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"What Does Theology Do, Actually?” Dialogue between Differing Theological Approaches
edited by and Matthew Ryan Robinson
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 541 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological method; global; intercultural; semantics; ecumenical; comparative; praxis; politics; postcoloniality
On the Origins of Western Psychedelia: Exploring Allegro’s The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
edited by J. Christian Greer and Sharday C. Mosurinjohn
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open
Keywords: psychedelia; John M. Allegro; The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
Under the Rising Crescent: How and When Became the Middle East an Islamic Region?
edited by Michael Ehrlich and Amichay Schwartz
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamization; Islamication; conversion; migration; Arabization; Syria; Palestine
Spirituality in Action: Perspectives on New Evangelization
edited by Marek Chmielewski
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; spiritual theology; new evangelization; Gospel preaching; spiritual experience; acts of mercy; witness; inculturation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Urban Governance of Interreligious Dialogue and Freedom of/from Religion submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: interreligious dialogue; urban governance; religious diversity; freedom of/from religion
Minorities and Religion in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
edited by Gavril Flora
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious pluralism; ethnic diversity; religious minorities; ethnic minorities; national identity; national political legitimacy; Eastern Europe
Tibet-Mongol Buddhism Studies
edited by Vesna Wallace
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: philosophy; arts; medicine; literature; ritual; meditation; monastic education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Ancient Philosophy in Early and Medieval Christianity
edited by George Karamanolis
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open
Keywords: ancient philosophy; early Christianity; medieval Christianity; theological development; Church Fathers; Platonic influence; Aristotelian influence; Neoplatonism; ethical theories; doctrinal development
Spirituality as Core to Mental Health and Wellbeing; Cultivating Awareness in Interventions
edited by Lisa Miller
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; spiritually supportive intervention; spiritually supportive treatment; wellness; spiritual support; treatment; prevention; awareness; wellbeing
Science and Religion: Natural Theology in the Contemporary Context
edited by Kai Man Kwan
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 135 | 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
Exploring the Historiography of Muslim Communities in Central Asia
edited by Eren Tasar
submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open
Keywords: Muslim; historiographical tradition; Islam; Central Asia
Modern Jewish Identities
edited by Daniel Bessner and David Weinfeld
submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: Judaism/Jews/Jewish; Zionism; diaspora; assimilation; denominationalism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Microcosm Holds Mountains and Seas: The Sinicization of Buddhism in ‘Multi-Layered Contextualization’ from Local to Global History
edited by and Ru Zhan
submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: sinification of Buddhism; localization of Buddhism; globalization of Buddhism; modernization of Buddhism; overseas/diaspora Chinese Buddhism; spread of Buddhism through land and the maritime Silk Road
Kant’s Critique of Rational Theology and His Project of Moral Religion
edited by Kezheng Li
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open
Keywords: Kant; rational theology; moral religion; moral argument; radical evil
Thresholds of Reality: Exploring the In-Between in Indian Thought
edited by Gergana Ruseva and Milena Bratoeva
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: myth; ritual; Brahmanism; Hinduism; Buddhism; liminal spaces and level of existence; transformation; dream; death; rebirth
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Devotion Practice and Performative Expression in the Religious Art of Medieval Europe
edited by Barbara Crostini and Vlad Bedros
submission deadline 19 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12396 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval art; materiality; performance; devotion; museum studies; iconoclasm; Byzantium
Inter-Religious Encounters in Architecture and Other Public Art
edited by Timothy Parker
submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5343 | Submission Open
Intellectual Crossroads: Religion, Knowledge, and Science in the Early Modern World
edited by Andrew Keitt and Ismael del Olmo
submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1867 | 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)
On the Font: Human Nature Seen Through Baptism and the Baptismal Font
edited by Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen and Line M. Bonde
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: baptism; iconography; liturgy; material culture; ontology; sacred space
Breath of Life: Black Spirituality in Everyday Life
edited by Brianne Painia and
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: employment of Black faith practices; expansions and/or reflections; Black secular life; spiritual practices and rituals in Black life; African and Pan-African-informed spiritual traditions
How Christianity Affects Public Policy submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11198 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; economics; political science; political philosophy; public Health; government; social welfare and social work; sociology & social history; law; education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religion and Politics: Historical Developments and Contemporary Transformations
edited by Andre P. Audette, Christopher Weaver and Mark Brockway
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7987 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and politics; secularism; religious identities; law and public policy; political theology; nationalism; culture wars; religious demography
New Work on Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Religion submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 5741 | Submission Open
Keywords: Ludwig Wittgenstein; philosophy of religion; religious belief; religious language; religious point of view; ethics; faith; form of life; cognitivism; fideism; John Henry Newman; Kierkegaard; Tolstoy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Examining Religion's Influence in Non-formal and Informal Educational Contexts: Beliefs, Practices and Narratives
edited by and Marco Guglielmi
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4953 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and education; non-formal and informal educational contexts; learning society and religion; religious education; religious literacy; education and religious change; religious and secular narratives; interreligious dialogue and education
Intersections of Religiousness/Spirituality and Forgiveness and Implications for Mental Health and Well-Being submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3688 | Submission Open
Keywords: forgiveness; mental health; well-being; self-forgiveness; personal resources; faith; religiosity; trauma
Theological Reflections on Moral Theories
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2168 | Submission Open
Keywords: moral principles; normativity; theistic ethics; moral theology; value theory; well-being; rights; divine commands
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Dolls and Idols: Critical Essays in Neo-Animism
edited by Fabio Gygi and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1708 | Submission Open
Keywords: animism; neo-animism; dolls; idols; relationality; attachment
Advancing the Study of Religion and International Relations: Thirty Years After Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" (1993, 1996)—A Critical Evaluation and Appraisal of the Current State of Art submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1109 | Submission Open
Keywords: international Relations; religion; culture; identity; regionalism; clash of civilizations; Huntington; ambivalence of the sacred
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Geopolitics and Religion(s): Neglected Topics in the Current World Crisis
edited by Vendulka Kubalkova and Renat Shaykhutdinov
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open
Keywords: beyond religion as soft power only; religion(s) and geopolitics; against west-and Euro-centrism; international political theology and geopolitics; the ‘ holy’ and ‘ mundane’ in world politics; competing and complementary narratives in religion and geopolitics; strategic narratives in international relations (IR) sharp and smart power in IR; BRICS
Contemporary Christian Worship: Origins, Theory and Practice
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 730 | Submission Open
Keywords: liturgy; worship music; theology of worship; Christian rituals; worship innovation; cultural context; liturgical history; worship practices; ecclesiology; digital worship
Casta Meretrix: The Paradox of the Christian Church Through History
edited by and Nicholas Doublet
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 590 | Submission Open
Keywords: christianity; ecumenical councils; apostolic succession; monasticism; constantinian shift; great schism; reformation; canon law; nicene creed; sacraments; orthodoxy; heresiology; iconoclasm; mysticism; missionary movements; church-state relations; crusades
Rabbinic Thought between Philosophy and Literature
edited by Sergey Dolgopolski
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open
Keywords: rabbinics; Talmud; midrash; comparative literature; continental philosophy; history of mind and mental states; word-image-concept; noetics; Jewish literature; Jewish thought; Late Antiquity and Middle Ages; history and theory of thought
Religious Transmission Across Generations: Challenges, Continuities, and Changes
edited by Christel Gärtner and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 497 | 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)
Pagan Revival Movements in Scandinavia and Baltics: A Study of Ancient Religion in Modern Times
edited by Dalia Senvaitytė
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open
Keywords: ancient religion; Baltic religion; Norse religion; neo-paganism; modern paganism; pagan revival; cultural heritage; cultural memory; religious movements; modern identity; spiritual traditions; modern spirituality; (re)constructions of historical traditions
Ancient Cult and Modern Methods: Unearthing the Religions of Ancient Israel and the Surrounding Cultures
edited by Stephanie Selover and Monique Roddy
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open
Keywords: Israel; Levant; Iron Age I; Iron Age II; religious architecture; religious practices; feasting; material culture of religion
Studies on Medieval Liturgy and Ritual
edited by Eva-Maria Butz
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 1038 | Submission Open
Keywords: liturgy; ritual; ceremony; correctness; mediality; materiality; space; music; gender
The Politics of Digital Religiosities
edited by Anustup Basu
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religion; digital politics; neopaganism; digital fundamentalisms; social media studies; minoritarian politics; majoritarian politics; religious nationalism; media and politics
Resilience: Orthodox Theology and Spirituality Engaging in Dialogue with Postmodern Society
edited by Ivana Noble and Zdenko Širka
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open
Keywords: Orthodox theology; Orthodox spirituality; postmodern society
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Faith in Action: Exploring the Intersection of Religion and Social Justice
edited by Nicole Johnson and Dean Johnson
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; faith; social action; social justice; peace; social change; nonviolence; faith-based activism; inter-faith; vocation/calling/purpose
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Tracing Early Monastic Culture: Books and Authority in New Textual Communities
edited by Andreas Westergren and Katarina Pålsson
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open
Keywords: monastic authority; Late Antiquity; Early Middle Ages; textual culture; textual communities; textual transmission; translation practices; rewriting
Computational Approaches to Ancient Jewish and Christian Texts
edited by Jacob P.B. Mortensen
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open
Keywords: New Testament; scriptures of Israel; early Christian texts; computational and algorithmic approaches; distant reading; macro analysis; text analysis
Religious Phenomena in Romania in the 20th and Early 21st Centuries
edited by Razvan Brudiu and Mihail K. Qaramah
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious freedom; state– church relationship; communism; mysticism; religious nationalism; religious renewal
Buddhism and Medicine from an Interdisciplinary and Global Historical Perspective
edited by and Ru Zhan
submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical sciences; medical practice; Jīvaka; Buddhist medical literature; Bhaiṣajyaguru; compassionate care clinics’ 悲田養病坊; globalization of Buddhism; philanthropy
Topography of Mind
edited by Eugene Y. Wang
submission deadline 5 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 1283 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist art; landscapes of the psyche; tangible edifices; sacred space; intangible states of consciousness
Otherness-Reception and Self-Rediscovery in the Dialogue and Comparative Study of Christianity and Buddhism
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12330 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Buddhism; comparative study; inter-faith dialogue; theologian; master; cultural difference; divinity; reality; morality; self-understanding; otherness-reception; benefit; consummate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Theology and the Arts: Embodied Belief submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5324 | Submission Open
Keywords: theology and the arts; ritual; embodiment; performance; incarnation; liturgical studies
Fate in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Religion
edited by and Jorge Luis Gutiérrez
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3603 | Submission Open
Keywords: fate; providence; foreknowledge; determinism; free will; divination; fortune; causality; contingent future; necessity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Race, Religion, and Ethnicity: Critical Junctures submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2669 | Submission Open
Keywords: race; religion; ethnicity; governance; human; activism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Ethical Concerns in Early Confucianism
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 26823 | Submission Open
Keywords: early Confucianism; ethical concerns; classical text; representative; ethical argument; ethical debate
Global Catholicism
edited by Bryan Froehle and Massimo Faggioli
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12249 | 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
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