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The Question of “Theodicy” in Contemporary Society: The Imagery of (after) Death in Religion and New Forms of Spirituality
edited by Antonio Camorrino
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 755 | Submission Open
Keywords: theodicy; religion; new forms of spirituality; ultimate meanings; suffering; death; after-life; imagery
Religion, Gender and Social Development
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; social construction; religion; development; women; theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Interreligious Dialogue: Validity and Sustainability
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: interreligious/interfaith dialogue; interreligious relations and interactions; comparative religions; religious pluralism and diversity
Practice of Religious Media in the Twenty-First Century Century
edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: broadcasting media; social media; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; religious media; religious television; religious radio
Religious Institutions in the Mediterranean: A Comparative Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious institutions; law; society; Mediterranean; New World
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Philosophical Theology, Doctrine, and the Theological Virtues
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological theological virtues; faith; hope; love; cardinal virtues; theological anthropology; dispositions; virtue ethics; infused grace; merit
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Computational Approaches to Ancient Jewish and Christian Texts
edited by Jacob P.B. Mortensen
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open
Keywords: New Testament; scriptures of Israel; early Christian texts; computational and algorithmic approaches; distant reading; macro analysis; text analysis
Experimental Theological Aesthetics
edited by Julio Bermudez and Matthew Niermann
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 764 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological aesthetics; experimental theology; experimental philosophy; empirical methods; aesthetic experiences; sacred space; architecture; liturgical arts; beauty; phenomenology; semiotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Roles of Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare
edited by Anne Klee, Arielle Rubenstein and Glen Milstein
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; and healthcare; religious faith and medical considerations; health and spirituality
No God, No Science? Reassessing the Relationship Between Theology and Modern Science
edited by George M. Coghill and Ximian Xu
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 539 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and science; apologetics; artificial intelligence and religion; history of science; theology
Divine Inspirations: Exploring Religious Themes in Female Visionary Writing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
edited by María Del Mar Graña Cid
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: female mysticism; visionary literature; women’ s religious writing; female authority; feminist theology; female prophetic voice; female thought
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Early Modern Female Mysticism: At the Crossroads of Religion, Medicine, Economics, and the Press
edited by Vittoria Feola and Erin Bell
submission deadline 17 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open
Keywords: mysticism; women; early modern; medieval; neurology; saint; Islam; Catholicism; Quakerism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion, Theology, and Bioethical Discourses on Marriage and Family
edited by Mirosław Brzezinski
submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4365 | Submission Open
Keywords: marriage; family; faith; religion; God's design for marriage; sacrament of marriage; sexuality; sexuality; ethics of married life; morality of married life; pastoral care of families.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Innovative Approaches to Religious Pluralism: Integrating Law, Policies and Practice
edited by Eugenia Relaño Pastor and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious pluralism; governance of diversity; secularism and state neutrality; legal recognition of religious minorities; equality; freedom of religion or belief (FoRB)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Clashing Civilizations and Civilizational Identities in Populist Discourses
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 48587 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Faith and Education: Contemporary and Global Issues in Historical Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2252 | Submission Open
Keywords: faith schools; religious education; theology of education; history of education; church and state; collective worship
Daoist Inner Alchemy Atlas: Practice and Related Medicine, Thunder Rites and Iconology
edited by Wenhua Shen, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1673 | Submission Open
Keywords: inner alchemy; daoist medicine; thunder rites; iconology
Casta Meretrix: The Paradox of the Christian Church Through History submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1653 | 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
Religion, Culture and Spirituality in a Digital World
edited by , Miguel Ángel Motis Dolader and Carmen Herrando Cugota
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1540 | 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
Functions of Religion Among Young People: Diverse Religious, Spiritual and Non-Religious Worldviews
edited by Eduardo Duque, and Francis Davis
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 577 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; youth; belief; unbelief; spirituality; plurality; generations
Faith in Action: Exploring the Intersection of Religion and Social Justice
edited by Nicole Johnson and Dean Johnson
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 485 | 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)
Religion and the Book in Medieval Europe: Between Manuscripts and Print
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open
Keywords: manuscripts; scribes; early print; bible; sermons; devotional literature; catechism; religious reform; polemic; media transformation
Temple Art, Architecture and Theatre
edited by , Duanfang Lu and Qing Chang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
Keywords: temple; art; architecture; theatre
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Humans, Science, and Faith
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: science; religion; Christianity; artificial intelligence; human dignity; human flourishing; Darwinism; abortion; euthanasia; anthropic principle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
New Images of God in Contemporary Physics, Quantum Metaphysics, and Theism: Quantum God, Emptiness, Consciousness, and Energy
edited by and Pierfrancesco Stagi
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: (quantum) God; (quantum) vacuum; modern/contemporary physics; (quantum) metaphysics; theism; mind and matter; mindfulness and consciousness; synchronicity; holism; eastern religions
Revisiting Islamic Ethics: Shifting Epistemologies and Boundaries
edited by and Syed A. H. Zaidi
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic ethics; epistemological shifts; innovative Islamic ethical thoughts; Islam and AI ethics; Global citizenship; social justice; and plurality; co-existence; human dignity; renewal in Islamic ethics; ethics of modesty; identity; body politics; applied Islamic ethics; decolonizing Islamic ethics
Through the Lens of a Realist Metaphysics: Gender and the Catholic Church
edited by Deborah Savage and Paul Gondreau
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: metaphysics; philosophical realism; gender; man and woman; Catholic church; human sexuality; complementarity; ordination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Classical and Alternative Conceptions of the Divine in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open
Keywords: philosophy of religion; classical and non-classical [alternative] concepts of God; classical theism; pantehism; panenthiesm; polytheism; religious naturalism
Exploring Eco-Spirituality: Intersections of Faith, Nature, and Ethics
edited by and Ryan Patrick McLaughlin
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open
Keywords: eco-spirituality; environmental ethics; theological perspectives on nature; climate change and religion; indigenous spiritual practices; ecotheology; sustainability and faith; interfaith environmental activism; sacredness of nature; religious responses to ecological crises
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Dreaming a Better World: Aristotelians, Marxists, & Christians in Dialogue & Action for Social Equilibrium and Peace
edited by Jeffery Nicholas
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: change (the world); dialogue; marx; Marxists; Aristotle; Aristotelians; common good; justice
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 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: Catholic mission; comparative missionary endeavors; global religion; paganism and heresies; cultural adaptation
Forced Migration and the Bible: Displacement, Statelessness, and Resiliency in Sacred Texts
edited by Roberto Mata
submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 751 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate migration; trauma; borderlands; statelessness; neocolonialism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Renewal, Innovation, and Transformation: The Changing Face of Judaism in Modern Times
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9050 | Submission Open
The Interplay Between Narrative, Ritual, and Religiosity in East Asian Literary and Cultural Traditions
edited by , and David Sevillano López
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 616 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asian literature; Buddhism; religions; India; China; Korea; Japan
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Catholic Social Thought in the Era of the Un-Common Good
edited by James P. O’Sullivan
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open
Keywords: Catholic social teaching; solidarity; subsidiarity; human rights; common good; preferential options for the poor and marginalized; integral human development; sustainability; nuclear disarmament; nationalism
Thresholds of Reality: Exploring the In-Between in Indian Thought
edited by Gergana Ruseva and Milena Bratoeva
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 237 | 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)
Religion and Creativity submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open
Keywords: creativity; sacred creativity; play; invention; innovation; blasphemy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Sacred Space and Contemporary Art
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacred space; hierophany; sacred art; contemporary sacred art
Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Religion
edited by J. Thomas Bridges and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open
Keywords: Aquinas; philosophy; theism; atheism; religion; evil; hiddenness; epistemology; divine attributes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Chinese Religious Cultures: Historical Traditions and Modern Interpretations
edited by , Chuanhui Zeng, and Xuedan Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 16414 | Submission Open
Keywords: modern interpretations; Chinese religious cultures; Buddhist culture; Daoist culture; Islamic culture; Christian culture; Chinese folk religion; Confucian religious thoughts
Divine Encounters: Exploring Religious Themes in Literature
edited by Enrique Santos Marinas and Svetlana Maliavina
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7296 | Submission Open
Keywords: sciences of religions; theology; epiphanies; theophanies; literature; mythology; myth criticism
Disseminating Christian Beliefs Through Word and Image in Medieval and Renaissance Times submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4021 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Christian doctrine; patrology; theology; Christian iconography; church history; medieval culture; Christian society; popular devotion; religious experience; liturgical hymns; interdisciplinary studies; middle ages; renaissance
Christian Monasticism Today: A Search for Identity
edited by Bernard Łukasz Sawicki and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2294 | Submission Open
Keywords: monasticism; culture; history; spirituality; anthropology; philosophy; sociology; archeology
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 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2174 | 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)
Viktor Frankl and the Future of Religion
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1435 | Submission Open
Keywords: logotherapy; Viktor Frankl; phenomenology; self-transcendence; meaning of life; future of religion; religious studies; psychotherapy
Multilingualism, Translation, and Religion in the Premodern Islamic World(s): Texts, Contexts, and Crossroads
edited by Hany Rashwan and Ross Brann
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 936 | Submission Open
Keywords: premodern Islamic multilingualism; multiculturism; translation; Islamic lingua franca
Explorations into Yan Zun’s Edition and Commentary to the Daodejing: Laozi Zhigui
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 877 | Submission Open
Keywords: Yan Zun; Laozi zhigui; Laozi Daodejing; Daoist religion and philosophy
Folk Religion in the Ancient Levant and Mediterranean
edited by Baruch Halpern, Tyler Kelley and Amanda Walls
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 686 | Submission Open
Keywords: folk religion; domestic religion; folk theology; material culture; Bible; Levant; Judah; Israel; Greece; Anatolia; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Archaic Period
Kant’s Critique of Rational Theology and His Project of Moral Religion
edited by Kezheng Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open
Keywords: Kant; rational theology; moral religion; moral argument; radical evil
Indigenous Conversion(s) to Islam: Causes, Processes, and Consequences
edited by Ayca Arkilic
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islam; indigenous; conversion; intersectionality; colonialism; discrimination; interaction
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