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Daoist Inner Alchemy Atlas: Practice and Related Medicine, Thunder Rites and Iconology
edited by Wenhua Shen, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 422 | Submission Open
Keywords: inner alchemy; daoist medicine; thunder rites; iconology
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 395 | 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 248 | Submission Open
Keywords: manuscripts; scribes; early print; bible; sermons; devotional literature; catechism; religious reform; polemic; media transformation
Humans, Science, and Faith
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 150 | 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 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: (quantum) God; (quantum) vacuum; modern/contemporary physics; (quantum) metaphysics; theism; mind and matter; mindfulness and consciousness; synchronicity; holism; eastern religions
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 76 | 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)
Magic, Religion, and Mysticism: Occult Traditions in Europe from Late Antiquity Through the Early Modern Period
edited by Martha Rampton
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: magic; magical mysticism; occultism; late antique magic; early medieval magic; high medieval magic; late medieval magic; early modern magic; Renassaince magic
Classical and Alternative Conceptions of the Divine in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open
Keywords: philosophy of religion; classical and non-classical [alternative] concepts of God; classical theism; pantehism; panenthiesm; polytheism; religious naturalism
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 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: change (the world); dialogue; marx; Marxists; Aristotle; Aristotelians; common good; justice
Exploring Eco-Spirituality: Intersections of Faith, Nature, and Ethics
edited by and Ryan Patrick McLaughlin
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 60 | 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)
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 11 | Submission Open
Keywords: Catholic mission; comparative missionary endeavors; global religion; paganism and heresies; cultural adaptation
Renewal, Innovation, and Transformation: The Changing Face of Judaism in Modern Times
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7653 | Submission Open
Catholic Social Thought in the Era of the Un-Common Good
edited by James P. O’Sullivan
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 217 | 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 205 | 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)
Sacred Space and Contemporary Art
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacred space; hierophany; sacred art; contemporary sacred art
Religion and Creativity submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open
Keywords: creativity; sacred creativity; play; invention; innovation; blasphemy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Religion
edited by J. Thomas Bridges and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1 | 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 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12054 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5038 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2934 | 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
Viktor Frankl and the Future of Religion
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open
Keywords: logotherapy; Viktor Frankl; phenomenology; self-transcendence; meaning of life; future of religion; religious studies; psychotherapy
Explorations into Yan Zun’s Edition and Commentary to the Daodejing: Laozi Zhigui
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open
Keywords: Yan Zun; Laozi zhigui; Laozi Daodejing; Daoist religion and philosophy
Theology and Anthropology: A Critical Discussion
edited by Peter Versteeg and Petruschka Schaafsma
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropology; theology; dialogue; transformation; reception; methodology
Indigenous Conversion(s) to Islam: Causes, Processes, and Consequences
edited by Ayca Arkilic
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islam; indigenous; conversion; intersectionality; colonialism; discrimination; interaction
Christian Monasticism Today: A Search for Identity
edited by Bernard Łukasz Sawicki and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: monasticism; culture; history; spirituality; anthropology; philosophy; sociology; archeology
Science and Religion: Natural Theology in the Contemporary Context
edited by Kai Man Kwan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 183 | 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
The Eucharist as the Bread of Life: Phenomenological and Existential Explorations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacramental theology; eucharist; metaphysics; existentialism; phenomenology; transubstantiation; consubstantiation
Religion in 20th- and 21st-Century Fictional Narratives
edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and literature; modern religious narrative; religion in fictional narrative
Christian Theology Across Non-European Cultures: Local Wisdoms and Cross-Philosophical Approaches submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 108 | 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)
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 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: premodern Islamic multilingualism; multiculturism; translation; Islamic lingua franca
Nationalisms and Religious Identities—2nd Edition
edited by Slavica Jakelić
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open
Keywords: nationalisms and religious identities; gender; race; and class; citizenship; transnational politics; postcolonial and decolonial critiques
Religion and Craft Production in Iron Age Cis- and Transjordan
edited by Angelika Berlejung and Omer Sergi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: archaeology of religion; religious handicrafts; religious symbolism; craftsmen; craft production
Religion and Politics: Ritual, Performativity, and (Political) Theatre in Comparative-Historical and International Perspective
edited by Patricia J. Sohn
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1210 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; ritual; political; theatre; performativity; politics
Mysticism and Ethics: Bridging Transcendence and Action in Religious Experience
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 75 | 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)
Science and Christian Theology: Past, Present, and Future
edited by Joseph R. Laracy and Jamie Boulding
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 384 | 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 | Viewed by 2054 | 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
Words and Images Serving Christianity
edited by María Jesús Soto-Bruna and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open
Keywords: word— verbum; meaning— sensus; processio— emanatio; creation; mirror— speculum; light; darkness; visio; colors; image— imago; soul; sacred; spirituality; Christianity
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 126 | 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 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: identity; anthropology; culture; philosophy; deconstruction; posthumanism; religion; selfhood; technology; subjectivity
Healing the Earth: Spirituality and Planetary Health
edited by and
submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: planetary health; existential concern; ecocentric worldview; ecological imagination; ecological distress; spiritual health; spiritual transformation
The Theological Underpinnings of Ignatian Spirituality: From Historical Context to Contemporary Relevance submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 228 | 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 9010 | 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)
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 85 | 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 11 | Submission Open
Keywords: theories; methods; hermeneutics; New Testament
Critical Issues in Christian Ethics
edited by , Richard Rose and Sandra Morgan
submission deadline 23 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2537 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian; conversion; discipleship; ethics; evil; faith; forgiveness; fruit of the spirit; God; gospel; good and bad; Heaven; Hell; holiness; justification; Jesus; judgment; justice; law; light; love; Paul; rebirth; religion; salvation; repentance; righteousness; right and wrong; Romans 12; sanctification; sin; the Ten Commandments; truth and lie; the Sermon on the Mount; works of the flesh
Family Health and Its Threats in the Physical, Mental, Religious–Moral, and Social Dimensions
edited by and Piotr Guzdek
submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open
Keywords: religions; marriage; family; moral norms; health; raising; Christianity; Judaism; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The History of the Arabian Peninsula in the Early Islamic Centuries
edited by Ida Zilio-Grandi
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: Arabian Peninsula; early Islam; Rashidun Caliphate; Umayyad dynasty; Abbasid dynasty; Islamic conquests; Islamic society; political history; religious transformation; Arab empire; early Islamic thought; historical roots of Islam
Divine Warfare, Heresy and Witchcraft: Connecting Witch Trials and Religious Persecutions in the Premodern World (to 1900)
edited by Gayle Brunelle
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious wars; divine warfare; witchcraft; witch trials; heresy; sorcery; state formation; confessionalization; traditional magic; traditional medicine; patriarchy; ethnic identity and magic; religious mysticism
Social Dimensions of Religion in the Age of De-Globalization submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious majorities and minorities; migration; nationalism; gender; media; religious identity and identification
Meeting at the Crossroads: Understanding the Intersection of Rhetoric, Race, and Religion
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: rhetoric; race; religion; theology; rhetorical criticism; media; gender; religious communication; performance; social justice; social movements; political rhetoric
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
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