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Postcolonial Religion and Theology in/as Practice
edited by Federico Settler and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 774
Keywords: postcolonialism; theology; religion; practice; praxis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Problems in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy of Religion
edited by Imran Aijaz
submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7875 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic philosophy of religion; Islam and philosophy; philosophical issues in Islam; philosophical debates in Islam; contemporary philosophical problems in Islam
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion, Liberalism and the Nation in East Asia
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6937 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; secularity; liberty; citizen; public vs. private; citizen; nationalism; civil society
Whither Spirituality?
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3220 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; secular spirituality; spiritual but not religious; nones; spiritual; secularity; digital age; appropriation; public life; environmentalism; global spiritualities; spirituality and wellness
Management of Religious Diversity: Comparing and Contrasting Experiences across the World
edited by and Juan Cruz Esquivel
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2664 | Submission Open
Keywords: management of religious diversity; state; local level; comparative studies; integration; discrimination; religious minorities
Spirituality for Community in a Time of Fragmentation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; community; growth; decline; common good; justice; solidarity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Grief Care: Religion and Spiritual Support in Times of Loss
edited by Panagiotis Pentaris
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1411 | Submission Open
Keywords: grief care; spiritual support; religious copying
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Intersections of Religiousness/Spirituality and Forgiveness and Implications for Mental Health and Well-Being submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1317 | Submission Open
Keywords: forgiveness; mental health; well-being; self-forgiveness; personal resources; faith; religiosity; trauma
Christian Missions and the Environment
edited by David Onnekink, Richard Darr and Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1047 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; mission; ecology; environment; agriculture; colonialism; post-colonialism; RNGOs; global Christianity; creation care; earth-keeping
Faith and Education: Contemporary and Global Issues in Historical Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open
Keywords: faith schools; religious education; theology of education; history of education; church and state; collective worship
Preaching in Multicultural Contexts
edited by Eunjoo Mary Kim and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 470 | Submission Open
Keywords: culture; preaching; homiletics; multiculturalism; globalization; pluralism
Systematic Theology and Social Ethics: On the Unity of Theory and Praxis
edited by Miguel Escobar Torres and Matyas Szalay
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open
Keywords: systematic theology; community; society; ethics; practice; theory
Non-dual Techniques of Body, Energy and Consciousness: The Philosophy and Practice of Meditation
edited by Naoki Kashio and Jørn Borup
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open
Keywords: practice; prayer; consciousness; body; energy; bio-force; mind; soul; spirituality; psychosomatic technique; body– mind transformation; non-duality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Reviving Ancient Wisdom on the Northern Silk Road: Research on Old Uyghur Buddhism and Buddhist Scriptures
edited by Abdurishid Yakup
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open
Keywords: Old Uyghur Buddhism; Old Uyghur manuscript culture; transmission of religious knowledge; interaction of religions; translation technique of Buddhist scriptures; plurilingualism; Dunhuang; Turfan; the Northern Silk Road
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Examining Religion's Influence in Non-formal and Informal Educational Contexts: Beliefs, Practices and Narratives
edited by and Marco Guglielmi
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and education; non-formal and informal educational contexts; learning society and religion; religious education; religious literacy; education and religious change; religious and secular narratives; interreligious dialogue and education
Peoples Linking the Shores: The Indian Ocean as an Islamic Space
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic world; Indian Ocean; pre-modern networks; Islamic law; Sufism; geography; Hajj; Islamic texts
The History of Religions in China: The Rise, Fall, and Return
edited by and Minhao Zhai
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11667 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; Daoism; Chinese religions; Dunhuang; popular religion; Manichaeism; Nestorianism; manuscripts; ritual; material culture
Situating Religious Cognition
edited by
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1803 | Submission Open
Keywords: situated cognition; extended mind theory; 4e cognition; phenomenology of religion; media studies; pragmatist studies of religion; hermeneutics; deconstruction
Beyond the “Spice Routes”: Indic and Sinitic Religions across the Asian Maritime Realm
edited by Andrea Acri and Francesco Bianchini
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1207 | Submission Open
Keywords: Indian Ocean studies; maritime history; Hinduism; Buddhism; Confucianism; folk religions; maritime Asia; maritime silk roads
Un-glossing East Asian Buddhism: Gender, Sangha and the State in the Early-Modern Era
edited by Sung-Eun Thomas Kim and Nam Lin Hur
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: East Asian Buddhism; societal relevance; early-modern era; Buddhist practices and ritualism; the Great East Asian War; Buddhism for the masses
Vivere Sine Proprio: The Relevance of Franciscan Spirituality for Today’s Big Questions
edited by Willem Marie Speelman
submission deadline 4 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: Franciscan spirituality; wicked problems; problem/mystery; poverty; social exclusion; interreligious dialogue; healthcare; sustainability; leadership; conflict
The Hebrew Bible in American Literature
edited by
submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: American; literature; theology; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; poetry; novel; story; narrative
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Devotion Practice and Performative Expression in the Religious Art of Medieval Europe
edited by Barbara Crostini and Vlad Bedros
submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7261 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval art; materiality; performance; devotion; museum studies; iconoclasm; Byzantium
The Interplay between Religion and Culture submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8547 | Submission Open
Keywords: architecture; art; belief; culture; landscape; myth; religion; ritual; symbol; value
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion and Social Transformation
edited by Robert D. Woodberry
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3099 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and economic development; religion and violence; religion and political institutions; religion and inequality; religion and slavery/abolition; religion and printing; religion and the origins of cumulative science; religion and inequality; religion and tolerance/religious liberty; religion and women’ s rights; religion and environmental degradation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Inter-Religious Encounters in Architecture and Other Public Art
edited by Timothy Parker
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2970 | Submission Open
Divine Encounters: Exploring Religious Themes in Literature
edited by Enrique Santos Marinas and Svetlana Maliavina
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2195 | Submission Open
Keywords: sciences of religions; theology; epiphanies; theophanies; literature; mythology; myth criticism
Narrating the Divine: Exploring Biblical Hebrew Poetry and Narratives
edited by Sung Jin Park
submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 587 | Submission Open
Keywords: biblical narratives; biblical poetry; biblical law; wisdom literature; prophetic literature; the Book of Job; divine narratives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Contemporary Changes and Transformations in the Islamic World
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3363 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic Studies; decolonization; tradition; reform; feminism; gender; leadership; authority; Shari'a
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Disclosing God in Action: Contemporary British Evangelical Practices
edited by Andrew Rogers, Helen Collins and Israel Olofinjana
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 459 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 20413 | 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 14462 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5974 | 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 3487 | 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 2991 | 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
Mysticism Reloaded: Innovative Approaches, Methods, and Theories to Study Mysticism
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2276 | Submission Open
Keywords: mysticism; methods in religion; comparative research; interdisciplinary theories of religion
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 709 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious organizations; innovation; leadership; communication; ethics; artificial intelligence; technology; agency; authority; community
Cancer and Theology: Personal and Pastoral Perspectives
edited by Brian C. Macallan and Ronald T. Michener
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 663 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer and theology; suffering; disease; hope and cancer; healing
Jainism and Narrative
edited by Eva De Clercq
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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 505 | 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
Female Visions: The Religious Visual Culture of Contemporary Female Islamic Mysticism
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: contemporary Sufism; Islamic mysticism; female mysticism in Islam; Sufi art and aesthetics; religious visual culture in Islam; vision and visuality; imaginations; visualizations; dreams; sacred artefacts; sacred space
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Asceticism, Mysticism, and the Affirmation of the World in Christianity and Islam submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6796 | Submission Open
Keywords: asceticism; mysticism; comparative theology; comparative religions; Christianity; Islam; Sufism
Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation
edited by Steve R. Guthrie and Adam A. Perez
submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 1056 | Submission Open
Keywords: worship; music; children; intergenerational; spirituality; contemporary worship; praise and worship; spiritual formation
Pastoral Care in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by and Jody Clarke
submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 386 | 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 3589 | 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 231 | 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 158 | 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 726 | 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 32488 | 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 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18297 | 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)
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