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Folk Religion in the Ancient Levant and Mediterranean
edited by Baruch Halpern, Tyler Kelley and Amanda Walls
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 888 | Submission Open
Keywords: folk religion; domestic religion; folk theology; material culture; Bible; Levant; Judah; Israel; Greece; Anatolia; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Archaic Period
Religion in 20th- and 21st-Century Fictional Narratives
edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 737 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and literature; modern religious narrative; religion in fictional narrative
Theology and Anthropology: A Critical Discussion
edited by Peter Versteeg and Petruschka Schaafsma
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 561 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropology; theology; dialogue; transformation; reception; methodology
Science and Religion: Natural Theology in the Contemporary Context
edited by Kai Man Kwan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open
Keywords: kalam cosmological argument; the fine-tuning argument or the anthropic principle; multiverse; design arguments; cognitive science of religion; naturalistic explanations of religious experience; the existence of soul & neuroscience; why there is something rather than nothing; panpsychism or cosmopsychism; cosmic axiology or teleology; the existence of God and artificial intelligence; faith and transhumanism
Theoretical and Behavioral Approaches to the Growth of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 527 | 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)
Religion and Craft Production in Iron Age Cis- and Transjordan
edited by Angelika Berlejung and Omer Sergi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open
Keywords: archaeology of religion; religious handicrafts; religious symbolism; craftsmen; craft production
The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious Traditions in Dialogue
edited by Lóránd Ujházi and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 439 | Submission Open
Keywords: just war theory; ethical dimensions of war; religious ethics; religion and violence; peacebuilding; interreligious dialogue; reconciliation; nonviolence; theology and conflict; comparative theology; religion and international relations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
On the Font: Human Nature Seen Through Baptism and the Baptismal Font
edited by Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen and Line M. Bonde
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open
Keywords: baptism; iconography; liturgy; material culture; ontology; sacred space
Nationalisms and Religious Identities—2nd Edition
edited by Slavica Jakelić
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open
Keywords: nationalisms and religious identities; gender; race; and class; citizenship; transnational politics; postcolonial and decolonial critiques
Reimagining Protestant Theology: The Asian Experience and Christian Tradition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asian theology; Asian christianity; contextualization; theology of Korea; theology of India; theology of China; theology of Philippines; comparative studies; comparative ethics; theological imagination
The Intangible into the Perceptible: Ethereal Aspects of Religious Spaces and Their Theological Foundations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious architecture; sacred buildings; space and form; philosophical concepts; theological concepts
Language and Religion: Multilingual Perspectives on Contemporary Theolinguistics
edited by Jonathan M. Watt
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: linguistics; language; dialect; register; style; religion; spirituality
Diasporic Hybridity: How It Impacts Religious Identity and Practice in Today’s Pluralistic World
edited by Julius-Kei Kato and Peniel Rajkumar
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2765 | Submission Open
Keywords: diasporic hybridity (in the context of “ diasporic hybridity; ” all of the key expressions below); religion and diaspora; religion and hybridity; religious pluralism; religious diversity; religious identities; religious practices; interreligious dialogue; religious communities; yheology and pluralism; postcolonial thought
Christian Theologies of Deification
edited by Myk Habets and
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3507 | Submission Open
Keywords: theosis/deification; kenosis; divinization; human character ascent; Jacob’ s ladder; Peter’ s ladder; theosis as salvation; energy vs. essence; pre-Platonic Christianity; ante-Nicene teaching; metaphor; participation vs. ontological change; joint heirship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religion and Politics: Ritual, Performativity, and (Political) Theatre in Comparative-Historical and International Perspective
edited by Patricia J. Sohn
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4490 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; ritual; political; theatre; performativity; politics
Divine Creativity and Participatory Cosmologies: Theological Perspectives on Science, Technology, and the Future of Humanity
edited by Matthew Segall and Ashton Arnoldy
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3551 | Submission Open
Keywords: participatory theory; process philosophy; integral theory; sacramental epistemology; relational ontology; pluralism; divine agency; science; technology; spirituality; metamodernism
Mysticism and Ethics: Bridging Transcendence and Action in Religious Experience
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1429 | 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)
Sacred Landscapes and Social Reform in Medieval Europe
edited by Kathryn Jasper
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 386 | Submission Open
Keywords: christianity; religion; sacred spaces/places; hagiography; popular devotions; monasticism; landscape; environment; church reform; gender; labor; class
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Communication in Abrahamic Religions
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open
Keywords: Abrahamic religion; inter-religious communication; spiritual meaning; communicative action; interfaith unity; textual comparisons
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Piety and Ethical Foundations in Islamic Moral Economy
edited by , and Tareq Moqbel
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1496 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic moral economy; piety; ethical finance; Islamic charities; Islamic finance; developmentalism; Islamic institutional economics; zakah and awqaf; faith-based development; social justice in eco-nomics
Science and Christian Theology: Past, Present, and Future
edited by Joseph R. Laracy and Jamie Boulding
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open
Keywords: science; theology; creation; cosmology; evolution; artificial intelligence; epistemology; metaphysics; Stanley Jaki; Ian Barbour
Religious Symbols and Fashion: Identification, Representation and Regulation in Dress submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8231 | 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
Religion, Mobility, and Transnational History
edited by Anthony Miller
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8150 | 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)
Buddhist Art Along the Silk Road and Its Cross-Cultural Interaction
edited by and Yinggang Sun
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3909 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist art; Asian civilizations; the Silk Road; mutual learning through exchange; Sinicization of Buddhism; Gandhara
Religious Transmission Across Generations: Challenges, Continuities, and Changes
edited by Christel Gärtner and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3580 | 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)
The Politics of Digital Religiosities
edited by Anustup Basu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2270 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religion; digital politics; neopaganism; digital fundamentalisms; social media studies; minoritarian politics; majoritarian politics; religious nationalism; media and politics
Seeking Truth and Meaning: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion and Philosophy
edited by B. Keith Putt
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1802 | Submission Open
Keywords: truth; meaning; philosophy; religion; interdisciplinary perspectives
Spirituality, Culture, and Sustainability: Integrating Cultural Sensitivity into Responsible Religious Tourism
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious tourism; pilgrimage; sustainable development; cultural sensitivity; spirituality; religious sensitivity; regenerative tourism; accessible tourism; heritage; interpretation
Words and Images Serving Christianity
edited by María Jesús Soto-Bruna and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1534 | Submission Open
Keywords: word— verbum; meaning— sensus; processio— emanatio; creation; mirror— speculum; light; darkness; visio; colors; image— imago; soul; sacred; spirituality; Christianity
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 975 | Submission Open
Keywords: identity; anthropology; culture; philosophy; deconstruction; posthumanism; religion; selfhood; technology; subjectivity
Religious Extremism in a Global Context: Analyzing the Rise and Impact of Movements
edited by Marcello Mollica and James Dingley
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; violence; fundamentalism; security; terrorism
A Sociological Approach to the Study of the Sanskrit Purānas
edited by Joël Dubois and Deven M. Patel
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 593 | 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
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 415 | 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 193 | 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)
Religion, Superstition, and Philosophy in Ancient Rome
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: gods; religion; superstition; Latin literature; philosophy; poetry; prose; Roman
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Healing the Earth: Spirituality and Planetary Health
edited by and
submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open
Keywords: planetary health; existential concern; ecocentric worldview; ecological imagination; ecological distress; spiritual health; spiritual transformation
Exploring the Relationship Between Religion and Science from a Historical Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and science; natural philosophy; conflict thesis; scientific revolution; history of science; philosophy of science; theology and science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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 3926 | 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 97 | 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 1477 | 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) submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open
Keywords: evangelization; Christianization; Papacy; Protestant reformation; Anglicanism; cultural adaptation; inculturation; cultural hybridization
Behind the Veil: Gender, Religion, and Power in the 21st Century
edited by Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh
submission deadline 22 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 292 | 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)
The Theological Underpinnings of Ignatian Spirituality: From Historical Context to Contemporary Relevance submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1456 | 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)
Religiosity and Psychopathology
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15974 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6913 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open
Keywords: theories; methods; hermeneutics; New Testament
Comparative Thinking on Islam in a Global Age submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 389 | 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
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 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open
Keywords: migration; religion; pluralism; late Middle Ages; refuge; respectability; resource; social groups; identity
Philosophical Theology, Doctrine, and the Theological Virtues
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 176 | 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 82 | 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)
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