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Post-Holocaust Theologies of Jews and Judaism

edited by

William Skiles

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2834 | Submission Open

Keywords: anti-Judaism; antisemitism; church history; Vatican II; inter-religious dialogue; Jewish– Christian relations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)

Latin American Theology of Liberation in the 21st Century

edited by

Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer

Alex Villas Boas

and

Peter Casarella

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5028 | 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)

Religion, Ritual, and Healing

edited by

Haiyan Xing

and Gerald Murray

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21702 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; ritual practices; symbol; healing; wellbeing; healthcare; religious communities; globalization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)

Promising Images of Love: Religion, Norms, and the Mediatisation of Weddings

edited by Marie-Therese Mäder and Anna-Katharina Höpflinger

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10198 | Submission Open

Keywords: weddings; religions; values; norms; mediatisation; tradition; transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Light from the East: The Catholic Eastern Churches Sixty Years After Vatican II

edited by Ines Angeli Murzaku and Ana Victoria Sima

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 1518 | Submission Open

Keywords: Eastern Catholic Church; latinized ecclesiology; patriarchates; synodality in Eastern Catholic Churches; Roman-Latin Church synodality; Pope Francis; Patriarch of the West; development of collegiality; Vatican II; Eastern Orthodox Churches; church unity and theological reconciliation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Roots, Religion and Resistance: Unpacking the Spectrum of Black Nationalist Movements

edited by Kevin Burrell

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: Pan-Africanism; diaspora; black religions; black nationalism; Garvey; Rastafarianism; black identity; Black Hebrew Israelites; black resistance movements

Heavens and Grottos: New Explorations in Daoist Cosmography

edited by Zhaojie Bai, Vincent Goossaert, Johan Rols and Jonathan Pettit

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: Daoist heavens; Grotto-heavens; Daoist cosmography

Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Economic Justice

edited by Paul Hertig and Clinton E. Stockwell

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: economics; justice; economic justice; biblical theology; economy; injustice; poor; rich; marginalized; wealth; poverty; oppressed sustainability; globalization; liberation; practical theology; mission theology

Adolescent Religious Development

edited by

Rafael López-Cordero

and

María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: adolescent religiosity; religion; education; values; spirituality; adolescence; sociology of religion; religious beliefs and practices

Islam and Citizenship: Intersecting Experiences among Migrants and Their Descendants in Europe

edited by

Stefano Allievi

and Andrea Calabretta

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islam; lived citizenship; migrants’ descendants; Europe; Muslim activism; citizenry; faith

Christian Monasticism Today: A Search for Identity

edited by Bernard Łukasz Sawicki and

Greg Peters

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: monasticism; culture; history; spirituality; anthropology; philosophy; sociology; archeology

Viktor Frankl and the Future of Religion

edited by

Keisuke Noda

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: logotherapy; Viktor Frankl; phenomenology; self-transcendence; meaning of life; future of religion; religious studies; psychotherapy

Christian Life and Thought and Their Interaction

edited by Michael Quisinsky

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: practices of faith; faith and reason; Christianity and culture; rationability; contextuality; theological method; inculturation/exculturation; transculturality

Engaging Religious Plurality within Australian and New Zealand Catholic Schools: Particularity in Dialogue with Diversity

edited by William Sultmann, Peta Goldburg and David Hall

submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3957 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious education; Catholic school curriculum; religious plurality; innovation; mission

Emerging Trends in Congregational Engagement and Leadership

edited by

Kristina I. Lizardy-Hajbi

submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: congregations; religious leadership; clergy; COVID-19; climate change; immigration; demographics; globalization; race/ethnicity; religious nationalism

Revisiting the First Ecumenical Councils: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Relevance

edited by

Michal Valčo

submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecumenical councils; Nicene creed; Christology; trinity; iconoclasm; arianism; nestorianism; monophysitism; church unity; historical theology

Transgressing Boundaries: Biblical and Social Scientific Studies of Migration

edited by Alexiana Fry, Ida Hartmann and Frederik Poulsen

submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bible; anthropology; interdisciplinary; migration; religion; mobility; social science

Ancient Cult and Modern Methods: Unearthing the Religions of Ancient Israel and the Surrounding Cultures

edited by Stephanie Selover and Monique Roddy

submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: Israel; Levant; Iron Age I; Iron Age II; religious architecture; religious practices; feasting; material culture of religion

Existential Health, Religion and Youth in a Global Perspectives

edited by Katarina Westerlund

submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: existential health; religion; youth; spirituality; contextual perspectives

Religion and Politics: Ritual, Performativity, and (Political) Theatre in Comparative-Historical and International Perspective

edited by Patricia J. Sohn

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; ritual; political; theatre; performativity; politics

Interpreting the Bible: Re-reading Texts, Characters, and Images from Scripture

edited by Ianire Angulo Ordorika and Ignacio Rojas Gálvez

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: inner-biblical interpretation; exegesis; old testament; new testament; early Judaism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Theology and Science: Loving Science, Discovering the Divine

edited by

Tracy J. Trothen

and

Calvin Mercer

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19404 | Submission Open

Keywords: science; artificial intelligence; technology; ethics; spirituality; religion; theology

Sikhi, Sikhs and Caste: Lived Experiences in a Global Context

edited by Opinderjit Kaur Takhar

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5312 | Submission Open

Keywords: activism; /bani/; caste; egalitarianism; endogamy; equality; legislation; Panjabi culture; pollution; purity; Sikhi; /zat/

Chinese Religious Cultures: Historical Traditions and Modern Interpretations

edited by

Yuehua Chen

, Chuanhui Zeng, Zhejia Tang and Xuedan Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2898 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern interpretations; Chinese religious cultures; Buddhist culture; Daoist culture; Islamic culture; Christian culture; Chinese folk religion; Confucian religious thoughts

University of Konstanz, International Conference (25 October, 31 October, 8 November 2024): Emerging Historical Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Interactions in and around the Mediterranean (c. 630–1614)

edited by James Wilson, Eric Böhme, Alejandro Peláez Martín and

Marco Demichelis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2300 | Submission Open

Keywords: Umayyad Christianity; “ Convivencia” -al-Andalus; Christian “ Conciliarism” and Islam; approaches to translation; Islamic law and Christian otherness; trade activities; knights and literature; early European oriental studies; communication at times of crisis or hardship; medieval soundscapes; urban environments

Shaping Sacred Knowledge: The Transmission and Legacy of the Chinese Buddhist Canon

edited by

Zhouyuan Li

Jiang Wu

and

Darui Long

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 671 | Submission Open

Keywords: Chinese Buddhist Canon; Chinese Buddhism; East Asian Buddhism; canonical studies; religious texts; manuscripts and printed canons; multidisciplinary religious research; cultural interactions; digital humanities in religious studies; Buddhist material culture

"What Does Theology Do, Actually?” Dialogue between Differing Theological Approaches

edited by

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

and Matthew Ryan Robinson

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open

Keywords: theological method; global; intercultural; semantics; ecumenical; comparative; praxis; politics; postcoloniality

On the Origins of Western Psychedelia: Exploring Allegro’s The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

edited by J. Christian Greer and Sharday C. Mosurinjohn

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychedelia; John M. Allegro; The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

Under the Rising Crescent: How and When Became the Middle East an Islamic Region?

edited by Michael Ehrlich and Amichay Schwartz

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamization; Islamication; conversion; migration; Arabization; Syria; Palestine

Spirituality in Action: Perspectives on New Evangelization

edited by Marek Chmielewski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: spirituality; spiritual theology; new evangelization; Gospel preaching; spiritual experience; acts of mercy; witness; inculturation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

Bible and Liturgy in Dialogue

edited by Marco Benini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: bible; liturgy; hermeneutics; old/new testament; interpretation; reception; readings; psalms; sacramentality; anamnesis

Urban Governance of Interreligious Dialogue and Freedom of/from Religion

edited by

Giuseppe Giordan

and

Olga Breskaya

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: interreligious dialogue; urban governance; religious diversity; freedom of/from religion

Religious Symbols and Fashion: Identification, Representation and Regulation in Dress

edited by

Alberto Fabio Ambrosio

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: fashion and religions; symbolism of clothing; philosophy and theology of clothing and fashion; art; clothing; fashion; and theology; modern adaptations and fashion; mystical practices and rituals; gender roles and distinctions; personal and spiritual connection; spiritual practice and devotion; interreligious and interspiritual dialogue; spirituality and contemporary culture

Minorities and Religion in Post-Communist Eastern Europe

edited by Gavril Flora

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious pluralism; ethnic diversity; religious minorities; ethnic minorities; national identity; national political legitimacy; Eastern Europe

Exploring the Historiography of Muslim Communities in Central Asia

edited by Eren Tasar

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: Muslim; historiographical tradition; Islam; Central Asia

Modern Jewish Identities

edited by Daniel Bessner and David Weinfeld

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: Judaism/Jews/Jewish; Zionism; diaspora; assimilation; denominationalism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Pilgrimages of Repair: Journeys to Return, Rebuild and Restore

edited by Heather Warfield

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: repair; pilgrimages; multidisciplinary; sacred sites

Breath of Life: Black Spirituality in Everyday Life

edited by Brianne Painia and

Lori Latrice Martin

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: employment of Black faith practices; expansions and/or reflections; Black secular life; spiritual practices and rituals in Black life; African and Pan-African-informed spiritual traditions

On the Font: Human Nature Seen Through Baptism and the Baptismal Font

edited by Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen and Line M. Bonde

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: baptism; iconography; liturgy; material culture; ontology; sacred space

How Christianity Affects Public Policy

edited by

Bernard James Mauser

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7214 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; economics; political science; political philosophy; public Health; government; social welfare and social work; sociology & social history; law; education

(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

edited by

Justyna Mróz

Loren Toussaint

and

Kinga Kaleta

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1932 | Submission Open

Keywords: forgiveness; mental health; well-being; self-forgiveness; personal resources; faith; religiosity; trauma

Examining Religion's Influence in Non-formal and Informal Educational Contexts: Beliefs, Practices and Narratives

edited by

Andrea Porcarelli

and Marco Guglielmi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 778 | 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

Contemporary Christian Worship: Origins, Theory and Practice

edited by

Sunggu Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: liturgy; worship music; theology of worship; Christian rituals; worship innovation; cultural context; liturgical history; worship practices; ecclesiology; digital worship

Religious Transmission Across Generations: Challenges, Continuities, and Changes

edited by Christel Gärtner and

Roberta Ricucci

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious transmission; young peoples belief; nones; atheism; cultural religion; religious education; religious institutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Advancing the Study of Religion and International Relations: Thirty Years After Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" (1993, 1996)—A Critical Evaluation and Appraisal of the Current State of Art

edited by

Joanna Kulska

and

Anna M. Solarz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: international Relations; religion; culture; identity; regionalism; clash of civilizations; Huntington; ambivalence of the sacred

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)

Interruption: World-Ecology and Religious Imaginations

edited by Daniel Castillo

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: political ecology; dangerous memory/counter memory; religious environmental ethics; political theology; world-ecology; capitalism; environmental racism; colonial matrix of power

Studies on Medieval Liturgy and Ritual

edited by Eva-Maria Butz

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: liturgy; ritual; ceremony; correctness; mediality; materiality; space; music; gender

Resilience: Orthodox Theology and Spirituality Engaging in Dialogue with Postmodern Society

edited by Ivana Noble and Zdenko Širka

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: Orthodox theology; Orthodox spirituality; postmodern society

(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)

The Politics of Digital Religiosities

edited by Anustup Basu

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital religion; digital politics; neopaganism; digital fundamentalisms; social media studies; minoritarian politics; majoritarian politics; religious nationalism; media and politics

Tracing Early Monastic Culture: Books and Authority in New Textual Communities

edited by Andreas Westergren and Katarina Pålsson

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: monastic authority; Late Antiquity; Early Middle Ages; textual culture; textual communities; textual transmission; translation practices; rewriting

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