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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Spirituality and Mental Health in Secular Societies
edited by Johnny Ramírez-Johnson and Héctor Luis Díaz
submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 802 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; religion; mental health; psychology; social work; marriage and family therapy; counseling; pastoral care; chaplaincy
Ethical Concerns in Early Confucianism
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 32083 | Submission Open
Keywords: early Confucianism; ethical concerns; classical text; representative; ethical argument; ethical debate
Religion and Politics: Interactions and Boundaries
edited by Daniele Santarelli, Lorenza Gianfrancesco and Domizia Weber
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16565 | Submission Open
Keywords: political– religious conflict; tolerance; freedom; Heresy; persecutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Global Catholicism
edited by Bryan Froehle and Massimo Faggioli
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15195 | Submission Open
Keywords: case study; catholicity; circle method; culture; development of doctrine; ecclesiology; hermeneutics; intercultural theology; interdisciplinarity; method; methodology; Missio Dei; missiology; political economy; practical theology; sensus fidelium; sensus fidelium fidei; synodality; world Christianity; world regions
Asceticism, Mysticism, and the Affirmation of the World in Christianity and Islam submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12524 | Submission Open
Keywords: asceticism; mysticism; comparative theology; comparative religions; Christianity; Islam; Sufism
Religion and/of the Future submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12085 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; future; technology; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; new religious movements; neuroscience; brain; well-being
Engaging Religious Plurality within Australian and New Zealand Catholic Schools: Particularity in Dialogue with Diversity
edited by William Sultmann, Peta Goldburg and David Hall
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11115 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious education; Catholic school curriculum; religious plurality; innovation; mission
Reassessing Religion and Social Movements: From Rebellious Clergy to Counter-Hegemonic Theology and Praxis
edited by and Anh Susann Pham Thi
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7094 | Submission Open
Keywords: new religious movements; progressive religious movements; emancipatory religion; progressive priests; progressive clerics; theology of liberation; religious change; religion and politics
Conflict and Integration of Confucianism and Religions in Modern Japan
edited by Haozhi Dong and Lianxing Qin
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5892 | Submission Open
Keywords: Confucianism; Shinto; Buddhism; Christianity; emerging religions; religious ethics; religious practices; reformation; folk religion
Secularism in Social and Political Contexts: Contemporary Trends, Movements, and Ideas in the Middle East
edited by Gokhan Bacik and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3995 | Submission Open
Keywords: secularism and politics; the Middle East; islamism; secularism; secular political thought; social and political study of secularism; Arab nationalism and secular movements; left-wing politics and secular movements; transnational secular studies
Grief Care: Religion and Spiritual Support in Times of Loss
edited by Panagiotis Pentaris
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2949 | Submission Open
Keywords: grief care; spiritual support; religious copying
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religion, Culture and Spirituality in a Digital World
edited by , Miguel Ángel Motis Dolader and Carmen Herrando Cugota
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1340 | 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
The Hebrew Bible: A Journey Through History and Literature
edited by Pierfrancesco Cocco
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1288 | Submission Open
Keywords: Hebrew Bible; ancient history; literary criticism; biblical theology; biblical narratives; biblical archaeology; biblical poetry; cultural studies; near eastern literature  
Divine and Secular Sovereignty: Interpretations
edited by Zoltán Balázs and György Laszlo Geréby
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1189 | Submission Open
Keywords: divine sovereignty; secular sovereignty; political theology; Carl Schmitt; Erik Peterson; Giorgio Agamben
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Ecclesiology in Context: Exploring the Historical, Cultural, and Theological Dimensions of the Church
edited by Csaba Fazekas
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecclesiology; church images; self-images of christian churches; images of others’ churches; schisms; impact of historical changes on the interpretation of the church; conflicts of church images
Classical Arabic Texts and the Pre-Modern Islamic Rhetorical Tradition: Rethinking the Qur’an and Early Arabic Poetry as Cultural Foundations
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 579 | 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
Islamic Practical Theology
edited by Tuba Işik
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 560 | Submission Open
Keywords: practical theology; religious practice; character forming
Religious Engagement and Education: Exploring Belief, Practice and Pedagogy Across Cultures
edited by Heather Marshall and Francis Farrell
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious education; pedagogy; curriculum development; teacher training; interfaith dialog; digital learning; educational strategies
The Role of Monasteries in Preserving Cultural Heritage in Central and Eastern Europe
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open
Keywords: monasteries; cultural heritage; central and eastern europe; historical preservation; religious institutions; educational contributions; architectural heritage; linguistic preservation; cultural identity; social history
Beyond the Book: Exploring the Cultural Histories of Biblical Masculinity
edited by Eric Thurman and Susan Haddox
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open
Keywords: masculinity; bible; reception theory; cultural history
Eastern Christian Worship in Late Modernity Challenges and Opportunities
edited by Grant White
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: eastern Christian liturgy; liturgy; worship; interpretation; late modernity; mission; liturgical change; diaspora; liturgical language; spirituality; seekers
Hebrew Bible: Text, Culture, and Archaeology
edited by Rachel Nabulsi
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
Keywords: Israel in the Iron Age; scripture and archaeology; Ancient Near Eastern studies; culture and daily life in Ancient Israel and Judah; Hebrew Bible studies
Transformations in East Asia Religious Diversity: Technology, Hybridity, Equality submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: pluralism; social inequalities; technology
The Diversity and Harmony of Taoism: Ideas, Behaviors and Influences
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6650 | Submission Open
Keywords: Taoism; diversity; harmony; ideas; behaviors; contemporary value
Religion and Immigrants in Western Europe
edited by Ednan Aslan and Kamil Öktem
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3593 | Submission Open
Keywords: immigration; religious thought; identity; interfaith dialogue; integration; religious institutions
Is an Ethics without God Possible?
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2858 | Submission Open
Keywords: God’ s commands; God’ s nature; objective ethics; theism; atheism; Darwinian evolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
A Sociological Approach to the Study of the Sanskrit Purānas
edited by Joël Dubois and Deven M. Patel
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open
Keywords: Sanskrit; Purānas; sociological analysis; historical analysis; storytelling lineages
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religious Changes and Challenges in the Wake of Increasing Global Migration
edited by Anja Zalta and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious changes; religious challenges; religious conflicts; secularism; post-secularism; religious policies; state policies; religious plurality; migration; religious literacy; new religious movements; intrareligious and interreligious differences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Materiality and Gender Constructs in Hagiography: Saints and Sacred Space
edited by Michelle M. Sauer
submission deadline 14 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open
Keywords: materiality; gender; sexuality; hagiography; saints; sacred space
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Between Philosophy and Theology: Liminal and Contested Issues
edited by Lenart Škof and Alberto Parisi
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2586 | Submission Open
Keywords: philosophical theology; magic and indigenous thought; ontology of miracles; paranormal phenomena; angelic beings; quantum theology; cross-species theology; psychoanalysis and synchronicity; paranormal phenomena; liminality; cross-cultural studies; omniscience between philosophy and theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Witness of the Orthodox Church in the Political Context of the Secularized Modern State
edited by Paul Brusanowski and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2304 | Submission Open
Keywords: Church and state; missiology; Christian witness; Secularization; religious beliefs and practices; ecumenism; nationalisms; identities
Religion and the Modern Government: Is Neutrality Still an Option?
edited by Owen Anderson
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1657 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious neutrality; First Amendment; populism; nationalism; methodological atheism; established church; Federalist papers; religious morality; natural law; natural theology
Biblical Interpretation: Literary Cues and Thematic Developments
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: literary analysis; biblical interpretation; Bible; literature; exegesis; systematic theology; biblical theology; homiletics; Bible study; lectionary
Pilgrimages of Repair: Journeys to Return, Rebuild and Restore
edited by Heather Warfield
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 621 | Submission Open
Keywords: repair; pilgrimages; multidisciplinary; sacred sites
Shaping Sacred Knowledge: The Transmission and Legacy of the Chinese Buddhist Canon submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4245 | Submission Open
Keywords: Chinese Buddhist Canon; Chinese Buddhism; East Asian Buddhism; canonical studies; religious texts; manuscripts and printed canons; multidisciplinary religious research; cultural interactions; digital humanities in religious studies; Buddhist material culture
Digital Religion in the Age of the Metaverse submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religion; metaverse; internet; sociology; online communication; digital humanities
Devotion Practice and Performative Expression in the Religious Art of Medieval Europe
edited by Barbara Crostini and Vlad Bedros
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15550 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval art; materiality; performance; devotion; museum studies; iconoclasm; Byzantium
Old Texts, New Insights: Exploring Buddhist Manuscripts
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8335 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist manuscripts; Sanskrit manuscripts; Chinese manuscripts; Dunhuang manuscripts; philological research; codicology; paleography; iconography; manuscript preservation; digitalizing manuscripts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Systematic Theology and Social Ethics: On the Unity of Theory and Praxis
edited by Miguel Escobar Torres and Matyas Szalay
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7725 | Submission Open
Keywords: systematic theology; community; society; ethics; practice; theory
Situating Religious Cognition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6754 | Submission Open
Keywords: situated cognition; extended mind theory; 4e cognition; phenomenology of religion; media studies; pragmatist studies of religion; hermeneutics; deconstruction
The Multiple Images and Forms of Classical Confucian and Daoist Ethics for Living
edited by and Hongxing Lin
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4534 | Submission Open
Keywords: Confucianism; Daoism; ethics for living
‘On the Lapsed’: Comparative Ethnographic Perspectives on ‘Lapsing’ among Christians around the World
edited by , Christine Lee and Carsten Vala
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4025 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; religion; lapsing; membership
Consciousness between Science and Religion
edited by Sibylle Trawöger
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1797 | Submission Open
Keywords: consciousness; soul; body; mind; awareness; dialogue between science and religion; theological anthropology
Pilgrimage: Diversity, Past and Present of Sacred Routes
edited by Pedro Pereira and Marina Pignatelli
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open
Keywords: pilgrimage; transits to sacred places; culture; religiosity; syncretism; gender; power relations; economy
The Bible in Person: Physiological Interpretations
edited by Bruce A. Lowe and Luke Irwin
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open
Keywords: hermeneutics; physiology; embodiment; Bible interpretation; theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Spirituality, Culture, and Sustainability: Integrating Cultural Sensitivity into Responsible Religious Tourism
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 489 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious tourism; pilgrimage; sustainable development; cultural sensitivity; spirituality; religious sensitivity; regenerative tourism; accessible tourism; heritage; interpretation
Accommodating the Other: Negotiating Christianity, Indigenous Practices, and Colonialism in the Jesuit Reductions
edited by Andres Prieto
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open
Keywords: Jesuit reductions; Indigenous cultures and Christianity; religious syncretism; missionary strategies in colonial Americas; cultural encounters in colonialism; Indigenous agency and resistance; baroque art and sacred music in missions
Religion, Mobility, and Transnational History
edited by Anthony Miller
submission deadline 1 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1756 | 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)
Traditional and Civil Religions: Theory and Political Practice
edited by Lan T. Chu, Anthony Kammas and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2747 | Submission Open
Keywords: religions; politics; civil religion; ideology; sectarianism; faith communities; civil society; social movements
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Involvement of Religion in Modern States' Political and Government Systems submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and politics; secularism; religious freedom; government policy; international relations; multiculturalism; religious in-fluence; human rights; secular governance; identity
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