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Science and Christian Theology: Past, Present, and Future
edited by Joseph R. Laracy and Jamie Boulding
submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9790 | Submission Open
Keywords: science; theology; creation; cosmology; evolution; artificial intelligence; epistemology; metaphysics; Stanley Jaki; Ian Barbour
Buddhist Philosophy: Logic and Epistemology
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3016 | 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 Hebrew Prophets: Poetic Imagination, Covenant Memory—in Honor of Walter Brueggemann
edited by Jerome F. D. Creach
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open
Keywords: Brueggemann; covenant; imagination; memory; rhetoric; royal ideology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Creative Eco-Theology: Responding to the Ecological Crisis of Creation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2735 | Submission Open
Keywords: eco-theology; ecological crisis; creation care; environmental ethics; ecological hermeneutics; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Spirit of Space Exploration in China
edited by James Miller and
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 623 | Submission Open
Keywords: astroculture; religion and space; China; West; cosmology; spiritual narratives; ethics of exploration; science fiction; comparative religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Languages and Buddhist Texts: Translation, Transmission, and Interpretation Across Traditions
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13844 | 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)
Explorations into Yan Zun’s Edition and Commentary to the Daodejing: Laozi Zhigui
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11787 | Submission Open
Keywords: Yan Zun; Laozi zhigui; Laozi Daodejing; Daoist religion and philosophy
Religion and Conflict, Religion and Peace: Demystifying the Role of Religion in Conflict Dynamics
edited by and Daniel Rhodes
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3655 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and conflict; religion and peacemaking; interfaith dialogue; interreligious contract; religious miltants; Countering Violent Extremism (CVE); conflict dynamics; values conflicts; belief/faith; peacebuilding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Christian Spirituality: Ancient Foundations, Modern Expressions
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3510 | 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)
Divine Algorithms: Religion and Faith in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
edited by , , and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3427 | Submission Open
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI); generative AI; AI ethics; AI and religion; AI and spirituality; digital religion; algorithmic; theology faith and the posthuman faith; transformation religious practice; AI in religious education
(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 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3393 | Submission Open
Keywords: Catholic mission; comparative missionary endeavors; global religion; paganism and heresies; cultural adaptation
Exploring the Relationship Between Religion and Science from a Historical Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2244 | 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)
Body-Mind Relations and Ethical Living of Chinese Buddhism
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2205 | Submission Open
Keywords: body–mind relations; mind–nature theory; embodied cognition; history of Buddhist ideas and social life; morality and belief
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Revealing the Hidden: Apocryphal Texts and the Shaping of Religious Thought submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1931 | Submission Open
Keywords: apocrypha and pseudepigrapha; parabiblical tradition; biblical exegesis; devotional literature and culture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religious Extremism in a Global Context: Analyzing the Rise and Impact of Movements
edited by Marcello Mollica and James Dingley
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1743 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; violence; fundamentalism; security; terrorism
Dialogues Between East and West: Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Past and Present
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1082 | 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)
Liberation of All Things: New Materialism, Theology and Nonhuman Salvation
edited by Iljoon Park
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1029 | Submission Open
Keywords: agency of things; liberation of things; new materialism; energy; energy democracy
(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 , Fahimah Ulfat and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1013 | Submission Open
Keywords: youth ministry; youth work; religious development; faith; youth; Christian, Jewish, Muslim
Christian–Muslim Encounters and Dialogues over the Centuries: Bringing Peace and Harmony
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 985 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian–Muslim interactions; tawhid; dialogues; conflicts; peaceful coexistence; evangelical theology; missionary movements; imperialism; colonialism; Christendom; Christology; persecution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Tradition and Postmodern Approaches
edited by Radu Petre Muresan
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 416 | Submission Open
Keywords: death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; postmodernism; history of Christianity; Christian faith; theological debates; biblical and patristic studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Music as a Ritual Practice in Religious Contexts
edited by and Hanna Rijken
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5351 | Submission Open
Keywords: music; ritual; religion; liturgy; worship; embodiment; sound; sacrality; participation; tradition; innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Perspectives in Contemporary Catholic Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Metaphysics
edited by
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2527 | 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)
Orthodox Spirituality: Fundaments and Contemporary Perspectives
edited by and Gabriel Noje
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2188 | 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)
Symbolic Hermeneutics: Interpretations, Imaginaries, and Surpluses of Meaning
edited by Joaquín Esteban Ortega
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1129 | Submission Open
Keywords: symbolic hermeneutics; religion and culture; myth and meaning; sacred and symbolic; philosophical anthropology; hermeneutics of the body; symbolic imagination; transdisciplinarity; reason and mystery; spiritual interpretation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Qur’an as Civilizational Nexus and Hermeneutical Matrix
edited by Peter Matthews Wright
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic studies; biblical studies; literary history; hermeneutics; Qur’anic studies; comparative literature; history of religions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion and Violence in South Asia
edited by Leah M. Renold
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 532 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; violence; communalism; myth; nationalism; Hindutva; dehumanization
Media as Sites of Memory: German Religious History and the Culture of Remembrance
edited by
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open
Keywords: German cultural and religious history; media; memory studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Social Justice in Theological Education: Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5753 | 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)
Energy and Religion
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3382 | 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)
Modern Myths and National Narratives: Exploring the Role of Religions in Shaping Cultural Memory
edited by István Povedák and László-Attila Hubbes
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 949 | Submission Open
Keywords: memory culture; religious nationalism; ethno-paganism; vernacular religion; alternative spiritualities; modern mythologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Divine Infinity: Philosophical and Theological Considerations | Religions
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open
Keywords: divine infinity; philosophical theology; philosophy of God; philosophy of religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Science, Technology, and Religious Belief: A Dialectical Discussion
edited by Marek Słomka and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 591 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological anthropology; artificial intelligence and spirituality; mind–body dualism; human uniqueness; soul and personhood; religion and environment; theology and science; technology and transcendence
Climate and Creation: Theological Responses to the Anthropocene
edited by Clive Pearson
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open
Keywords: Anthropocene; creation; providence; theodicy; eschatology; Zalasiewicz; multidisciplinary; intersectionality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Symbolism and Ritual in Christian Liturgy
edited by Ângelo Cardita
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian liturgy; Christian sacraments; hermeneutics; interdisciplinarity; ritual; sign; symbol
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religion and Economy in a Global Era: New Articulation After Secularization
edited by Raquel Lázaro-Cantero and
submission deadline 17 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2110 | 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
Engaged Spiritualities: Theories, Practices, and Future Directions submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11068 | Submission Open
Keywords: engaged spiritualities; spirituality and religion; spiritual experiences; everyday life
Post-Secularism: Society, Politics, Theology
edited by and George Joseph Vellankal
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9321 | 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)
Continental Philosophy and Catholic Theology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8706 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Catholic; continental philosophy; theology; metaphysics; mystery; phenomenology; synodality; truth; wisdom
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Anthropology and Religion: Rethinking Identity in a Fragmented Cultural Landscape
edited by Teresa Aizpun and Raúl Madrid
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5436 | Submission Open
Keywords: identity; anthropology; culture; philosophy; deconstruction; posthumanism; religion; selfhood; technology; subjectivity
Sacred Algorithms: Religion in the Digital Age submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3782 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religion; algorithms; artificial intelligence; faith and technology; spiritual mediation; online ritual; religious authority; cybertheology; digital culture; contemporary spirituality
Spatio-Temporal Plurality in the Connection Between Art and the Sacred in Contemporary Society
edited by Juan Antonio Roche Cárcel
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2791 | 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)
Landscape (山水) as Transcendent Existence
edited by Jingdong Qu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2777 | Submission Open
Keywords: Shanshui; ritual sacrifice; sacred Grotto-Heavens; hermitism; folk religion; transcendence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Radical Embodiment and Religious Practice and Thought: Rethinking the Body in Religious Studies and Theology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2719 | 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)
Cross-Religious Encounters in East Asian Thought: Transcendence, Practice, and Shared Intellectual Horizons
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2151 | Submission Open
Keywords: East Asian thought; cross-religious encounters; transcendence; self-cultivation; Confucianism; Buddhism; Daoism; comparative and cross-religious studies; intellectual history
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Walking, Wandering, and Journeying: Approaches from Chinese and Greek Thought submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2050 | 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)
Histories of Islamic Civilizations
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic Civilizations; technology and religion; (Post-)Colonialism; Islamic Law; Sufism; bodies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Philosophical Theology, Doctrine, and the Theological Virtues
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | 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)
Faith, Doubt, and the Rationality of Theistic Belief: Analytic and Continental Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open
Keywords: theistic belief; epistemic justification; reformed epistemology; evidentialism; faith and doubt; phenomenology of religion; continental philosophy; analytic philosophy; rationality; metaphilosophy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Science of Preaching
edited by , and Michael Spezio
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 758 | Submission Open
Keywords: preaching; homiletics; neuroscience; science; psychology; theological reflection; narrativity
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 673 | Submission Open
Keywords: culture wars; multiple modernities; multiple secularisms; religion and diversity; global governance; identity politics; secularism; pluralism; intersectionality; conflict
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