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Change from the Ground Up: Buddhism and Other East Asian Religions at the Grassroots
edited by and Kai Sheng
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open
Keywords: religions; interaction between Buddhism and other East Asian religions; Orientalism; popular religions; pilgrimage
Embodiment, Sport and Spiritual Traditions
edited by Patrick Kelly, SJ
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 500 | Submission Open
Keywords: lived religion; embodiment; play; sport; spirituality
Religious Converso Phenomenon
edited by Claude B. Stuczynski
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: Converso religiosities; Converso theologies; Crypto-Judaisms; Converso religious heterodoxy; Judaeo-Christian acculturation; syncretism; early-modern Iberian Catholicism; religious resistance and oral and written “ Marrano” traditions
(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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2307 | 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)
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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1428 | 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)
Wisdom Traditions, Religion, and the Global Era
edited by
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 561 | Submission Open
Keywords: wisdom traditions; religion; spirituality; health; culture; community
Christian Movements, Media and Society in Modern America
edited by and Jason Guthrie
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian movements; media; society; politics; history
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Migration and Religion: Exploring the Impacts and Challenges of Cross-Cultural Integration
edited by , and Salam Al Rabadi
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open
Keywords: migration; religion; cross-cultural integration; religious diversity; identity; social cohesion; intercultural dialogue; transnationalism; social inclusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Science and Christian Theology: Past, Present, and Future
edited by Joseph R. Laracy and Jamie Boulding
submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8566 | Submission Open
Keywords: science; theology; creation; cosmology; evolution; artificial intelligence; epistemology; metaphysics; Stanley Jaki; Ian Barbour
Yijing's Cosmology–Divination–Ethics Continuum: The Sacred Intercourse of Yin-Yang and the Manifestation of Tian-Di
edited by Solsar Kong, Zhenyu Zeng, Qiuli Li and Lili Zhang
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4253 | Submission Open
Keywords: Yijing; tian-di; yin-yang; divination; ethics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Adolescent Flourishing: Theological and Educational Approaches to Supporting Catholic Youth
edited by Cynthia L. Cameron
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescence; flourishing; Catholic church; Catholic schools; Catholic theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Creative Eco-Theology: Responding to the Ecological Crisis of Creation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2166 | Submission Open
Keywords: eco-theology; ecological crisis; creation care; environmental ethics; ecological hermeneutics; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Spirit of Space Exploration in China
edited by James Miller and
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open
Keywords: astroculture; religion and space; China; West; cosmology; spiritual narratives; ethics of exploration; science fiction; comparative religion
(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 30 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11183 | 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)
The Buddhist-Christian Dialogue and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open
Keywords: buddhist– christian dialogue; mutual civilizational learning; religions and cultures; comparative religion; comparative philosophy
(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 and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9363 | Submission Open
Keywords: Yan Zun; Laozi zhigui; Laozi Daodejing; Daoist religion and philosophy
Religion and Conflict, Religion and Peace: Demystifying the Role of Religion in Conflict Dynamics
edited by and Daniel Rhodes
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3004 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and conflict; religion and peacemaking; interfaith dialogue; interreligious contract; religious miltants; Countering Violent Extremism (CVE); conflict dynamics; values conflicts; belief/faith; peacebuilding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Divine Algorithms: Religion and Faith in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
edited by , , and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2558 | 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)
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 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2494 | Submission Open
Keywords: Catholic mission; comparative missionary endeavors; global religion; paganism and heresies; cultural adaptation
Exploring the Relationship Between Religion and Science from a Historical Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1846 | 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)
Revealing the Hidden: Apocryphal Texts and the Shaping of Religious Thought submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1538 | Submission Open
Keywords: apocrypha and pseudepigrapha; parabiblical tradition; biblical exegesis; devotional literature and culture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religious Extremism in a Global Context: Analyzing the Rise and Impact of Movements
edited by Marcello Mollica and James Dingley
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1527 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; violence; fundamentalism; security; terrorism
Body-Mind Relations and Ethical Living of Chinese Buddhism
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1012 | Submission Open
Keywords: body– mind relations; mind– nature theory; embodied cognition; history of Buddhist ideas and social life; morality and belief
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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 999 | 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
Dialogues on Mysticism and Grace in the Christian Traditions
edited by and Adam Rybicki
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 955 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian mysticism; grace; mystical experience; spiritual theology; mistology; typology of mysticism; mystical phenomena; Marian mysticism
(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 , Fahimah Ulfat and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open
Keywords: youth ministry; youth work; religious development; faith; youth; Christian; Jewish; Muslim
Dialogues Between East and West: Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Past and Present
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 886 | 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)
Christian Spirituality: Ancient Foundations, Modern Expressions
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 736 | 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)
Christian–Muslim Encounters and Dialogues over the Centuries: Bringing Peace and Harmony
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 632 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian– Muslim interactions; tawhid; dialogues; conflicts; peaceful coexistence; evangelical theology; missionary movements; imperialism; colonialism; Christendom; Christology; persecution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Liberation of All Things: New Materialism, Theology and Nonhuman Salvation
edited by Iljoon Park
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 572 | Submission Open
Keywords: agency of things; liberation of things; new materialism; energy; energy democracy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Tradition and Postmodern Approaches
edited by Radu Petre Muresan
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; postmodernism; history of Christianity; Christian faith; theological debates; biblical and patristic studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Digitalizing Religious Education in Global Perspectives
edited by Britta Baumert and Christine Wenona Hoffmann
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religious education; digitality and religion; digital transformation of religious education
(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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2218 | 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)
Orthodox Spirituality: Fundaments and Contemporary Perspectives
edited by and Gabriel Noje
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1741 | 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)
Women in the Christian Tradition: Paradigms and Expressions of Religious Life in Early Modern Western Contexts
edited by Maria Luisa Jacquinet
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 954 | Submission Open
Keywords: women’ s religious life; early modern Western world; council of Trent; papal enclosure; contemplative life; apostolic life; religious vows; education; charitable work; monasteries; houses of retreat; beaterio; third orders; ecclesiastical authority; women’ s religious life in European colonial territories
Symbolic Hermeneutics: Interpretations, Imaginaries, and Surpluses of Meaning
edited by Joaquín Esteban Ortega
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 783 | Submission Open
Keywords: symbolic hermeneutics; religion and culture; myth and meaning; sacred and symbolic; philosophical anthropology; hermeneutics of the body; symbolic imagination; transdisciplinarity; reason and mystery; spiritual interpretation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Qur’an as Civilizational Nexus and Hermeneutical Matrix
edited by Peter Matthews Wright
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic studies; biblical studies; literary history; hermeneutics; Qur’ anic studies; comparative literature; history of religions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion and Violence in South Asia
edited by Leah M. Renold
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; violence; communalism; myth; nationalism; Hindutva; dehumanization
Media as Sites of Memory: German Religious History and the Culture of Remembrance
edited by
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: German cultural and religious history; media; memory studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Social Justice in Theological Education: Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4529 | 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)
Energy and Religion
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2819 | 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)
Modern Myths and National Narratives: Exploring the Role of Religions in Shaping Cultural Memory
edited by István Povedák and László-Attila Hubbes
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 757 | Submission Open
Keywords: memory culture; religious nationalism; ethno-paganism; vernacular religion; alternative spiritualities; modern mythologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Divine Infinity: Philosophical and Theological Considerations | Religions
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open
Keywords: divine infinity; philosophical theology; philosophy of God; philosophy of religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Science, Technology, and Religious Belief: A Dialectical Discussion
edited by Marek Słomka and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological anthropology; artificial intelligence and spirituality; mind– body dualism; human uniqueness; soul and personhood; religion and environment; theology and science; technology and transcendence
Symbolism and Ritual in Christian Liturgy
edited by Ângelo Cardita
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian liturgy; Christian sacraments; hermeneutics; interdisciplinarity; ritual; sign; symbol
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Climate and Creation: Theological Responses to the Anthropocene
edited by Clive Pearson
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open
Keywords: Anthropocene; creation; providence; theodicy; eschatology; Zalasiewicz; multidisciplinary; intersectionality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Engaged Spiritualities: Theories, Practices, and Future Directions submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10109 | Submission Open
Keywords: engaged spiritualities; spirituality and religion; spiritual experiences; everyday life
Continental Philosophy and Catholic Theology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7357 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Catholic; continental philosophy; theology; metaphysics; mystery; phenomenology; synodality; truth; wisdom
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Post-Secularism: Society, Politics, Theology
edited by and George Joseph Vellankal
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6455 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-secularism; pluralism; public religion; secularisation; public sphere and private sphere; sociology of religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Anthropology and Religion: Rethinking Identity in a Fragmented Cultural Landscape
edited by Teresa Aizpun and Raúl Madrid
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4617 | Submission Open
Keywords: identity; anthropology; culture; philosophy; deconstruction; posthumanism; religion; selfhood; technology; subjectivity
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