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New Images of God in Contemporary Physics, Quantum Metaphysics, and Theism: Quantum God, Emptiness, Consciousness, and Energy

edited by

Paolo Di Sia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open

Keywords: (quantum) God; (quantum) vacuum; modern/contemporary physics; (quantum) metaphysics; theism; mind and matter; mindfulness and consciousness; synchronicity; holism; eastern religions

God, Logic and Language

edited by

Brian Huffling

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 994 | Submission Open

Keywords: concept of God; divine attributes; omnipotence; omniscience; eternity; language and theology; theism; existence of God

Everyday Theology: Lay Vocation, Work, and Family as Sacred Practice

edited by Adam Zadroga and

Katarzyna Zielińska-Król

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 723 | Submission Open

Keywords: everyday theology; lay vocation; work; family; sacred practice; lived theology; spirituality; domestic church; Catholic social teaching; practical theology

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

Language and Religion: Multilingual Perspectives on Contemporary Theolinguistics

edited by Jonathan M. Watt

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 709 | Submission Open

Keywords: linguistics; language; dialect; register; style; religion; spirituality

Texts, Translations, and Gendered Discourses: Historical and Theological Dialogues Across the Hebrew Bible

edited by

Kornélia Koltai

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open

Keywords: Hebrew Bible; post-biblical literature; gender; gendered discourses; feminist hermeneutics; reception history; translations of Hebrew Bible; rabbinic literature; post-critical approaches; historical and theological processes of reception

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

Myth and Religion: Research Paths and Perspectives

edited by Maria Teresa Moscato and

Andrea Porcarelli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 585 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious myth; narrative thinking; religious education; philosophy of religion; religious prejudice

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

Theology and Public Life: Contemporary Perspectives on Public Theology

edited by Teresa L. Smallwood

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 529 | Submission Open

Keywords: public; theology; voice; prophetic; power; witness; political; sphere; truth; false

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

The Theological Legacy of Pope Francis

edited by Gerard Kevin Whelan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: theological legacy; Synodality; integral ecology; graduality; Laudato Si’; Fratelli Tutti; Amoris Laetitia; Global Compact on Education; Vatican II Reception; Ecumenical Dialogue; interreligious collaboration

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

Religion, Law and Territory Past and Present: Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective

edited by

Daniela Tarantino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 467 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion, law and territory; governance of religious pluralism; religion in urban and spatial contexts; comparative regulation of religion; religion and public governance

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

Out of Religion: Leaving Faith as a Form of Migration

edited by Aviad Moreno and Mordy Miller

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious disaffiliation; Jewish ultra-Orthodoxy (Haredi); migration theory; push–pull factors; acculturation; liminality; identity reconstruction; social integration; health and well-being; support networks

Textual Embodiment: Ritual Praxis and Scriptural Hermeneutics in Hindu Traditions

edited by

Ferdinando Sardella

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: bhakti; yoga; Vaiṣṇavism; Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism; Hinduism; lived religion; ritual studies; embodiment; hermeneutics; text and practice; pilgrimage; Kīrtana; performance; theology; Indian philosophy; transnational Hinduism

Governance and Management of Religious Diversity in the Face of the Challenges of European Pluralism

edited by Rafael Valencia Candalija

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: governance; religious diversity; religious freedom; european pluralism; conflicts; challenges; public order

Christian Movements, Media and Society in Modern America

edited by

Christina Littlefield

and Jason Guthrie

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christian movements; media; society; politics; history

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

Beyond Traditional Politics in Post(modern) Crisis: Intercultural Theology as Critical Approach

edited by Ulrike Sallandt and

Nicolás Panotto

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 620 | Submission Open

Keywords: intercultural theologies; critical theories (post-/decolonial, feminist, queer , etc.); interdisciplinarity; intersectionality; globalization; crisis of civilization; cultural turn

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

The Transfer of Jewish Thought from Prewar Germany to Postwar France

edited by

Elad Lapidot

and

Bat Chen Laila Seri

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: German-Jewish thought; French Jewish thought; Franz Rosenzweig; Walter Benjamin; Emmanuel Levinas; Jacques Derrida; European universalism; decolonization; translation

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

Chinese Christianity and Knowledge Development—2nd Edition

edited by Mingyu Lu and

Qinghe Xiao

submission deadline 12 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open

Keywords: missionaries; knowledge development; publications; transition of knowledge; Chinese Christianity; Chinese culture; interdisciplinary studies; Chinese–Western cultural exchange; architecture, arts and customs

Blessed and Bounded: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Rise of Nationalism

edited by Zoran Grozdanov and Nebojša Zelič

submission deadline 14 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: nationalism; religion; ethnic belonging; secularism; secular state; culture; identity; populism

The Teaching of Pope Francis on Marriage

edited by Grzegorz Pyźlak

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 788 | Submission Open

Keywords: pope Francis; pastoral care of marriages; preparation for marriage; pastoral accompaniment; building the bonds; building the relation; psychological counselling; cultural and social background in the formation of marital love; education on values

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

Bible Translation and Biblical Hermeneutics

edited by

Carla Canullo

and

Stefano Santasilia

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bible; Bible translation; hermeneutics; biblical hermeneutics; translation; re-translation exegesis

Global African and Afrodiasporic Religions, Gender(s), and M/Other Earth

edited by

Marta Sofía López Rodríguez

and Sébastien Lefèvre

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yòrùbà Religion; African indigenous religions; Afrodiasporic religions; gender(s); spirituality; ecowomanism; Afroecology; Afrotheology; LGBTQ2+ rights and queer indigenous identities from Afrocentric (religious) perspectives; tranimalities; relational ontologies; ways of “sentipensar with the Earth”; migrancy, (transatlantic) crossings, displacements, reroutings and sexiles; (Afro)religious globalization

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

Religion, Law, and Human Rights: Towards Equality and Inclusion

edited by

Maria Bhatti

and Jeremy Kingsley

submission deadline 23 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 615 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; law; human rights; equality; inclusion; pluralism; gender justice; secularism; freedom of belief; social justice

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

Feminist Theologies and Social Engagement: Justice, Inclusion, and Community Practice

edited by

Silvia Martínez Cano

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2162 | Submission Open

Keywords: feminist theology; postcolonial theology; womanist theology; mujerista theology; inclusion; justice; beauty; ethics; feminist community practice; feminist pastoral theology

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

The Sacred and the Secular: Perspectives and Methodologies in Religious Studies

edited by

Kai Sheng

and

Yifeng Liu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1488 | Submission Open

Keywords: sacred and secular; religious methodology; religious anthropology; myth and history; hermeneutics of religion; political theology; comparative religion

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

New Testament Studies—Current Trends and Criticisms—2nd Edition

edited by Susanne Luther, Clarissa Breu and Birke Siggelkow-Berner

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10443 | Submission Open

Keywords: theories; methods; hermeneutics; New Testament

No God, No Science? Reassessing the Relationship Between Theology and Modern Science

edited by

George M. Coghill

and Ximian Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8770 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and science; apologetics; artificial intelligence and religion; history of science; theology

Between Soul and Algorithm: Religion and the Humanities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

edited by Nuha Alshaar and

Hureyre Kam

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7837 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; ethics; post- and transhumanism; religion; philosophy; theology; cultural relevance theory; peace studies; education; media; critical literacy; AI; smart government

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

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 31 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7571 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yijing; tian-di; yin-yang; divination; ethics

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

Indigenous Conversion(s) to Islam: Causes, Processes, and Consequences

edited by Ayca Arkilic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7458 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islam; indigenous; conversion; intersectionality; colonialism; discrimination; interaction

Religion in 20th- and 21st-Century Fictional Narratives

edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6721 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and literature; modern religious narrative; religion in fictional narrative

Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation

edited by

Peter Admirand

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6335 | Submission Open

Keywords: interfaith dialogue; transformation; comparative theology; peacebuilding; interreligious engagement; atheist–theist dialogue

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

Religionizing Confucianism: Ritual, Transcendence, and Social Formations in East Asia

edited by Qiyong Guo and

Vincent Goossaert

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4008 | Submission Open

Keywords: Confucianism as religion; rujia and rujiao; inner transcendence; sanjiao heyi (unity of three teachings); ritual and social organization; local cults and popular religion; art, materiality, and sacred space

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

Modern Jewish Thought and Philosophy

edited by

Ephraim Meir

and Hanoch Ben Pazi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3339 | Submission Open

Keywords: philosophy and Judaism; Jewish humanism; Jewish hermeneutics; Jewish universalism and particularism; Holocaust; Zionism; Jewish interreligious thought; Jews and modernity; rabbinical thought

Drawing a Roadmap for Research on the History of Christianity in Modern China

edited by

Yihua Xu

and Peter Tze Ming NG

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2921 | Submission Open

Keywords: history of Christianity; modern China; critical review; comparative studies; interdisciplinary studies

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

The Confluence of Islam and Confucianism: A Paradigm for Civilizational Exchange and Mutual Learning

edited by Guiping Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2919 | Submission Open

Keywords: the confluence of Islam and Confucianism; civilizational dialogue; civilizational exchange and mutual learning; Han Kitab; comparative philosophy

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

Early Modern Encounters: Religious and Knowledge Exchange in the Global Mission

edited by Daniel Canaris and Caroline Paganussi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2664 | Submission Open

Keywords: mission studies; global intellectual exchange; translation studies; art history; early modern studies; liturgy; scientific exchange

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

Fate and Providence in Ancient Greek Philosophy as a Way of Life and a Religious Quest

edited by

David Torrijos-Castrillejo

and

Miguel Martí

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2484 | Submission Open

Keywords: fate; providence; divine foreknowledge; determinism; free will; divination; fortune; causality; contingent future; necessity; ethics; divinity; worship

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

Science, Religion, and Health—Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Flourishing

edited by

Jiwon Shim

Piotr Roszak

and

Saša Horvat

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2297 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; well-being; religion; science; medicine; philosophy; ethics; spirituality; human flourishing; holistic care

Exploring Anthropology in the History of the Church

edited by Jeremiah Mutie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 2231 | Submission Open

Keywords: humanity; humankind; anthropology; soul; nature of humankind; composition of humankind; early church; medieval church; reformation; modernity

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

Social Dimensions of Religion in the Age of De-Globalization

edited by

Myengkyo Seo

Amelia Burhan

and

Pradeep K. Das

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1884 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious majorities and minorities; migration; nationalism; gender; media; religious identity and identification

Self-Organized Religious Life: The Jiangnan Region as a Case Study

edited by

Yun Wang

, Peter Trawny and

Zhejia Tang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1302 | Submission Open

Keywords: self-organized religion; lived religion; folk religion; religious texts and translation; religions imagination; ritual practice; sacred space; religious pluralism

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

Change from the Ground Up: Buddhism and Other East Asian Religions at the Grassroots

edited by

Jinhua Chen

and Kai Sheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1251 | Submission Open

Keywords: religions; interaction between Buddhism and other East Asian religions; Orientalism; popular religions; pilgrimage

Political Secularism, Religious Reform and International Relations

edited by Youssef Choueiri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1241 | Submission Open

Keywords: enlightenment; colonialism; post-secularism; liberal secularism; Kemalism; diversity; pluralism

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

Evolving and Flourishing in an Age of Disruption: The Role of Spirituality in Realignment and Transformation

edited by

Heather Boynton

, Indrani Margolin and

Jo-Ann Vis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 1123 | Submission Open

Keywords: spirituality; religion; evolving; flourishing; transformation; transdisciplinary; spiritually sensitive practice

Religious Socialization in Current Sociology

edited by

Lena De Botton

and

Ana Burgués

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1115 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; social impact; equality; interfaith dialogue; social justice; violence and abuse prevention; sustainability; successful actions; inclusive education; gender

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

Arts, Spirituality, and Religion—2nd Edition

edited by

Fátima Matos Silva

, Emília Simão and

Isabel Borges

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1074 | Submission Open

Keywords: pilgrimage; art and spirituality; sacred spaces; religious experience; contemporary artistic practices; collective ritual experiences; digital art and spirituality; universal accessibility and inclusion; interreligious dialogue; devotion and transcendence; cultural and/or religious routes

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

Chinese Religious Cultures: Historical Traditions and Modern Interpretations—2nd Edition

edited by

Yuehua Chen

, Chuanhui Zeng,

Zhejia Tang

and

Yue Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 945 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern interpretations; Chinese religious cultures; Buddhist culture; Daoist culture; Islamic culture; Christian culture; Chinese folk religion; Confucian religious thought

Religious Nationalism in Contemporary Europe

edited by Reka Szilardi and

Tamás Szilágyi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and nationalism European politics; society Religion and identity

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

Synodality, Sacramental Renewal, and Mission: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ecclesial Transformation

edited by Samuel Komlanvi Amaglo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 642 | Submission Open

Keywords: synodality; theology; sacramental renewal; mission; interdisciplinarity; ecclesial transformation

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

Mediatisation and Religious Traditions: Tradition and Innovation Meet in the Digital Public Sphere

edited by Márta Katalin Korpics and Lajos Kovács

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: mediatisation; tradition; innovation; digital public sphere; religious and church communities; religious identity

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

Thomas Aquinas, Disciple of Saint Augustine

edited by María Rosario Neuman Lorenzini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 451 | Submission Open

Keywords: Saint Thomas; Saint Augustine; metaphysics; theology; theory of knowledge

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

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