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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 1154 | 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 731 | 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 576 | Submission Open
Keywords: Kant; rational theology; moral religion; moral argument; radical evil
The Eucharist as the Bread of Life: Phenomenological and Existential Explorations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 569 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacramental theology; eucharist; metaphysics; existentialism; phenomenology; transubstantiation; consubstantiation
Indigenous Conversion(s) to Islam: Causes, Processes, and Consequences
edited by Ayca Arkilic
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islam; indigenous; conversion; intersectionality; colonialism; discrimination; interaction
Breath of Life: Black Spirituality in Everyday Life
edited by Brianne Painia and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 423 | 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
Theology and Anthropology: A Critical Discussion
edited by Peter Versteeg and Petruschka Schaafsma
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropology; theology; dialogue; transformation; reception; methodology
Science and Religion: Natural Theology in the Contemporary Context
edited by Kai Man Kwan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 324 | 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
On the Font: Human Nature Seen Through Baptism and the Baptismal Font
edited by Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen and Line M. Bonde
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open
Keywords: baptism; iconography; liturgy; material culture; ontology; sacred space
The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious Traditions in Dialogue
edited by Lóránd Ujházi and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open
Keywords: just war theory; ethical dimensions of war; religious ethics; religion and violence; peacebuilding; interreligious dialogue; reconciliation; nonviolence; theology and conflict; comparative theology; religion and international relations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Christian Theology Across Non-European Cultures: Local Wisdoms and Cross-Philosophical Approaches submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 234 | 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)
Theoretical and Behavioral Approaches to the Growth of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: Soka Gakkai International; Buddhist lay movement; Buddhist social engagement; Buddhist citizenship; Buddhist growth; Buddhist humanitarianism; Buddhist global community
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religion in 20th- and 21st-Century Fictional Narratives
edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and literature; modern religious narrative; religion in fictional narrative
Nationalisms and Religious Identities—2nd Edition
edited by Slavica Jakelić
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 145 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 114 | 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 103 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 77 | 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 59 | 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 1678 | 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
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 1964 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; ritual; political; theatre; performativity; politics
Sacred Landscapes and Social Reform in Medieval Europe
edited by Kathryn Jasper
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 320 | 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
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 205 | 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 and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 111 | 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 , and Tareq Moqbel
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1037 | 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 491 | 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 submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5097 | 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 3005 | 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)
The Politics of Digital Religiosities
edited by Anustup Basu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1653 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religion; digital politics; neopaganism; digital fundamentalisms; social media studies; minoritarian politics; majoritarian politics; religious nationalism; media and politics
Words and Images Serving Christianity
edited by María Jesús Soto-Bruna and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1043 | Submission Open
Keywords: word— verbum; meaning— sensus; processio— emanatio; creation; mirror— speculum; light; darkness; visio; colors; image— imago; soul; sacred; spirituality; Christianity
Spirituality, Culture, and Sustainability: Integrating Cultural Sensitivity into Responsible Religious Tourism
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious tourism; pilgrimage; sustainable development; cultural sensitivity; spirituality; religious sensitivity; regenerative tourism; accessible tourism; heritage; interpretation
Buddhist Art Along the Silk Road and Its Cross-Cultural Interaction
edited by and Yinggang Sun
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist art; Asian civilizations; the Silk Road; mutual learning through exchange; Sinicization of Buddhism; Gandhara
Seeking Truth and Meaning: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion and Philosophy
edited by B. Keith Putt
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open
Keywords: truth; meaning; philosophy; religion; interdisciplinary perspectives
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 411 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; violence; fundamentalism; security; terrorism
Anthropology and Religion: Rethinking Identity in a Fragmented Cultural Landscape
edited by Teresa Aizpun and Raúl Madrid
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: identity; anthropology; culture; philosophy; deconstruction; posthumanism; religion; selfhood; technology; subjectivity
Worship in the 16th-Century Reformation: Theology and Practice
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open
Keywords: reformation worship; 16th-century liturgy; theology of worship; Word and Sacrament; sacramental theology; liturgical reform; worship and ecclesiology; ritual and worship
Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, Scientific, and Beyond—Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: afterlife; metempsychosis; past life memory; past lives; paranormal; rebirth; reincarnation
Religion, Superstition, and Philosophy in Ancient Rome
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 71 | 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 and
submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 199 | 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
submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 17 | 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 3215 | 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
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open
Keywords: black theology; womanist theology; African American religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
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 616 | 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) submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 124 | 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 102 | 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 submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 714 | 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
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12384 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3323 | 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
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: migration; religion; pluralism; late Middle Ages; refuge; respectability; resource; social groups; identity
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 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: theories; methods; hermeneutics; New Testament
Philosophical Theology, Doctrine, and the Theological Virtues
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 103 | 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)
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