany Rashwan and Ross Brann

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1513 | Submission Open

Keywords: premodern Islamic multilingualism; multiculturism; translation; Islamic lingua franca

Europe, Religion and Secularization: Trends, Paradoxes and Dilemmas

edited by

Jorge Botelho Moniz

and

Grace Davie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1427 | Submission Open

Keywords: Europe; modernity; secularization; religion and politics

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

edited by

James Swindal

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1005 | Submission Open

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

Indigenous Conversion(s) to Islam: Causes, Processes, and Consequences

edited by Ayca Arkilic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islam; indigenous; conversion; intersectionality; colonialism; discrimination; interaction

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