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Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Religion

edited by Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: subjectivity; the leap of faith; the absolute paradox; the absurd; inwardness; passion; the single individual; existential commitment (decision); agape; stages on life’s way; teleological suspension of the ethical; angst (anxiety/dread); despair; sin; repentance (sorrowing); infinite resignation; knight of faith; infinite qualitative distinction; christendom; repetition

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

Reinterpreting the Bible: Intercultural Approaches to Biblical Hermeneutics

edited by Larry W. Caldwell

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open

Keywords: intercultural Bible interpretation; cultural exegesis; ethnohermeneutics; contextual hermeneutics; intercultural hermeneutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Religion and the Senses: Perception, Artifacts, Practices

edited by

Daniel R. Esparza

and Sergi Castellà Martínez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 523 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and the body; aesthetics; perception; sensory anthropology; ritual; material culture; embodiment; affect theory; devotional practices; religious epistemology

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

Orthodox Christianity in Sociopolitical Landscapes

edited by

Gelu Călina

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 489 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodox church; mission studies; missiology; ecclesiology; religion and modernity; sociology of religions; history; law; sacred arts; philology

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

Religion, Social Networks and Community Support: Exploring Faith-Based Approaches to Mental Health and Well-Being

edited by Joana Romeiro and

Sílvia Caldeira

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; mental health; religion; religious coping; religious practices; society; spirituality; spiritual coping; spiritual well-being; well-being

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

Performing Faith: Worship, Ritual, and Intercultural Dialogue

edited by

Alfredo Teixeira

and Jefferson Zeferino

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: practical theology ; public theology ; liturgical and ritual studies ; worship practices ; ritual performance ; embodied experience; liturgical aesthetics ; intercultural dialogue ; post secularity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Mendicant Networks and Mobility in the Global Medieval and Early Modern Worlds

edited by

Anna Busquets Alemany

and Diego Sola Garcia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: mendicant orders; Franciscans; Dominicans; missionary activity; mobility networks; medieval history; early modern history; material culture; knowledge circulation; cross-cultural interaction; religious exchange

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

Women and Preaching in the Contemporary World: Voices, Contexts, and Transformative Practices

edited by Hyveth Williams

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: women’s preaching; homiletics; gender and religion; religious authority; global Christianity; global religious practices

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

Spiritual Care and Bioethics: Exploring Theological Perspectives and Practical Applications

edited by

Gusztáv Kovács

and Matyas Szalay

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2922 | 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)

The Interplay of Religion, Media, and Politics in the Digital Age

edited by Stefan Bratosin and Mihaela-Alexandra Tudor

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 2318 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious and political mediatization; artificial intelligence and symbolic power; media visibility and legitimacy; religion–politics–media entanglement; critical methodologies in communication

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

The Implications of Spirituality for Mental Well-Being and Public Health

edited by

Kelvin Mutter

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2197 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethics; ethical practice; social seterminants of health; negative spiritual coping; positive spiritual coping; spiritually integrated healthcare; spiritual practices in healthcare; well-being of caregivers

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

Christian and Muslim Communities and Interactions in the Balkans and Eastern Europe

edited by

Petko Hristov

and Mila Maeva

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 1732 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christianity; Islam; local and transnational communities; interactions; Balkans; coexistences; conflicts

Teaching and Interpreting Biblical Texts in “Such a Time as This”

edited by Jina Kang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bible; religion; critical pedagogy; trauma; postcolonial; interdisciplinary; critical praxis; community

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Ecclesiological Legacy of the Second Vatican Council in Light of Contemporary Challenges

edited by Alenka Arko

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 455 | 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

Jewish Women Thinkers in the Face of Shoah and Its Aftermath

edited by Orietta Ombrosi

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 652 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jewish thought; gender difference; Jewish feminism; Shoah; antisemitism; violence; history & Judaism; 20th- and 21st-century philosophy

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

Religion and Restorative Justice

edited by Harold Dean Trulear

submission deadline 8 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 846 | Submission Open

Keywords: restorative justic; harmed party; responsible party; criminal justice reform; theological anthropology; redemption; punishment; accountability

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

Reimagining Ministry: Formation, Leadership, and Innovation for the 21st Century

edited by Seidel Abel Boanerges

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 938 | Submission Open

Keywords: ministry; ministerial formation; church leadership; digital innovation; digital theology; practical theology; ecclesiology; global christianity; theological education; faith and practice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Faith, Communication, and Culture: Ecumenism in Religion and Theology

edited by Nicu Dumitrascu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 639 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christian unity; the “little way” of ecumenism; contemporary secularism; countercultural revolution; theological communication; faith and reason; transmission of faith; public discourse; confessional language; reconciliation; interconfessional marriage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Research on John’s Use of the Synoptics

edited by Fergus King and Blake Wassell

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: Gospel of John; Synoptic Gospels; source criticism; socio-rhetorical criticism; early Christianity; gospel writing; textual reuse; literary imitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Religious Identity and Solidarity in Sociological Theory

edited by Ferdinand Okorie

submission deadline 16 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1391 | Submission Open

Keywords: God; Jesus Christ; Holy Spirit; theology; church; culture; context; postcolonial; community; dignity; justice; hermeneutic

Hebrew Bible in the Ancient Near Eastern Context

edited by

Jose Andrés Sánchez Abarrio

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 471 | Submission Open

Keywords: the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near-East; comparative studies; extra-canonical parallels; ANE comparative literature; intertextuality; Ancient Near-Eastern Literature

Beyond Sacred–Secular Cities: Imagining the Nation in Urban Space

edited by Torsten Janson and

Barbara Törnquist-Plewa

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and nationalism; post-secularity; heritage; social memory; urban space; urban memory; post-conflict; memory politics; Middle East; South Africa

Monastic Lives and Buddhist Textual Traditions in China and Beyond

edited by Limei Chi,

Zhiyuan Chen

and Dewei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 16 articles | Viewed by 25352 | Submission Open

Keywords: monastic lives; Buddhist textual traditions; transmission and transformation of Buddhist texts; Buddhist manuscript culture; Buddhist biography and hagiography; Buddhist miracle tales

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

Reimagining Protestant Theology: The Asian Experience and Christian Tradition

edited by

Shinhyung Seong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3255 | 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

Practice of Religious Media in the Twenty-First Century

edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3181 | Submission Open

Keywords: broadcasting media; social media; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; religious media; religious television; religious radio

New Religious Movements in Historical and Political Contexts: Interactions, Conflicts, and Identities

edited by William Ashcraft

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2555 | Submission Open

Keywords: New Religious Movements; New Religious Studies; the history of NRMs; NRMs and politics; NRMs’ beliefs and practices

Preserving the Master’s Word: Rituals and Protective Accessories for Sacred Scriptures in the Himalayan Culture

edited by Michela Clemente

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2205 | Submission Open

Keywords: consecration rituals; book rituals; Himalayan book culture; Buddhist studies; bon studies; materiality of the books; codicology; book conservation; Himalayan art history

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

The Challenges and Future of Religious Education

edited by

Giorgia Pinelli

and

Tommaso Rompianesi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1320 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious education; identity formation; meaning-making; horizons of meaning; narratives; religious pluralism; secularization; personal autonomy; multicultural society; integral formation

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

Integrating Christian Spirituality into Contemporary Therapy Practice

edited by

Thomas Frederick

and Susan Purrington

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1124 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christian devotion meditation; MBCT; ACT; Christian contemplative practices; psychotherapy

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

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 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 702 | Submission Open

Keywords: migration; religion; pluralism; late Middle Ages; refuge; respectability; resource; social groups; identity

Interpreting Islamic Sacred Texts

edited by

Jose Abraham

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 584 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic sacred texts; Qurʾān; ḥadīth; tafsīr; hermeneutics; Islamic law; ethics; modernity; postcolonial studies; lived religion

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

The Intangible into the Perceptible: Ethereal Aspects of Religious Spaces and Their Theological Foundations

edited by

Iakovos Potamianos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious architecture; sacred buildings; space and form; philosophical concepts; theological concepts

Buddhist Prints of the Ancient Northern Silk Road: Text, Religion and the Exchange of Knowledge

edited by Abdurishid Yakup

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist prints; ancient Northern Silk Road; Text; religion; knowledge exchange

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

Revolutionary Mothering and Sacred Rage: Black Feminist Theologies in Action

edited by Deidre Hill Butler and Gabrie’l Janine Atchison

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: Black feminist theology; womanist theology; revolutionary mothering; sacred rage; care ethics; lived religion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Holy Cities in the 21st Century: Images, Identities, and Networks

edited by Stanley Brunn

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1011 | Submission Open

Keywords: holy cities; pilgrimage; religion and globalization; sacred and secular; interfaith encounters; digital religion; religious tourism

Living Faith, Shaping Identity: Social and Religious Practices of Minority Communities in Japan

edited by

Nataša Visočnik Gerželj

submission deadline 5 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious diversity in Japan; minority communities; cultural identity; indigenous religions; social practices and rituals; intercultural dialogue; minority rights and inclusion; migration and religion; religious and cultural preservation

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

The Nature of Religion in Ancient Egypt

edited by

Antonio Muñoz Herrera

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 927 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropology of religion; phenomenology; landscape archaeology; pyramid texts; ontological turn; kingship; Egyptian religion; funerary ritual; religious art; architecture of religion

Religious Architecture in East Asia and the Manifestation of Cultural Identity

edited by

Shuishan Yu

and

Aibin Yan

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 499 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious architecture; East Asia; cultural identity; ritual space; sacred landscape; folk cult; pilgrimage site; monastery; temple; shrine

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

Polemics and Conversion: Setting and Crossing Boundaries in Medieval Jewish–Christian Relations

edited by Eveline Brugger

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: Middle Ages; Jewish history; conversion; polemics; Jewish–Christian relations

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

Kierkegaard and Faith in a Time of Crisis

edited by Ángel Viñas Vera and Raquel Carpintero

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: Kierkegaard; faith; religion; crisis; subjectivity; anxiety; secularization; pluralism; philosophy of religion

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

Engaging Buddhism in Modern Societies: The Diaspora of Religious Values and Ethics

edited by Daniel Rhodes and

Jeremy A. Rinker

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhism; Buddhist practice; Buddhist ethics and values; mindfulness; immigrant and refugee populations; religious diaspora; Buddhism with mental health and health sciences

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

Women in the Christian Tradition: Paradigms and Expressions of Religious Life in Early Modern Western Contexts

edited by Maria Luisa Jacquinet

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1446 | 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

Buddhist Meditation: Culture, Mindfulness, and Rationality

edited by

Heather Kempton

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10253 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhism; meditation; mindfulness; culture; psychology; philosophy; rationality; introspection; secularization; in-terdisciplinarity

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

An Enduring Legacy: The Theology of Thomas Aquinas in Dialogue with the Contemporary Age

edited by

Piotr Roszak

and

Kenny Ang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8251 | Submission Open

Keywords: Thomas Aquinas; Thomism; systematic theology; metaphysics; grace; natural law; virtue ethics; faith and reason; sacramental theology; contemporary theology

Contemporary Johannine Scholarship: Texts, Contexts, and Trajectories

edited by

Martin Micallef

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3969 | Submission Open

Keywords: theological interpretation; narrative theology; christological analysis; pneumatological approach; symbolic interpretation; trinitarian reading; historical–contextual analysis; literary–critical method; reception history; intertextual reading

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Theological and Ethical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Rafael Amo Usanos

and

Andrea Ciucci

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2583 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; theology; ethics; religious traditions; human singularity; concept of God; moral evaluation; technological culture; interreligious dialogue; responsible innovation

Jewish Ethics: Foundations, Developments, and Contemporary Challenges

edited by

Tsuriel Rashi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2208 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jewish ethics; halakha; moral philosophy; rabbinic thought; applied ethics; theology; Jewish law; responsibility; tradition and modernity; religious pluralism

Phenomenology and Theology: Methods, Limits and Transformations

edited by

Martin Koci

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 1400 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenomenological theology; continental philosophy; finitude; embodiment; religious experience; transformation; theological method; critical phenomenology; systematic theology

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

Religion and the State: Secularism, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion

edited by Alberto Spektorowski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and state; secularism and exclusion; religious nationalism; post-secular critiques

Comparative Thinking on Islam in a Global Age

edited by

Aldona Piwko

and

Andrzej Adamski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 1124 | 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

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