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Bible Translation and Biblical Hermeneutics: Exploring the Nexus of Language and Interpretation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1719 | Submission Open
Himalayan Ecospiritual Knowledges and Ethics of Sustainability in the Anthropocene
edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters, and Mary Evelyn Tucker
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22569 | Submission Open
Keywords: Himalayan– Tibetan highlands; religious ecology; spiritual environmentalisms; commoning; ethics; the Anthro-pocene
Transitions of Islam and Democracy: Thinking Political Theology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8291 | Submission Open
Keywords: political Islam; political thought; Islam and democracy; Islamic philosophy; religion and state; Muslim state; Islamic constitution; political rights; political liberty; anocracy
Arts, Spirituality, and Religion
edited by and Emília Simão
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8209 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality and religion; arts as a spiritual practice; spirituality and technology; spirituality and education; pilgrimage and celebrations; spirituality; health; and well-being
Chinese Christianity and Knowledge Development
edited by Mingyu Lu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7327 | Submission Open
Keywords: missionaries; knowledge development; publications; transition of knowledge; Chinese Christianity; Chinese culture; interdisciplinary studies; Chinese– Western cultural exchange; architecture; arts; customs
The Question of “Theodicy” in Contemporary Society: The Imagery of (after) Death in Religion and New Forms of Spirituality
edited by Antonio Camorrino
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1696 | Submission Open
Keywords: theodicy; religion; new forms of spirituality; ultimate meanings; suffering; death; after-life; imagery
Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) Conference (7–9 July 2025): Miracles in Islam
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open
Keywords: miracles; Islam; Islamic theology; Islamic philosophy; Qurʾān; ʾIʿjāz al-Qurʾān; scientific miracles; faith and reason; Islam and science; prophecy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Exploring Hagiography and Monasticism
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 813 | Submission Open
Keywords: hagiography; monasticism; saints; relics; miracles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Interreligious Dialogue: Validity and Sustainability
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open
Keywords: interreligious/interfaith dialogue; interreligious relations and interactions; comparative religions; religious pluralism and diversity
Religious Institutions in the Mediterranean: A Comparative Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious institutions; law; society; Mediterranean; New World
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Sacred Music: Creation, Interpretation, Experience
edited by Róisín Blunnie and
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2488 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacred music; religious studies; musicology; performance; classical music; vocal music; choral music; religious litera-ture
Computational Approaches to Ancient Jewish and Christian Texts
edited by Jacob P.B. Mortensen
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2429 | Submission Open
Keywords: New Testament; scriptures of Israel; early Christian texts; computational and algorithmic approaches; distant reading; macro analysis; text analysis
The Roles of Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare
edited by Anne Klee, Arielle Rubenstein and Glen Milstein
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 688 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; and healthcare; religious faith and medical considerations; health and spirituality
Witness of the Orthodox Church in the Political Context of the Secularized Modern State
edited by Paul Brusanowski and
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4410 | Submission Open
Keywords: Church and state; missiology; Christian witness; Secularization; religious beliefs and practices; ecumenism; nationalisms; identities
No God, No Science? Reassessing the Relationship Between Theology and Modern Science
edited by George M. Coghill and Ximian Xu
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 864 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and science; apologetics; artificial intelligence and religion; history of science; theology
Early Modern Female Mysticism: At the Crossroads of Religion, Medicine, Economics, and the Press
edited by Vittoria Feola and Erin Bell
submission deadline 17 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 653 | Submission Open
Keywords: mysticism; women; early modern; medieval; neurology; saint; Islam; Catholicism; Quakerism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion, Theology, and Bioethical Discourses on Marriage and Family
edited by Mirosław Brzezinski
submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6336 | Submission Open
Keywords: marriage; family; faith; religion; God's design for marriage; sacrament of marriage; sexuality; sexuality; ethics of married life; morality of married life; pastoral care of families.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Innovative Approaches to Religious Pluralism: Integrating Law, Policies and Practice
edited by Eugenia Relaño Pastor and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2536 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious pluralism; governance of diversity; secularism and state neutrality; legal recognition of religious minorities; equality; freedom of religion or belief (FoRB)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Clashing Civilizations and Civilizational Identities in Populist Discourses
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 59225 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion, Culture and Spirituality in a Digital World
edited by , Miguel Ángel Motis Dolader and Carmen Herrando Cugota
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7087 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious mediatisation; communication and faith; religious culture; cyberphilosophy; cybertheology; digital religion; online religious practices; media influence on spirituality; virtual religious communities; theology and artificial intelligence
Daoist Inner Alchemy Atlas: Practice and Related Medicine, Thunder Rites and Iconology
edited by Wenhua Shen, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6858 | Submission Open
Keywords: inner alchemy; daoist medicine; thunder rites; iconology
The Hebrew Bible: A Journey Through History and Literature
edited by Pierfrancesco Cocco
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6529 | Submission Open
Keywords: Hebrew Bible; ancient history; literary criticism; biblical theology; biblical narratives; biblical archaeology; biblical poetry; cultural studies; near eastern literature  
Casta Meretrix: The Paradox of the Christian Church Through History submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5492 | Submission Open
Keywords: christianity; ecumenical councils; apostolic succession; monasticism; constantinian shift; great schism; reformation; canon law; nicene creed; sacraments; orthodoxy; heresiology; iconoclasm; mysticism; missionary movements; church-state relations; crusades
Classical Arabic Texts and the Pre-Modern Islamic Rhetorical Tradition: Rethinking the Qur’an and Early Arabic Poetry as Cultural Foundations
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5034 | Submission Open
Keywords: Qur’ an; pre-Islamic poetry; Umayyad poetry; classical Arabic poetry; Qur’ anic rhetoric; rhetoric of pre-and early Islamic poetry; Arabic cultural heritage; comparative literary analysis; classical Arabic lexicon; interrelationship between Qur’ anic and classical literary texts
Functions of Religion Among Young People: Diverse Religious, Spiritual and Non-Religious Worldviews
edited by Eduardo Duque, and Francis Davis
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3988 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; youth; belief; unbelief; spirituality; plurality; generations
Faith and Education: Contemporary and Global Issues in Historical Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2919 | Submission Open
Keywords: faith schools; religious education; theology of education; history of education; church and state; collective worship
Pilgrimages of Repair: Journeys to Return, Rebuild and Restore
edited by Heather Warfield
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2278 | Submission Open
Keywords: repair; pilgrimages; multidisciplinary; sacred sites
Revisiting Islamic Ethics: Shifting Epistemologies and Boundaries
edited by and Syed A. H. Zaidi
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1798 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic ethics; epistemological shifts; innovative Islamic ethical thoughts; Islam and AI ethics; Global citizenship; social justice; and plurality; co-existence; human dignity; renewal in Islamic ethics; ethics of modesty; identity; body politics; applied Islamic ethics; decolonizing Islamic ethics
Temple Art, Architecture and Theatre
edited by , Duanfang Lu and Qing Chang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 875 | Submission Open
Keywords: temple; art; architecture; theatre
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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 809 | 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
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open
Keywords: manuscripts; scribes; early print; bible; sermons; devotional literature; catechism; religious reform; polemic; media transformation
Transformations in East Asia Religious Diversity: Technology, Hybridity, Equality submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 429 | Submission Open
Keywords: pluralism; social inequalities; technology
Humans, Science, and Faith
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 424 | 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)
Reconciling Religion and Remains—Faith and Biblical Archaeology
edited by Mark D. Janzen, Kyle H. Keimer and Chris McKinny
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open
Keywords: biblical archaeology; biblical criticism; fundamentalism; positivism; worldview; apologetics; funding sources; history of research; nomenclature
Exploring Eco-Spirituality: Intersections of Faith, Nature, and Ethics
edited by and Ryan Patrick McLaughlin
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1067 | 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)
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 231 | Submission Open
Keywords: change (the world); dialogue; marx; Marxists; Aristotle; Aristotelians; common good; justice
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 244 | Submission Open
Keywords: Catholic mission; comparative missionary endeavors; global religion; paganism and heresies; cultural adaptation
Forced Migration and the Bible: Displacement, Statelessness, and Resiliency in Sacred Texts
edited by Roberto Mata
submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1011 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate migration; trauma; borderlands; statelessness; neocolonialism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Renewal, Innovation, and Transformation: The Changing Face of Judaism in Modern Times
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18003 | Submission Open
Catholic Social Thought in the Era of the Un-Common Good
edited by James P. O’Sullivan
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2059 | 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
Religion and Creativity submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1140 | Submission Open
Keywords: creativity; sacred creativity; play; invention; innovation; blasphemy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Digital Religion in the Age of the Metaverse submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital religion; metaverse; internet; sociology; online communication; digital humanities
Sacred Space and Contemporary Art
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submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacred space; hierophany; sacred art; contemporary sacred art
Thresholds of Reality: Exploring the In-Between in Indian Thought
edited by Gergana Ruseva and Milena Bratoeva
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 358 | 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)
Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Religion
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submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open
Keywords: Aquinas; philosophy; theism; atheism; religion; evil; hiddenness; epistemology; divine attributes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion, Gender and Social Development
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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1768 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; social construction; religion; development; women; theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Chinese Religious Cultures: Historical Traditions and Modern Interpretations
edited by , Chuanhui Zeng, and Xuedan Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 30293 | Submission Open
Keywords: modern interpretations; Chinese religious cultures; Buddhist culture; Daoist culture; Islamic culture; Christian culture; Chinese folk religion; Confucian religious thoughts
The Diversity and Harmony of Taoism: Ideas, Behaviors and Influences
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 16499 | Submission Open
Keywords: Taoism; diversity; harmony; ideas; behaviors; contemporary value
The Multiple Images and Forms of Classical Confucian and Daoist Ethics for Living
edited by and Hongxing Lin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 16169 | Submission Open
Keywords: Confucianism; Daoism; ethics for living
Divine Encounters: Exploring Religious Themes in Literature
edited by Enrique Santos Marinas and Svetlana Maliavina
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10072 | Submission Open
Keywords: sciences of religions; theology; epiphanies; theophanies; literature; mythology; myth criticism
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