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Spirituality, Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12664 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; religion; resilience; trauma; posttraumatic growth; spiritual intelligence; spiritually sensitive practise; best practice
Ideas and Images Serving Christianity: Words Illustrated by Forms and Forms Explained by Words submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11314 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Cristian doctrine; Patrology; theology; Christian iconography; Church history; medieval culture; Christian society; popular devotion; religious experience; liturgical hymns; interdisciplinary studies; Middle Ages; Renaissance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Texts, Interpretations, and Reception Histories in Chinese Christianity
edited by Qinghe Xiao and Naomi Thurston
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9515 | Submission Open
Keywords: texts; interpretations; Chinese Christianity; core terms and concepts; theological reception; recep-tion history; hymns; Chinese Christian literature
Worship and Faith Formation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8470 | Submission Open
Keywords: worship; liturgy; faith formation; ritual studies; practical theology; religious education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Contemporary Religion, Media and Popular Culture submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6643 | Submission Open
Keywords: contemporary religion; mediatization; popular culture; mass culture; emerging media; power
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Multilingualism in Religious Musical Practice submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5054 | Submission Open
Keywords: multicultural worship; multilingualism; music; justice; care; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Buddhist Literature and Art across Eurasia
edited by Ming Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4592 | Submission Open
Keywords: Eurasia; Buddhist literature; Buddhist art; trans-media; text– image interaction
Constructing the ‘European Muslim Crisis’: Discourse, Policy, and Everyday Realities
edited by Tahir Abbas, Richard McNeil-Willson and Lianne Vostermans
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3349 | Submission Open
Keywords: crisis; nationalism; Islamophobia; identity construction; othering
Celluloid Jesus—Beyond the Text-Centric Paradigm
edited by Chan Sok Park, and Teng-Kuan Ng
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2554 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and film; religion and visual and material culture; Jesus; biblical studies; film studies; media studies; world cinema
The Role of Religions in Multiple Modern Societies: The Global South
edited by Cristian Parker and Daniel Gutiérrez Martínez
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiple modernities and religion; role of religions in the global south; religion and politics in the global south; lived and popular religions in the global south; modernization and religions; diverse emerging religious and spiritual expressions; framing modernity through religious belief
The Intercultural Hermeneutics of the Bible in Aotearoa-New Zealand
edited by John Hans de Jong
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1984 | Submission Open
Keywords: Aotearoa-New Zealand; Māori; Christianity; Bible; colonialism; missonaries; ātua
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Reclaiming Voices: Women's Contributions to Baptist History
edited by Melody Maxwell
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1820 | Submission Open
Keywords: Baptist; woman; gender; church; Christianity; Protestant; history
Buddhist Art, Artifact and Culture Worldwide
edited by Karil J. Kucera
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1709 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; global; worldwide; local; Buddhist art; Buddhist material culture; Buddhist artifacts; Buddhist sacred site; Buddhist constructed space; Buddhist architecture; pagoda; cave; temple; relic; sculpture; painting; print; image; icon; transnational exchange
C. S. Lewis and Film
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1430 | Submission Open
Keywords: C. S. Lewis; film; personal heresy; an experiment in criticism; chronicles of Narnia; theology; Christian literary theory; Shadowlands; Disney
Religion and/of the Future submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; future; technology; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; new religious movements; neuroscience; brain; well-being
Śākta Purāṇas in Hindu Religious Practice, Text, and History
edited by Patricia Dold
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 551 | Submission Open
Keywords: Śākta Purāṇas; Devī Purāṇa; Devī Bhagavata Purāṇa; Kālikā Purāṇa; Mahābhāgavata Purāṇa; Upapurāṇas; Śākta texts; Śākta narrative; Śāktism; Hindu Goddesses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Interreligious Peacebuilding in a Global Context
edited by Mohammed Abu-Nimer
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and peace; interreligious peacebuilding; peace and justice; interfaith and intrafaith dialogue; religion; diplomacy; religion and development; globalization and interreligious peace; freedom of religion and beliefs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The Swiss Reformation 1525–2025: New Directions
edited by Bruce Gordon
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open
Keywords: Swiss reformation; reformed theology; lived religion; church history; communication networks; early modern religious cultures; social history; religious politics
Theology and Anthropology: A Critical Discussion
edited by Peter Versteeg and Petruschka Schaafsma
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropology; theology; dialogue; transformation; reception; methodology
Sport and Religion: Continuities, Connections, Concerns
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11245 | Submission Open
Keywords: sport and religion; experience; worship; secularity; ethics; local perspectives; empirical work; inter-disciplinarity; gender and ethnicity; liberation; capitalism; fiction and film
Religions and Violence: Dialogue and Dialectic
edited by Eric Morrow and
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1126 | Submission Open
Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Past and Present
edited by and Asher J. Mattern
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1117 | Submission Open
Keywords: Jewish– Muslim relations; concepts of God and man; theology; philosophy; jurisprudence; pedagogy; sociology; hermeneutics; ethics
Early Church Fathers: Their Contributions and Legacy in Christian Thought
edited by Jamie Blosser
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 489 | Submission Open
Keywords: Church Fathers; patristics; ethics; moral theology
The Growth of Global Evangelicalism
edited by Nathan Tarr
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: history; evangelicalism; lived experience; global; scripture/biblicism; spirit; crucicentrism; activism; culture; conversion; spiritual disciplines
Diasporic Hybridity: How It Impacts Religious Identity and Practice in Today’s Pluralistic World
edited by Julius-Kei Kato and Peniel Rajkumar
submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open
Keywords: diasporic hybridity (in the context of “ diasporic hybridity; ” all of the key expressions below); religion and diaspora; religion and hybridity; religious pluralism; religious diversity; religious identities; religious practices; interreligious dialogue; religious communities; yheology and pluralism; postcolonial thought
Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Care and Counselling
edited by Charló Camilleri and Glen Attard
submission deadline 13 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2143 | Submission Open
Keywords: pastoral ministry; spiritual care; counselling; well-being
Religious Ethics and Law: A Comparative Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3442 | Submission Open
Exploring Leibniz’s Religion and Philosophy of Religion: Essays in Honour of Maria Rosa Antognazza (1964–2023)
edited by Lloyd Strickland
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 1070 | Submission Open
Keywords: Leibniz; religion; philosophy of religion; theology; theodicy; optimism; evil; church reunion; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Studies on Medieval Liturgy and Ritual
edited by Eva-Maria Butz and Jörg Bölling
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: liturgy; ritual; ceremony; correctness; mediality; materiality; space; music; gender
Womanist Thought: Freedom, Violence, and Sexual Embodiment submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2730 | Submission Open
Keywords: womanist; justice; power; violence; sexual violence; freedom; legacy; activism; ritual; education; intersectionality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Preaching as a Theological Practice in Postmodernity
edited by and Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open
Keywords: preaching; homiletics; postmodernism; theology; homiletical theology; theological practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religious Experience and the Phenomenology of Nature
edited by Felix Ó Murchadha and Mary Shanahan
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: philosophy of nature; the Sacred; dis-enchantment/re-enchantment; phenomenology of religion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Buddhist Art and Ritual Spaces in the Global Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 21 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; art; architecture; painting; cave; mural; sculpture; devotion; ritual; India; Tibet; Asia; Japan; China; Mahayana; Theravada; Vajrayana
The Valorization of Religion by Media
edited by
submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4934 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious symbols; religious publicity; publicization; mediation; mediatization; marketization; commodification; digital religion; religious entertainment; populist politics
Religion in Extractive Zones
edited by Terra Schwerin Rowe, , Christiana Zenner and Devin Singh
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 1410 | Submission Open
Keywords: extractivism; energy humanities; petroculture studies; colonization and coloniality; race and religion; ecotheology; religion and ecology; religion and economy
The Medieval Crusades History
edited by Luigi Russo
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open
Keywords: crusades; Jerusalem; Holy Land; pilgrimage; military orders; Byzantium; Muslims
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Inter-religious Relations: Prejudices and Conflicts—Dialogue and Integration submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 39855 | Submission Open
Keywords: inter-religious relations; religious pluralization; prejudice; conflict; dialogue; integration; globalization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religion, Spirituality and Medicine: Insights into Contemporary Perspectives
edited by Stefania Palmisano and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6351 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; medicine; health and salvation; sociology; sociology of religion; boundaries
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religion and Politics: Interactions and Boundaries
edited by Daniele Santarelli, Lorenza Gianfrancesco and Domizia Weber
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1577 | Submission Open
Keywords: political– religious conflict; tolerance; freedom; Heresy; persecutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Christology: Christian Writings and the Reflections of Theologians
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1566 | Submission Open
Keywords: Jesus Christ; scripture; christology; divinity; humanity; redemption
New Testament Studies - Current Trends and Criticisms
edited by Susanne Luther, Birke Siggelkow-Berner and Clarissa Breu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open
Keywords: New Testament; theories; history; present; methods
Religious Diversity and Social Studies Education
edited by and Erin Reid
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 944 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; religious diversity; social studies education; citizenship education; teacher education
The Right to Freedom of Religion: Contributions submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 926 | Submission Open
Keywords: freedom of conscience; human rights; religious freedom; legal protection of religious freedom; sacred texts; legal texts; monotheistic religions; ancient edicts on religious freedom; international law and European Union law on religious freedom
Buddhist Meditation in Central Asia
edited by Nobuyoshi Yamabe and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Transformative and Emancipatory Potentials of Indigenous, Folk, and Other Religions at the Margins
edited by and Lara Martin Lengel
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open
Keywords: indigenous religions; folk religions; non-dominant religions; near-extinct religions; religions at the margins; emancipatory religious praxis; alternative religious discourses
Disputed Issues about the Psalms in History and Research
edited by Uta Heil and Sebastiano Panteghini
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: psalms; exegesis; reception history; interreligious dialogue; Jewish– Christian Relations; rabbinic literature; Septuagint; Vetus Latina; Gallicanic psalter; church fathers; prayer; liturgy
Latin American Theology of Liberation in the 21st Century submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4190 | Submission Open
Keywords: Latin American Theology; Theology of Liberation; Theology of the People; Latin American Church; Pope Francis and Latin American Theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Undisciplining Religion and Science: Science, Religion and Nature
edited by and Lisa Stenmark
submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; science; and technology; critical theories; new materialisms; de/postcolonial studies; narrative thought; Hannah Arendt
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Faith in Action: Examining the Power and Purpose of a Public Theology in Contemporary Society
edited by Clive Pearson
submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: public theology; common good; signs of the time; justice; truth; compassion; freedom; local; global
Engaging Sacred Practices: Explorations in Practical Theology
edited by
submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: practical theology; Christian spirituality; spiritual practices; intersectionality; religious practices; reflection
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