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Christian Theology Across Non-European Cultures: Local Wisdoms and Cross-Philosophical Approaches

edited by

Dariusz Klejnowski-Różycki

and

Piotr Sękowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christian theology; cross-cultural theology; non-European theological thought; philosophy and Christianity; inculturation; contextual theology; global Christianity; theology in Asian; African; and Latin American traditions; theological language and translation; non-Western theological perspectives

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

Nationalisms and Religious Identities—2nd Edition

edited by Slavica Jakelić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: nationalisms and religious identities; gender; race; and class; citizenship; transnational politics; postcolonial and decolonial critiques

Reimagining Protestant Theology: The Asian Experience and Christian Tradition

edited by

Shinhyung Seong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 159 | 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

Religion and Craft Production in Iron Age Cis- and Transjordan

edited by Angelika Berlejung and Omer Sergi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: archaeology of religion; religious handicrafts; religious symbolism; craftsmen; craft production

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

edited by

Iakovos Potamianos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

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

Language and Religion: Multilingual Perspectives on Contemporary Theolinguistics

edited by Jonathan M. Watt

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

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

Diasporic Hybridity: How It Impacts Religious Identity and Practice in Today’s Pluralistic World

edited by Julius-Kei Kato and Peniel Rajkumar

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1840 | Submission Open

Keywords: diasporic hybridity (in the context of “ diasporic hybridity; ” all of the key expressions below); religion and diaspora; religion and hybridity; religious pluralism; religious diversity; religious identities; religious practices; interreligious dialogue; religious communities; yheology and pluralism; postcolonial thought

Christian Theologies of Deification

edited by Myk Habets and

Stephen Finlan

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2514 | Submission Open

Keywords: theosis/deification; kenosis; divinization; human character ascent; Jacob’ s ladder; Peter’ s ladder; theosis as salvation; energy vs. essence; pre-Platonic Christianity; ante-Nicene teaching; metaphor; participation vs. ontological change; joint heirship

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

Religion and Politics: Ritual, Performativity, and (Political) Theatre in Comparative-Historical and International Perspective

edited by Patricia J. Sohn

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2215 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; ritual; political; theatre; performativity; politics

Divine Creativity and Participatory Cosmologies: Theological Perspectives on Science, Technology, and the Future of Humanity

edited by Matthew Segall and Ashton Arnoldy

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2161 | Submission Open

Keywords: participatory theory; process philosophy; integral theory; sacramental epistemology; relational ontology; pluralism; divine agency; science; technology; spirituality; metamodernism

Sacred Landscapes and Social Reform in Medieval Europe

edited by Kathryn Jasper

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

Keywords: christianity; religion; sacred spaces/places; hagiography; popular devotions; monasticism; landscape; environment; church reform; gender; labor; class

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

Mysticism and Ethics: Bridging Transcendence and Action in Religious Experience

edited by

Silvia Bara Bancel

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: mysticism; ethics; action; love; virtues; god; religious experience; justice; transcendence; moral

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

Communication in Abrahamic Religions

edited by

Jon Radwan

and

Ruth Tsuria

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: Abrahamic religion; inter-religious communication; spiritual meaning; communicative action; interfaith unity; textual comparisons

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

Piety and Ethical Foundations in Islamic Moral Economy

edited by

Alija Avdukic

Fawad Khaleel

and Tareq Moqbel

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1233 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic moral economy; piety; ethical finance; Islamic charities; Islamic finance; developmentalism; Islamic institutional economics; zakah and awqaf; faith-based development; social justice in eco-nomics

Science and Christian Theology: Past, Present, and Future

edited by Joseph R. Laracy and Jamie Boulding

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 566 | Submission Open

Keywords: science; theology; creation; cosmology; evolution; artificial intelligence; epistemology; metaphysics; Stanley Jaki; Ian Barbour

Religious Symbols and Fashion: Identification, Representation and Regulation in Dress

edited by

Alberto Fabio Ambrosio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5880 | Submission Open

Keywords: fashion and religions; symbolism of clothing; philosophy and theology of clothing and fashion; art; clothing; fashion; and theology; modern adaptations and fashion; mystical practices and rituals; gender roles and distinctions; personal and spiritual connection; spiritual practice and devotion; interreligious and interspiritual dialogue; spirituality and contemporary culture

Religion, Mobility, and Transnational History

edited by Anthony Miller

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3613 | Submission Open

Keywords: pilgrims; mobility; transnational turn; refugees; missionaries; migrants; border crossing; orthodoxy; cultural adaptation

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

Buddhist Art Along the Silk Road and Its Cross-Cultural Interaction

edited by

Liming Zhang

and Yinggang Sun

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2671 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist art; Asian civilizations; the Silk Road; mutual learning through exchange; Sinicization of Buddhism; Gandhara

The Politics of Digital Religiosities

edited by Anustup Basu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1826 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital religion; digital politics; neopaganism; digital fundamentalisms; social media studies; minoritarian politics; majoritarian politics; religious nationalism; media and politics

Spirituality, Culture, and Sustainability: Integrating Cultural Sensitivity into Responsible Religious Tourism

edited by

Tomasz Duda

and

Silvia Aulet

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious tourism; pilgrimage; sustainable development; cultural sensitivity; spirituality; religious sensitivity; regenerative tourism; accessible tourism; heritage; interpretation

Words and Images Serving Christianity

edited by María Jesús Soto-Bruna and

Mirela Oliva

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1219 | Submission Open

Keywords: word— verbum; meaning— sensus; processio— emanatio; creation; mirror— speculum; light; darkness; visio; colors; image— imago; soul; sacred; spirituality; Christianity

Seeking Truth and Meaning: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion and Philosophy

edited by B. Keith Putt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open

Keywords: truth; meaning; philosophy; religion; interdisciplinary perspectives

A Sociological Approach to the Study of the Sanskrit Purānas

edited by Joël Dubois and Deven M. Patel

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 499 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sanskrit; Purānas; sociological analysis; historical analysis; storytelling lineages

(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 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 492 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; violence; fundamentalism; security; terrorism

Worship in the 16th-Century Reformation: Theology and Practice

edited by

Hwarang Moon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: reformation worship; 16th-century liturgy; theology of worship; Word and Sacrament; sacramental theology; liturgical reform; worship and ecclesiology; ritual and worship

Anthropology and Religion: Rethinking Identity in a Fragmented Cultural Landscape

edited by Teresa Aizpun and Raúl Madrid

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: identity; anthropology; culture; philosophy; deconstruction; posthumanism; religion; selfhood; technology; subjectivity

Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, Scientific, and Beyond—Second Edition

edited by

Jeffery D. Long

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: afterlife; metempsychosis; past life memory; past lives; paranormal; rebirth; reincarnation

Religion, Superstition, and Philosophy in Ancient Rome

edited by

Sergio Yona

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: gods; religion; superstition; Latin literature; philosophy; poetry; prose; Roman

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

Healing the Earth: Spirituality and Planetary Health

edited by

Hans Alma

and

Pim Martens

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary health; existential concern; ecocentric worldview; ecological imagination; ecological distress; spiritual health; spiritual transformation

Exploring the Relationship Between Religion and Science from a Historical Perspective

edited by

Scott E. Hendrix

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 63 | 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)

Intellectual Crossroads: Religion, Knowledge, and Science in the Early Modern World

edited by Andrew Keitt and Ismael del Olmo

submission deadline 2 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3408 | 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)

Contemporary Black Theology

edited by

Kurt Buhring

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: black theology; womanist theology; African American religion

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

The Legacy of the Nation of Islam: African American Muslim Identity and Religious Community Formation

edited by Francesco Tamburini

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: nation of Islam; African American Muslims; black religious movements; Islam in America; African American history; transnational Islam; black Islam

Religion, Spirituality, Well-Being and Positive Psychology

edited by Adam Anczyk, Halina Grzymała-Moszczyńska and Anna M. Maćkowiak

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 757 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychology of religion; spirituality; well-being; positive psychology; humanistic psychology; mindfulness; happiness and religion/spirituality; spirituality and mental health; religion and migration

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

History of Evangelization: Encounters and Disencounters During the Modern Age (16th–19th Centuries)

edited by

Jesús Folgado García

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: evangelization; Christianization; Papacy; Protestant reformation; Anglicanism; cultural adaptation; inculturation; cultural hybridization

Behind the Veil: Gender, Religion, and Power in the 21st Century

edited by Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh

submission deadline 22 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: hijab/veiling; patriarchy/patriarchal control; bodily autonomy; personal choice/agency; internalized patriarchl norms; identity; discrimination; social exclusion; muslim women

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

The Theological Underpinnings of Ignatian Spirituality: From Historical Context to Contemporary Relevance

edited by

Eduard López Hortelano

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jesuit tradition; mystical theology; Society of Jesus; spiritual renewal; ecclesiastical reform; meditative practices; doctrinal development; faith and reason; ethical implications; cultural integration

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

Religiosity and Psychopathology

edited by

Spyros Tsitsigkos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13219 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious depression; demon possession; demon obsession; religious hysteria; magic

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

Pilgrimage: Diversity, Past and Present of Sacred Routes

edited by Pedro Pereira and Marina Pignatelli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4863 | Submission Open

Keywords: pilgrimage; transits to sacred places; culture; religiosity; syncretism; gender; power relations; economy

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 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

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

Comparative Thinking on Islam in a Global Age

edited by

Aldona Piwko

and

Andrzej Adamski

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 163 | 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

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

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

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: theories; methods; hermeneutics; New Testament

Philosophical Theology, Doctrine, and the Theological Virtues

edited by

Lee C. Barrett

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 127 | 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)

The Teaching of Pope Francis on Marriage

edited by Grzegorz Pyźlak

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 49 | 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)

Buddhist Philosophy: Logic and Epistemology

edited by

Andrew Schumann

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: logic; hermeneutics; epistemology; cognition; Nāgārjuna; Dignāga; Dharmakīrti; Madhyamaka; Yogācāra; Abhidharma

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

Religion and Culture: Post-Christianity, Culture, Democracy, and Great Power Relations

edited by

G. Doug Davis

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-christianity; democracy; culture; great-power relations

Faith in Motion: Christian Education and Faith Formation in Contexts of Migration and Displacement

edited by

Heesung Hwang

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: Christian education; faith formation; developmental theories; migration and displacement; intercultural theology; trauma-informed formation; postcolonial theology; border and belonging; diaspora churches; hospitality; resilience; theological pedagogy

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

Texts, Language, and Style in Biblical Literature, the Semitic Literatures of the Ancient Near East, and Post-Biblical Literature

edited by

Shamir Yona

and

Haim Dihi

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: biblical Hebrew; Aramaic; Ben Sira; Rabbinic Hebrew; wisdom literature; Ugaritic literature; stylistic patterns; myth; epic; polemical texts

Advances and Challenges in Pastoral Psychology

edited by

Teofil Tia

and

Ioana Cristina Todor

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: pastoral psychology; digital pastoral care/tele-chaplaincy; trauma-informed ministry; positive psychology constructs; practical theology; clergy burnout; eco-psychology/creation care

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

Reframing Vodun: Imagery, Practice, and Performance

edited by Timothy R. Landry and

Sela Adjei

submission deadline 13 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vodú n; Vodou; Benin; Togo; Ghana; Haiti

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

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