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Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 854 | 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
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 126 | 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)
The Interplay Between Narrative, Ritual, and Religiosity in East Asian Literary and Cultural Traditions
edited by , and David Sevillano López
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 934 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asian literature; Buddhism; religions; India; China; Korea; Japan
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Evolution of Chinese Buddhist Knowledge Systems
edited by Wenli Fan and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 442 | 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 submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 389 | 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 , Indrani Margolin and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 338 | 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 , Bony Schachter and Jacopo Scarin
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 267 | 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 229 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist architecture; East Asia; places of worship; Buddhist monuments; religious and cultural functions
Radical Embodiment and Religious Practice and Thought: Rethinking the Body in Religious Studies and Theology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 122 | 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)
Religions in Colonial Korea: Traditions, Reconfigurations, and New Beginnings
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: modernization; westernization; colonialism; modern Korean religions; Korean Buddhism; Won Buddhism; Korean new religions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Hebrew Prophets: Poetic Imagination, Covenant Memory—in Honor of Walter Brueggemann
edited by Jerome F. D. Creach
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open
Keywords: Brueggemann; covenant; imagination; memory; rhetoric; royal ideology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Constructive Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pauline Theology
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open
Keywords: pauline theology; interdisciplinary theology; transhumanism; artificial intelligence; medical ethics; political theology; eco-theology; cognitive linguistics; theology and race; theology and gender
Theology and Public Life: Contemporary Perspectives on Public Theology
edited by Teresa L. Smallwood
submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: public; theology; voice; prophetic; power; witness; political; sphere; truth; false
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Materiality and Gender Constructs in Hagiography: Saints and Sacred Space
edited by Michelle M. Sauer
submission deadline 14 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2143 | Submission Open
Keywords: materiality; gender; sexuality; hagiography; saints; sacred space
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religious Ethics and Theology in Contemporary Human Life submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open
Keywords: culture and religious ethics; diversity; ethics; and theology; gender and sexuality; humanism and human flourishing; migration ethics and theology; politics; identity; and the human person; religious ethics; sociology and theology; technology; theology; and the common good; theological anthropology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Sanctity in the Medieval Muslim West: Questions of Genre, Cultural and Religious Identity
edited by and Manuela Marín
submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: sufism; hagiographies; male and female saints; gender; Maghreb and Al-Andalus; medieval period
Embodiment, Sport and Spiritual Traditions
edited by Patrick Kelly, SJ
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: lived religion; embodiment; play; sport; spirituality
Intersections of Religion and Law: Freedom, Social Change, and Human Rights
edited by Nadirsyah Hosen
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 659 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious freedom; legal pluralism; human rights; secularism; constitutional law; social change; religion and gender; religious minorities; law and theology; health and religion; religious activism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Wisdom Traditions, Religion, and the Global Era
edited by
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open
Keywords: wisdom traditions; religion; spirituality; health; culture; community
African Religious Thought: A Dynamic Web of Traditions Impacting the Globe
edited by Ullrich Relebogilwe Kleinhempel and John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji
submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: African philosophy; African religion; African theology; divination; ritualistics; experience; syncretism; religion and culture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Youth Ministry, Youth Work, and the Role Religion Plays in the Lives of Today’s Youth
edited by and Fahimah Ulfat
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open
Keywords: youth ministry; youth work; religious development; faith; youth; Christian; Jewish; Muslim
Climate Change Didactics in Religious Education
edited by Viktor Aldrin
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate; religious education; climate change; faith; eco-theology; natural world; climate science; sustainable communities; ecological spirituality
Christian Spirituality: Ancient Foundations, Modern Expressions
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; spiritual formation; discipleship; spiritual disciplines; new testament; Christianity; prayer; scripture; restoration; renewal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Textual Embodiment: Ritual Praxis and Scriptural Hermeneutics in Hindu Traditions submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 6 | 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
Orthodox Spirituality: Fundaments and Contemporary Perspectives
edited by and Gabriel Noje
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: Orthodox spirituality; theosis; desert fathers; church fathers; Philokalia; spiritual healing; Christian asceticism; spiritual discernment; spiritual schools; contemporary Orthodox; spiritual figures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Nature of Religion in Ancient Egypt submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropology of religion; phenomenology; landscape archaeology; pyramid texts; ontological turn; kingship; Egyptian religion; funerary ritual; religious art; architecture of religion
Engaged Spiritualities: Theories, Practices, and Future Directions submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3305 | Submission Open
Keywords: engaged spiritualities; spirituality and religion; spiritual experiences; everyday life
Theology and Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark: Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Perspectives
edited by C. Clifton Black
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: the Bible; New Testament; the Gospel of Mark; Biblical theology; early church; history of biblical interpretation; history of Christian thought; literary and sociological interpretations of the Bible; reception of biblical literature in the arts; lived religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Modernity and Its Discontents: Religion, Social Life, and the Politics of Diversity Culture Wars in a Global Perspective
edited by , and Pablo Echeverría-Esparza
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: culture wars; multiple modernities; multiple secularisms; religion and diversity; global governance; identity politics; secularism; pluralism; intersectionality; conflict
Walking, Wandering, and Journeying: Approaches from Chinese and Greek Thought submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Submission Open
Keywords: Chinese philosophy; Greek philosophy; comparative philosophy; way or path (Dao; odos); walking; wandering; journey; self-cultivation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Christian and Muslim Communities and Interactions in the Balkans and Eastern Europe
edited by and Mila Maeva
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 1255 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Islam; local and transnational communities; interactions; Balkans; coexistences; conflicts
Spiritual Care and Bioethics: Exploring Theological Perspectives and Practical Applications
edited by and Matyas Szalay
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioethics; religion; spirituality; medical ethics; ecological ethics; principlism; clinical chaplaincy; beginning-of-life questions; end-of-life questions; neuroethics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Ecclesiological Legacy of the Second Vatican Council in Light of Contemporary Challenges
edited by Alenka Arko
submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: Second Vatican Council; mystery-based ecclesiology; communion; hierarchical structure of the Church; synodality; accountability; contextual reception of the Council; missionary conversion; dialogue
Creating a Robust Spirituality in Family and Relational Life in a Challenging World
edited by Suzanne Coyle
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: family; relationship; spirituality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Historical Erasure in the Context of Religion
edited by Karen McCluskey and Karen Pack
submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious history; queer history; LGBTQIA+ experience; gender; marginalization; Indigenous history; history of disability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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