Special Issues

Religions publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Disclosing God in Action: Contemporary British Evangelical Practices
edited by Andrew Rogers, Helen Collins and Israel Olofinjana
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open
Keywords: evangelicalism; contemporary; British; practices; divine action; theological reflection
Minds as Creaturely and Divine
edited by , Benedikt Paul Göcke and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 14438 | Submission Open
Keywords: divine minds; human minds; neuroscientific theology; minds and liturgy; deified minds
Mystical Theology and Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Volume II
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12291 | Submission Open
Keywords: mysticism; Sufism; Islam; Christianity; Christology; hermeneutics; religious experience; interreligious dialogue; Muslim– Christian dialogue; mystical theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Chinese Christianity: From Society to Culture
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3935 | Submission Open
Keywords: jesuits; protestant missionaries’ activities; christian communities; nativization; contextualization of theology; rite; architecture; arts; customs
Interfaith Encounters: Religious Polemics from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
edited by Golda Akhiezer
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2436 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious polemics; public disputations; polemical literature; theology; methodology; typology; comparative religions
Pilgrimage Routes, Sacred Places, and Contribution to Territories’ Sustainable Development submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2231 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious places and regional planning; sacred sites and sustainability; universal accessibility in religious places; universal accessibility in routes and trails; religious routes and trails and sustainability; pilgrims and sustainability; religions and cultural heritage; resilience pilgrimage and motivations; sacred sites and evolution ecumenic; places of worship and religious tourism; cultural and religious routes and trails; the transformational potential of visiting holy sites; inner/outer experiences; secular/non-confessional trails; religion and commerce; religion and museums; religion and historical art
Religious Nationalism in Global Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 1611 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious nationalism; religion; nationalism; political impact; Islamic nationalism; Christian nationalism; Hindu nationalism
Mysticism Reloaded: Innovative Approaches, Methods, and Theories to Study Mysticism
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1240 | Submission Open
Keywords: mysticism; methods in religion; comparative research; interdisciplinary theories of religion
Geopolitics and Religion(s): Neglected Topics in the Current World Crisis
edited by Vendulka Kubalkova and Renat Shaykhutdinov
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open
Keywords: beyond religion as soft power only; religion(s) and geopolitics; against west-and Euro-centrism; international political theology and geopolitics; the ‘ holy’ and ‘ mundane’ in world politics; competing and complementary narratives in religion and geopolitics; strategic narratives in international relations (IR) sharp and smart power in IR; BRICS
Adolescent Religious Development submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescent religiosity; religion; education; values; spirituality; adolescence; sociology of religion; religious beliefs and practices
Institutional Innovation and Tradition: Understanding Changes and Continuities in Religious Leadership, Communication, and Technology Ethics
edited by Pauline Cheong and Ilona Nord
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious organizations; innovation; leadership; communication; ethics; artificial intelligence; technology; agency; authority; community
Asceticism, Mysticism, and the Affirmation of the World in Christianity and Islam submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4151 | Submission Open
Keywords: asceticism; mysticism; comparative theology; comparative religions; Christianity; Islam; Sufism
Pastoral Care in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by and Jody Clarke
submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: pastoral care; pastoral counseling; spiritual accompaniment; systems care; spirituality; pastoral theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Natural Sciences as a Contemporary Locus Theologicus
edited by Jacek Rodzeń and Paweł Polak
submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2478 | Submission Open
Keywords: science and religion; natural sciences; theology; scientific rationality; science as a value; aim(s) of science; scientific worldview; theology of science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Consciousness between Science and Religion
edited by Sibylle Trawöger
submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: consciousness; soul; body; mind; awareness; dialogue between science and religion; theological anthropology
Resurrection and New Creation in Ephesians
edited by
submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: resurrection; new creation; Ephesians; Paul; eschatology
Intellectual Crossroads: Religion, Knowledge, and Science in the Early Modern World
edited by Andrew Keitt and Ismael del Olmo
submission deadline 17 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 427 | 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)
Clashing Civilizations and Civilizational Identities in Populist Discourses
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 27585 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion, Society, Politics and Digital Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11349 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious authority; religious digital mobilization; digital reilgion(s); religious populism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Contemporary Practices and Issues in Religious Education
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2109 | Submission Open
Keywords: catechesis; the Church; confessional religious education in school; crisis of religious socialization and education; traditional educational institutions; theological– catechetical formation of teachers/educators
Religious Perspectives on Ecological, Political, and Cultural Grief
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 974 | Submission Open
Keywords: grief; ecological grief; political grief; religion; theology; ethics; politics
Sacred Experience and Aesthetic Connections in Religious Festivals
edited by Federico Aguirre, Wilson Muñoz and Lily Jimenez
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open
Keywords: art and the sacred; religious festivals; popular/lived religion; material religion studies; visual and performance studies
Images of the World in the Dialogue between Science and Religion
edited by Wojciech P. Grygiel, Krystian Kałuża and Grzegorz Chrzanowski
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: science and religion; image of the world; theology; evolution; cognitive science
Theological Reflections on Moral Theories
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: moral principles; normativity; theistic ethics; moral theology; value theory; well-being; rights; divine commands
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Post-Evangelical and Exvangelical Movements: New Religious Trends in the Americas submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: exvangelical; post-evangelicals; evangelicals; authoritarianism; Americas
Religion, Public Space and Society
edited by and Magda Mària Serrano
submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1748 | Submission Open
Keywords: public space; urban liturgy; religious commemoration; religious architecture; urban backdrop; city scenario; religious enclaves; public celebration; church and city
The Role of Religion in the Public Sphere
edited by Grzegorz Ekiert and
submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; public sphere; politics; secularization; modernization; culture wars; faith; identity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Contemporary Approaches to Buddhist Philosophy and Ethics submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 939 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist philosophy; Buddhist ethics; intercultural philosophy; philosophy of mind; intercultural ethics; engaged Buddhism; Buddhist feminism; Abhidharma; Yogācāra; Mādhyamaka; Pure Land
Exploring the Emotional Turn of Religious Studies
edited by Yvonne Thai, and Scott Dunbar
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open
Keywords: emotions; religious emotions; spirituality; religion; interreligious dialogue; self-transcendent emotions; spiritual experience; empirical theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Islamic Social Studies: Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage
edited by Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh and Hora Zabarjadi Sar
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic feminism; gender fluidity; sexual ethics; marital dynamics; intersectionality; queer Muslim identities; religious authority; transnational intimacies; digital cultures; ethical consumption
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Studies on the Psychology of Religion: Christian Spirituality and Personal/Social Well-Being
edited by Mario Aletti
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian spirituality; subjective well-being; positive emotions; health-promoting; pro-sociality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The Bible and Ancient Mesopotamia
edited by Robin Baker
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: Sumer; Babylon; Assyria; Hebrew Bible; New Testament; Apocrypha; Pseudepigrapha; Dead Sea Scrolls; comparative religion; religious transmission in the ancient Near East
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Topography of Mind
edited by Eugene Y. Wang
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist art; landscapes of the psyche; tangible edifices; sacred space; intangible states of consciousness
Materiality and Private Rituals in Tibetan and Himalayan Cultures
edited by Aleksandra Wenta and Amanda Brown
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open
Keywords: Tibetan Buddhism; Bon; Buddhism; Chinese Buddhism; new religions; folk religions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
On the Problem of Hell: Comparative Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
edited by Ethan Leong Yee and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2485 | Submission Open
Keywords: Hell; evil; suffering; afterlife; punishment; justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Diversity and Harmony of Taoism: Ideas, Behaviors and Influences
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open
Keywords: Taoism; diversity; harmony; ideas; behaviors; contemporary value
Religions, Cultural Memory and Heritage in the City: Reassembling a Plural Scenario
edited by Angelica Federici and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open
Keywords: history of religions; memory studies; urban religion; spatial turn
Bible Translation and Biblical Hermeneutics: Exploring the Nexus of Language and Interpretation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Christian Prayer: Social Sciences Perspective
edited by and Konrad Janowski
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 13146 | Submission Open
Keywords: specificity of prayer; types of prayer; prayer development; conditions for prayer; functions of prayer; prayer crisis; health dimension of prayer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Reimagining Catholic Ethics Today submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3368 | Submission Open
Keywords: common good; colonialities and decoloniality; ethics; environmental ethics; ethical imagination; existentialism; gender and sexuality; hermeneutics and politics of language; humanism; posthumanism; religious ethics; social ethics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Localization, Globalization and Glocalization: Paradigm Shifts in the Study of Transmission and Transformation of Buddhism in Asia and Beyond
edited by Jinhua Chen and Ru Zhan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2202 | Submission Open
Keywords: localization; globalization; glocalization; world history; Buddhism’ s transborder transmission; sinification of Buddhism
Monastic Identities: Comparative and Historical Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 995 | Submission Open
Keywords: monasticism; monks; nuns; Catholic; Orthodox; Buddhist; Jain; Sufi; Essene; Hindu; religious communities; gender and sexuality; comparative religions; cloister; religious identities
Gender, Violence and Islam submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open
Old Texts, New Insights: Exploring Buddhist Manuscripts
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist manuscripts; Sanskrit manuscripts; Chinese manuscripts; Dunhuang manuscripts; philological research; codicology; paleography; iconography; manuscript preservation; digitalizing manuscripts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Nature, Functions and Contexts of Christian Doctrine
edited by and Dianne Rayson
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 632 | Submission Open
Keywords: doctrine; truth; context; doctrinal change; bible; imagination; sexuality; climate; race
Religion and Politics: Historical Developments and Contemporary Transformations
edited by Andre P. Audette, Christopher Weaver and Mark Brockway
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and politics; secularism; religious identities; law and public policy; political theology; nationalism; culture wars; religious demography
Theological Traditions of Politics: Tracing History and Its Continuity
edited by Nikolaos Asproulis
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open
Keywords: political theology; religious traditions; state; human rights; nationalism; fundamentalism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Economic Justice
edited by Paul Hertig and Clinton E. Stockwell
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open
Keywords: economics; justice; economic justice; biblical theology; economy; injustice; poor; rich; marginalized; wealth; poverty; oppressed sustainability; globalization; liberation; practical theology; mission theology
‘On the Lapsed’: Comparative Ethnographic Perspectives on ‘Lapsing’ among Christians around the World
edited by , Christine Lee and Carsten Vala
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; religion; lapsing; membership
Under the Rising Crescent: How and When Became the Middle East an Islamic Region?
edited by Michael Ehrlich and Amichay Schwartz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamization; Islamication; conversion; migration; Arabization; Syria; Palestine
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