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Topography of Mind
edited by Eugene Y. Wang
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 985 | 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 504 | Submission Open
Keywords: Tibetan Buddhism; Bon; Buddhism; Chinese Buddhism; new religions; folk religions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Continuity and Discontinuity: From Pope John Paul II to Pope Francis and Beyond
edited by Lóránd UJHÁZI, András MÁTÉ-TÓTH and Abdessamad BELHAJ
submission deadline 29 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 482 | Submission Open
Keywords: economy; environmental issues; green policies; gender issues; creation protection; interfaith dialogue; security perspec-tive; globalisation; global and regional stability; nuclear weaponisation; international relations
The Interplay between Religion and Culture submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9990 | Submission Open
Keywords: architecture; art; belief; culture; landscape; myth; religion; ritual; symbol; value
(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 3609 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1369 | 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 389 | 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 222 | Submission Open
Medieval Theology and Philosophy from a Cross-Cultural Perspective submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 20161 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval Christian theology and philosophy; medieval Muslim theology and philosophy; medi-eval Jewish theology and philosophy; medieval cross-cultural study; theology vs philosophy in medieval period; Greek heritage of medieval philosophy and theology
Christian Prayer: Social Sciences Perspective
edited by and Konrad Janowski
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 18948 | 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)
Travel and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13999 | Submission Open
Keywords: ancient Mediterranean; travel; mobility; religious practice; lived ancient religion; intercultural contact; history of travel; travel literature; material culture
Reimagining Catholic Ethics Today submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10368 | 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)
Constructing the ‘European Muslim Crisis’: Discourse, Policy, and Everyday Realities
edited by Tahir Abbas, Richard McNeil-Willson and Lianne Vostermans
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9976 | Submission Open
Keywords: crisis; nationalism; Islamophobia; identity construction; othering
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 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7552 | Submission Open
Keywords: localization; globalization; glocalization; world history; Buddhism’ s transborder transmission; sinification of Buddhism
The Interreligious Dialogue: Philosophical Perspectives submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5015 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious experience; hermeneutics of religious experience; phenomenology of religion; theory of intercultural dialogue; intercultural studies; interreligious studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Consciousness, Spirituality, Well-Being, and Education
edited by Mark Thurston
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3927 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; religious experience; well-being; higher education; consciousness studies; mindfulness meditation; dreams; resilience; meaning; positive psychology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Care and Counselling
edited by Charló Camilleri and Glen Attard
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3261 | Submission Open
Keywords: pastoral ministry; spiritual care; counselling; well-being
Church, Clergy, and Authority: An Exploration of Medieval Religious Life and Culture
edited by Jack Cunningham and Angelo M. Silvestri
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2662 | Submission Open
Keywords: church; authority; community; dissent; culture; clergy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion and Politics: Historical Developments and Contemporary Transformations
edited by Andre P. Audette, Christopher Weaver and Mark Brockway
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2342 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and politics; secularism; religious identities; law and public policy; political theology; nationalism; culture wars; religious demography
Reassessing Religion and Social Movements: From Rebellious Clergy to Counter-Hegemonic Theology and Praxis
edited by and Anh Susann Pham Thi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2243 | Submission Open
Keywords: new religious movements; progressive religious movements; emancipatory religion; progressive priests; progressive clerics; theology of liberation; religious change; religion and politics
Monastic Identities: Comparative and Historical Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1482 | Submission Open
Keywords: monasticism; monks; nuns; Catholic; Orthodox; Buddhist; Jain; Sufi; Essene; Hindu; religious communities; gender and sexuality; comparative religions; cloister; religious identities
Old Texts, New Insights: Exploring Buddhist Manuscripts
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1472 | 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)
Contemporary Approaches to Buddhist Philosophy and Ethics submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1455 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist philosophy; Buddhist ethics; intercultural philosophy; philosophy of mind; intercultural ethics; engaged Buddhism; Buddhist feminism; Abhidharma; Yogācāra; Mādhyamaka; Pure Land
Religion, Theology, and Bioethical Discourses on Marriage and Family
edited by Mirosław Brzezinski
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | 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)
Gender, Violence and Islam submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 962 | Submission Open
Exploring Lived Theology: Empirical Research on Religious Experience
edited by Sabrina Müller and Knut Tveitereid
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 904 | Submission Open
Keywords: empirical theology; religious experience; empirical research in religion and theology; live theology; lived religion; contextual theology/theologies; postcolonial theology; feminist theology; theological anthropology
Christian Leadership: Exploring the Theological, Biblical, and Social–Scientific Foundations and Applications
edited by Joshua D. Henson
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian leadership; biblical leadership; theological studies; biblical studies; religious studies; ecclesiology; leadership; character; values; leader behavior; leadership styles
Theological Traditions of Politics: Tracing History and Its Continuity
edited by Nikolaos Asproulis
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 471 | Submission Open
Keywords: political theology; religious traditions; state; human rights; nationalism; fundamentalism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
The Medieval Crusades History
edited by Luigi Russo
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open
Keywords: crusades; Jerusalem; Holy Land; pilgrimage; military orders; Byzantium; Muslims
(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 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 373 | 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
‘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 357 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; religion; lapsing; membership
Religion as a Political Instrument
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open
Keywords: political elites; political instrument; religious organisations; churches; relationship
Modeling Lifeworlds on the Rhythms of Nature: Perspectives on Daoism and Ecology in East Asia
edited by Jihyun Kim and Daniel Burton-Rose
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental humanities; Daoism; East Asian science and technology; ecology
(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 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open
Keywords: public theology; common good; signs of the time; justice; truth; compassion; freedom; local; global
Deviance and Religiousness: Exploring the Interplay between Religion and Criminality
edited by Chris Allen and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; hate; extremism; crime; criminality; deviance; prisons; criminal justice system; extremism; terrorism; violence; equality; diversity; human rights; prosecution; communities; radicalization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Imagining Ultimacy: Religious and Spiritual Experience in Literature
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious experience; spiritual experience; spirituality; religion and literature; literary criticism; literary theory
Conflict and Integration of Confucianism and Religions in Modern Japan
edited by Haozhi Dong and Lianxing Qin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open
Keywords: Confucianism; Shinto; Buddhism; Christianity; emerging religions; religious ethics; religious practices; reformation; folk religion
Religion and Technology in the Digital Age
edited by Melissa Conroy
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology; dystopia; artificial intelligence; robot; cyborg; religion and film; religion and television; religious documentaries
Beyond the Book: Exploring the Cultural Histories of Biblical Masculinity
edited by Eric Thurman and Susan Haddox
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open
Keywords: masculinity; bible; reception theory; cultural history
Divine and Secular Sovereignty: Interpretations
edited by Zoltán Balázs and György Laszlo Geréby
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: divine sovereignty; secular sovereignty; political theology; Carl Schmitt; Erik Peterson; Giorgio Agamben
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religious Nationalism in Global Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5030 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious nationalism; religion; nationalism; political impact; Islamic nationalism; Christian nationalism; Hindu nationalism
Climate Crisis and Religions/Spirituality
edited by Takeshi Kimura
submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2553 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; climate crisis; environment; sustainability; intergenerational ethics
The Role of Religion in the World of Technologically Transformed Human Consciousness
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open
Keywords: transhumanism; religions; technology; social networks; AI; virtual reality; freedom; cyberspace; consciousness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Re-Thinking Religious Traditions and Practices of Korea
edited by Kevin N. Cawley and David J. Kim
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1349 | Submission Open
Keywords: Korean religion; Confucianism; Buddhism; Shamanism; new religious movements; transculturalism; comparative studies; everyday life; magic and divination
The Ethics of the Body in Different Religious Traditions and Spiritual Discourses
edited by Gabriel Noje and Daniel Lemeni
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 1208 | Submission Open
Keywords: human corporeality; the ethics of the body; embodiment; desire; repentance; sin; emotions; asceticism; moral responsibility; spirituality of the heart; illness of body; sexuality; mind-body practices; relaxation techniques; transfigured body
Jewish Languages: Diglossia in Judaism
edited by Lily Kahn and Sonya Yampolskaya
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 926 | Submission Open
Keywords: Judaism; Jewish languages; diglossia; codeswitching; multilingualism; Hebrew; Ladino; Judeo– Arabic; Aramaic; Yiddish
Religion and Indigenous Traditions
edited by Craig Ginn and Durga Kale
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: Indigenous traditions; Indigenous knowledge; ways of knowing; ways of being; reconciliation; revitalization; colonial; postcolonial; decolonizing; Indigenizing; Indigenization; syncretism; assimilation; missionary impulse; animal theology; ecotheology; natural theology
Non-dual Techniques of Body, Energy and Consciousness: The Philosophy and Practice of Meditation
edited by Naoki Kashio and Jørn Borup
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 436 | 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)
New Work on Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Religion submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open
Keywords: Ludwig Wittgenstein; philosophy of religion; religious belief; religious language; religious point of view; ethics; faith; form of life; cognitivism; fideism; John Henry Newman; Kierkegaard; Tolstoy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Sufism and Contemporary Islamic Studies
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open
Keywords: Sufism; Sufi thought; Islam; religion; Islamic mysticism; spiritualism
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