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Spatio-Temporal Plurality in the Connection Between Art and the Sacred in Contemporary Society

edited by Juan Antonio Roche Cárcel

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: sociology of arts; sociology of religion; contemporary society; plastics arts; musique; architecture; danse; theatre; cinema; religious festivals

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

Negotiating Difference: Unity and Diversity in Jewish History from Antiquity to the Present

edited by

Francesca Sofia

and Guido Bartolucci

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: Judaism; Jewish history; sectarianism; halakhic authority; diaspora; Kabbalah; Zionism; religious identity; pluralism

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

Interpretation of Biblical Literature in Translation: A Literary and Theological Perspective

edited by Ottó Pecsuk

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bible; translation; equivalence; ethics of translation; functionalist; mission; linguistics; theology; translator; formal; dynamic; meaning; skopos; word of God

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

Post-Secularism: Society, Politics, Theology

edited by

András Máté-Tóth

and George Joseph Vellankal

submission deadline 4 May 2026 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-secularism; pluralism; public religion; secularisation; public sphere and private sphere; sociology of religion

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

Sacred Harmony: Music and Spiritual Transformation

edited by

Guy Beck

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1421 | Submission Open

Keywords: music; spirituality; sacred sound; ritual; liturgy; philosophy of music; theology of music; religious studies; ethnomusicology; musicology of religion

Religious Art of the Renaissance

edited by Bonnie Noble

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: Counter-Reformation; Religious identity; Devotional image; Iconoclasm; Ritual

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

Religion and Economy in a Global Era: New Articulation After Secularization

edited by Raquel Lázaro-Cantero and

Germán Roberto Scalzo

submission deadline 17 May 2026 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: work and transformation; modes of time and health and pathologies; social relationships and human figures; world and natural and social; worship and work; religion and capitalism; economy and Christianity; common good and different goods; human life; work; and meaning; globalization and identities

Jewish Thought in Light of Deleuze and Guattari Studies

edited by

Iddo Dickmann

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: continental philosophy; Deleuze; Guattari; Bible; Talmud; Kabbalah; Jewish philosophy

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

Muslim Da ’Wah and Christian Mission. New Perspectives in the Global Interfaith Context

edited by

Gaetano Sabetta

and Joseph Victor Edwin

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: mission in Christianity; Da ‘ wah in Islam; Muslim– Christian relations; interfaith dialogue

Transforming Religion in the Anthropocene

edited by

Patrick Becker

and

Claudia Gialousis

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropocene; globalization; technology; technological progress; ecological crisis; nature; (cultural) narratives; Human-nature-dynamics; (religious) worldviews

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

Reimagining Ministry: Formation, Leadership, and Innovation for the 21st Century

edited by Seidel Abel Boanerges

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: ministry; ministerial formation; church leadership; digital innovation; digital theology; practical theology; ecclesiology; global christianity; theological education; faith and practice

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

Dialogues Between East and West: Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Past and Present

edited by

András Forgó

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: autocephaly; Catholicism; church governance; church history; Church Union Movements; Conciliarism; ecumenical movements; Greek Catholics; liturgical movements; Orthodoxy; papacy

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

Daoist Inner Alchemy Atlas: Practice and Related Medicine, Thunder Rites and Iconology

edited by Wenhua Shen,

Yuhao Wu

and

Lu Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10498 | Submission Open

Keywords: inner alchemy; daoist medicine; thunder rites; iconology

Jewish Ethics: Foundations, Developments, and Contemporary Challenges

edited by

Tsuriel Rashi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1349 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jewish ethics; halakha; moral philosophy; rabbinic thought; applied ethics; theology; Jewish law; responsibility; tradition and modernity; religious pluralism

Social Justice in Theological Education: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Ana Thea Filipović

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 642 | Submission Open

Keywords: social justice; human rights; world religions; public theology; contextual theologies; theological education; epistemic justice

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

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

edited by

Jeffery D. Long

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

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

Theological and Ethical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence

edited by Rafael Amo Usanos and

Andrea Ciucci

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; theology; ethics; religious traditions; human singularity; concept of God; moral evaluation; technological culture; interreligious dialogue; responsible innovation

Contemporary Johannine Scholarship: Texts, Contexts, and Trajectories

edited by

Martin Micallef

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: theological interpretation; narrative theology; christological analysis; pneumatological approach; symbolic interpretation; trinitarian reading; historical– contextual analysis; literary– critical method; reception history; intertextual reading

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

Heresies, Heterodoxies, and Process–Relational Theologies

edited by Donna Bowman

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: process theology; heresy and heterodoxy; theological dissent; church discipline; religious institutions; open and relational theology

Contemporary Black Theology

edited by

Kurt Buhring

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: black theology; womanist theology; African American religion

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

Religion, Ritual, and Healing—2nd Edition

edited by

Haiyan Xing

and Gerald Murray

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; spirit beliefs; ritual practices; specialist religious leaders; healing ; cultural systems; ethnography; symbols; transcendent realities; interdisciplinary dialogue

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

The Implications of Spirituality for Mental Well-Being and Public Health

edited by

Kelvin Mutter

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethics; ethical practice; social seterminants of health; negative spiritual coping; positive spiritual coping; spiritually integrated healthcare; spiritual practices in healthcare; well-being of caregivers

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

Outworking the “Birds of the Air”: Early Christians’ Attitudes Toward Labor and Work

edited by

Andrea Annese

and Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: early Christianity; labor and work; eschatological expectations; apocalypticism; delay of the eschaton; early Christ groups; early Christians and ethics; attitudes toward the environment

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

Religion and Eco-Anxiety: Pastoral and Ethical Perspectives

edited by

Przemysław Kantyka

and

Krzysztof Smykowski

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecology; eco-theology; eco-anxiety; God’ s creation; environment; sustainability; ethics; pastoral teachings for the environment; responsible management of environment

Political Secularism, Religious Reform and International Relations

edited by Youssef Choueiri

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

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

(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 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 80 | 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)

Reformed Theology in Dialogue: Faith, Culture, and Everyday Practice

edited by David Jensen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: reformed theology; confessions; revelation; authority; christology; covenant; divine sovereignty; sin; election

Jewish Intellectual Traditions in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Region: Between Tradition, Enlightenment, and Modernity

edited by

Aušrelė Kristina Pažėraitė

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: Eastern European Jewry; intellectual history of Jews from the Baltic countries; Haskalah in Eastern Europe; modern hasidism; Zionism; religious Zionism; Yiddish culture; Jewish press; modernity and traditional identity; YIVO

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

Languages and Buddhist Texts: Translation, Transmission, and Interpretation Across Traditions

edited by

Lu Lu

Bohan Li

and

Zhouyuan Li

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3751 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist texts; multilingualism; translation studies; Buddhist philology; languages of Buddhist scriptures; linguistic philosophy; corpus linguistics; natural language processing (NLP); digital humanities; comparative Buddhist studies; Chinese Buddhist translations

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

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

edited by George M. Coghill and Ximian Xu

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 949 | Submission Open

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

The Roles of Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare

edited by Anne Klee, Arielle Rubenstein and Glen Milstein

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 826 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; spirituality; and healthcare; religious faith and medical considerations; health and spirituality

Perspectives in Contemporary Catholic Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Metaphysics

edited by

Alan Vincelette

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: Catholic philosophy; realism in epistemology; moral realism; natural theology; theology; religion and philosophy

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

Studies on Religious Rituals and Practices

edited by

Anna Prashizky

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; religious rituals; ritual practices; rites of passage; ritualization; symbolism; migration and refugees; war and violent conflicts; everyday and holiday rituals; postmodern religious experience

The Influence of Religion on the American Founding and Revolution: In Celebration of the Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence

edited by

Thomas Cook

Bolek Z. Kabala

and Jess Chupp

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious beliefs and practices during the American Revolution; Declaration of Independence; pulpits of the American Revolution; Natural Law and the American founding; Imago Dei and inalienable rights; religion and inalienable rights; historical development of inalienable rights; enlightenment— radical and moderate

Holy Cities in the 21st Century: Images, Identities, and Networks

edited by Stanley Brunn

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: holy cities; pilgrimage; religion and globalization; sacred and secular; interfaith encounters; digital religion; religious tourism

Echoes of the Divine: The Historical, Literary, and Theological Dimensions of Prophetism

edited by

Marta García Fernández

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2719 | Submission Open

Keywords: prophecy and the ancient Near East; prophecy as a religious phenomenon; prophetic hermeneutics; major and minor prophets; former or historical prophetic books; prophecy and Second Temple extrabiblical literature

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

Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation

edited by

Peter Admirand

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1076 | Submission Open

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

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

Energy and Religion

edited by

Michael Marder

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 624 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy humanities; theology of energy; philosophy of energy; energeia; patristics; aristotle; divine energies

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

Living Faith, Shaping Identity: Social and Religious Practices of Minority Communities in Japan

edited by

Nataša Visočnik Gerželj

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious diversity in Japan; minority communities; cultural identity; indigenous religions; social practices and rituals; intercultural dialogue; minority rights and inclusion; migration and religion; religious and cultural preservation

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

Religious Socialization in Current Sociology

edited by Lena De Botton and

Ana Burgués

submission deadline 26 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 98 | 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)

The Interplay Between Narrative, Ritual, and Religiosity in East Asian Literary and Cultural Traditions

edited by

Efraín Villamor Herrero

Irene Minerva Muñoz-Fernández

and David Sevillano López

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1675 | Submission Open

Keywords: Asian literature; Buddhism; religions; India; China; Korea; Japan

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

The Eucharist as the Bread of Life: Phenomenological and Existential Explorations

edited by

James Swindal

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1138 | Submission Open

Keywords: sacramental theology; eucharist; metaphysics; existentialism; phenomenology; transubstantiation; consubstantiation

Buddhist Philosophy: Logic and Epistemology

edited by

Andrew Schumann

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

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

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

The Evolution of Chinese Buddhist Knowledge Systems

edited by

Wenli Fan

and

Kai Sheng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open

Keywords: Chinese Buddshit knowledge system; classified knowledge; knowledge of Buddha dharma; knowledge about the Buddhist monastic system; knowledge about the Buddhist faith; knowledge about monastic– lay relations; Confucian and Daoist knowledge systems

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

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

edited by

Dariusz Klejnowski-Różycki

and

Piotr Sękowski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 413 | 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)

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 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open

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

Transformations in Daoist Ritual Texts and Other Daoist Literature Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties—2nd Edition

edited by

Jing Li

, Bony Schachter and Jacopo Scarin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: Daoist canonical texts; Daoist literature; Daoist ritual texts; religious writings; contemporary Daoist texts; transformation of texts; symbolism in writing; circulation of texts; Daoist community

New Perspectives on East Asian Buddhist Architecture

edited by Puay Peng Ho

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist architecture; East Asia; places of worship; Buddhist monuments; religious and cultural functions

Reimagining Jewish-Muslim Relations After October 7th

edited by

Iqbal Akhtar

and Elad Ben David

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: Muslim— Jewish relations; Islamic theology; Abraham Accords; post-October 7th; Gaza War; peacebuilding; interfaith dialogue; utopian studies; Israel; Hamas; countering extremism

Radical Embodiment and Religious Practice and Thought: Rethinking the Body in Religious Studies and Theology

edited by

David H Nikkel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: embodiment; enactive cognition; embedded cognition; extended cognition; meaning; evolution; adaptiveness; ritual; theories of religion; theology

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

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