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The Hebrew Prophets: Poetic Imagination, Covenant Memory—in Honor of Walter Brueggemann
edited by Jerome F. D. Creach
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: Brueggemann; covenant; imagination; memory; rhetoric; royal ideology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Science, Religion, and Health—Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Flourishing
edited by , and Saša Horvat
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: health; well-being; religion; science; medicine; philosophy; ethics; spirituality; human flourishing; holistic care
The Confluence of Islam and Confucianism: A Paradigm for Civilizational Exchange and Mutual Learning
edited by Guiping Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 17 | 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)
Constructive Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pauline Theology
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2078 | Submission Open
Keywords: pauline theology; interdisciplinary theology; transhumanism; artificial intelligence; medical ethics; political theology; eco-theology; cognitive linguistics; theology and race; theology and gender
Theology and Public Life: Contemporary Perspectives on Public Theology
edited by Teresa L. Smallwood
submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open
Keywords: public; theology; voice; prophetic; power; witness; political; sphere; truth; false
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Materiality and Gender Constructs in Hagiography: Saints and Sacred Space
edited by Michelle M. Sauer
submission deadline 14 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2389 | Submission Open
Keywords: materiality; gender; sexuality; hagiography; saints; sacred space
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religious Ethics and Theology in Contemporary Human Life submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1162 | Submission Open
Keywords: culture and religious ethics; diversity; ethics; and theology; gender and sexuality; humanism and human flourishing; migration ethics and theology; politics; identity; and the human person; religious ethics; sociology and theology; technology; theology; and the common good; theological anthropology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Sanctity in the Medieval Muslim West: Questions of Genre, Cultural and Religious Identity
edited by and Manuela Marín
submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: sufism; hagiographies; male and female saints; gender; Maghreb and Al-Andalus; medieval period
Embodiment, Sport and Spiritual Traditions
edited by Patrick Kelly, SJ
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open
Keywords: lived religion; embodiment; play; sport; spirituality
Drawing a Roadmap for Research on the History of Christianity in Modern China
edited by and Peter Tze Ming NG
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: history of Christianity; modern China; critical review; comparative studies; interdisciplinary studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Theological Legacy of Pope Francis
edited by Gerard Kevin Whelan
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological legacy; Synodality; integral ecology; graduality; Laudato Si’ ; Fratelli Tutti; Amoris Laetitia; Global Compact on Education; Vatican II Reception; Ecumenical Dialogue; interreligious collaboration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Intersections of Religion and Law: Freedom, Social Change, and Human Rights
edited by Nadirsyah Hosen
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious freedom; legal pluralism; human rights; secularism; constitutional law; social change; religion and gender; religious minorities; law and theology; health and religion; religious activism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Wisdom Traditions, Religion, and the Global Era
edited by
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open
Keywords: wisdom traditions; religion; spirituality; health; culture; community
African Religious Thought: A Dynamic Web of Traditions Impacting the Globe
edited by Ullrich Relebogilwe Kleinhempel and John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: African philosophy; African religion; African theology; divination; ritualistics; experience; syncretism; religion and culture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Youth Ministry, Youth Work, and the Role Religion Plays in the Lives of Today’s Youth
edited by and Fahimah Ulfat
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 530 | Submission Open
Keywords: youth ministry; youth work; religious development; faith; youth; Christian; Jewish; Muslim
Divine Warfare, Heresy and Witchcraft: Connecting Witch Trials and Religious Persecutions in the Premodern World (to 1900)
edited by Gayle Brunelle
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious wars; divine warfare; witchcraft; witch trials; heresy; sorcery; state formation; confessionalization; traditional magic; traditional medicine; patriarchy; ethnic identity and magic; religious mysticism
Climate Change Didactics in Religious Education
edited by Viktor Aldrin
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate; religious education; climate change; faith; eco-theology; natural world; climate science; sustainable communities; ecological spirituality
Christian Spirituality: Ancient Foundations, Modern Expressions
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; spiritual formation; discipleship; spiritual disciplines; new testament; Christianity; prayer; scripture; restoration; renewal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Divine Algorithms: Religion and Faith in the Era of Artificial Intelligence submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI); generative AI; AI ethics; AI and religion; AI and spirituality; digital religion; algorithmic; theology faith and the posthuman faith; transformation religious practice; AI in religious education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Textual Embodiment: Ritual Praxis and Scriptural Hermeneutics in Hindu Traditions submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: bhakti; yoga; Vaiṣṇavism; Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism; Hinduism; lived religion; ritual studies; embodiment; hermeneutics; text and practice; pilgrimage; Kīrtana; performance; theology; Indian philosophy; transnational Hinduism
Christian–Muslim Encounters and Dialogues over the Centuries: The Christian–Muslim Relationship for Bringing Peace and Harmony
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian– Muslim interactions; Tawhid; dialogues; conflicts; peaceful coexistence; Qur’ anic perspectives on Christians; Christian perspectives on Muslims
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Music as a Ritual Practice in Religious Contexts
edited by and Hanna Rijken
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 853 | Submission Open
Keywords: music; ritual; religion; liturgy; worship; embodiment; sound; sacrality; participation; tradition; innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Nature of Religion in Ancient Egypt submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropology of religion; phenomenology; landscape archaeology; pyramid texts; ontological turn; kingship; Egyptian religion; funerary ritual; religious art; architecture of religion
Orthodox Spirituality: Fundaments and Contemporary Perspectives
edited by and Gabriel Noje
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: Orthodox spirituality; theosis; desert fathers; church fathers; Philokalia; spiritual healing; Christian asceticism; spiritual discernment; spiritual schools; contemporary Orthodox; spiritual figures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religion and Violence in South Asia
edited by Leah M. Renold
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; violence; communalism; myth; nationalism; Hindutva; dehumanization
Engaged Spiritualities: Theories, Practices, and Future Directions submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3588 | Submission Open
Keywords: engaged spiritualities; spirituality and religion; spiritual experiences; everyday life
Theology and Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark: Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Perspectives
edited by C. Clifton Black
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: the Bible; New Testament; the Gospel of Mark; Biblical theology; early church; history of biblical interpretation; history of Christian thought; literary and sociological interpretations of the Bible; reception of biblical literature in the arts; lived religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Modernity and Its Discontents: Religion, Social Life, and the Politics of Diversity Culture Wars in a Global Perspective
edited by , and Pablo Echeverría-Esparza
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: culture wars; multiple modernities; multiple secularisms; religion and diversity; global governance; identity politics; secularism; pluralism; intersectionality; conflict
Walking, Wandering, and Journeying: Approaches from Chinese and Greek Thought submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open
Keywords: Chinese philosophy; Greek philosophy; comparative philosophy; way or path (Dao; odos); walking; wandering; journey; self-cultivation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Christian and Muslim Communities and Interactions in the Balkans and Eastern Europe
edited by and Mila Maeva
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 1286 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Islam; local and transnational communities; interactions; Balkans; coexistences; conflicts
Spiritual Care and Bioethics: Exploring Theological Perspectives and Practical Applications
edited by and Matyas Szalay
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioethics; religion; spirituality; medical ethics; ecological ethics; principlism; clinical chaplaincy; beginning-of-life questions; end-of-life questions; neuroethics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Ecclesiological Legacy of the Second Vatican Council in Light of Contemporary Challenges
edited by Alenka Arko
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: Second Vatican Council; mystery-based ecclesiology; communion; hierarchical structure of the Church; synodality; accountability; contextual reception of the Council; missionary conversion; dialogue
Practice of Religious Media in the Twenty-First Century
edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open
Keywords: broadcasting media; social media; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; religious media; religious television; religious radio
Creating a Robust Spirituality in Family and Relational Life in a Challenging World
edited by Suzanne Coyle
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
Keywords: family; relationship; spirituality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
New Images of God in Contemporary Physics, Quantum Metaphysics, and Theism: Quantum God, Emptiness, Consciousness, and Energy
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open
Keywords: (quantum) God; (quantum) vacuum; modern/contemporary physics; (quantum) metaphysics; theism; mind and matter; mindfulness and consciousness; synchronicity; holism; eastern religions
Historical Erasure in the Context of Religion
edited by Karen McCluskey and Karen Pack
submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious history; queer history; LGBTQIA+ experience; gender; marginalization; Indigenous history; history of disability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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