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Jewish Ethics: Foundations, Developments, and Contemporary Challenges
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 1773 | Submission Open
Keywords: Jewish ethics; halakha; moral philosophy; rabbinic thought; applied ethics; theology; Jewish law; responsibility; tradition and modernity; religious pluralism
Theological and Ethical Reflections on Artificial Intelligence
edited by Rafael Amo Usanos and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1459 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; theology; ethics; religious traditions; human singularity; concept of God; moral evaluation; technological culture; interreligious dialogue; responsible innovation
Phenomenology and Theology: Methods, Limits and Transformations
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 1165 | Submission Open
Keywords: phenomenological theology; continental philosophy; finitude; embodiment; religious experience; transformation; theological method; critical phenomenology; systematic theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Comparative Thinking on Islam in a Global Age submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 1023 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islam; globalization; Middle East; new media and social communication; religious diplomacy; interreligious dialogue; policy; intercultural communication; Islamic studies; digital religion; mediatization; religious authority; cultural security; Islamic media; online communities; digital transformation; media ethics; digital diplomacy; decentralized networks; multi-platform communication
New Images of God in Contemporary Physics, Quantum Metaphysics, and Theism: Quantum God, Emptiness, Consciousness, and Energy
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open
Keywords: (quantum) God; (quantum) vacuum; modern/contemporary physics; (quantum) metaphysics; theism; mind and matter; mindfulness and consciousness; synchronicity; holism; eastern religions
God, Logic and Language
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open
Keywords: concept of God; divine attributes; omnipotence; omniscience; eternity; language and theology; theism; existence of God
Religion and the State: Secularism, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion
edited by Alberto Spektorowski
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 772 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and state; secularism and exclusion; religious nationalism; post-secular critiques
Language and Religion: Multilingual Perspectives on Contemporary Theolinguistics
edited by Jonathan M. Watt
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 590 | Submission Open
Keywords: linguistics; language; dialect; register; style; religion; spirituality
Texts, Translations, and Gendered Discourses: Historical and Theological Dialogues Across the Hebrew Bible
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 500 | Submission Open
Keywords: Hebrew Bible; post-biblical literature; gender; gendered discourses; feminist hermeneutics; reception history; translations of Hebrew Bible; rabbinic literature; post-critical approaches; historical and theological processes of reception
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religious Art of the Renaissance
edited by Bonnie Noble
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 488 | Submission Open
Keywords: Counter-Reformation; Religious identity; Devotional image; Iconoclasm; Ritual
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Myth and Religion: Research Paths and Perspectives
edited by Maria Teresa Moscato and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious myth; narrative thinking; religious education; philosophy of religion; religious prejudice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Theology and Public Life: Contemporary Perspectives on Public Theology
edited by Teresa L. Smallwood
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open
Keywords: public; theology; voice; prophetic; power; witness; political; sphere; truth; false
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Theological Legacy of Pope Francis
edited by Gerard Kevin Whelan
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open
Keywords: theological legacy; Synodality; integral ecology; graduality; Laudato Si’ ; Fratelli Tutti; Amoris Laetitia; Global Compact on Education; Vatican II Reception; Ecumenical Dialogue; interreligious collaboration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Everyday Theology: Lay Vocation, Work, and Family as Sacred Practice
edited by Adam Zadroga and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open
Keywords: everyday theology; lay vocation; work; family; sacred practice; lived theology; spirituality; domestic church; Catholic social teaching; practical theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Out of Religion: Leaving Faith as a Form of Migration
edited by Aviad Moreno and Mordy Miller
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious disaffiliation; Jewish ultra-Orthodoxy (Haredi); migration theory; push– pull factors; acculturation; liminality; identity reconstruction; social integration; health and well-being; support networks
Religion, Law and Territory Past and Present: Challenges and Transformations in Comparative Perspective
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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; law and territory; governance of religious pluralism; religion in urban and spatial contexts; comparative regulation of religion; religion and public governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Textual Embodiment: Ritual Praxis and Scriptural Hermeneutics in Hindu Traditions submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: bhakti; yoga; Vaiṣṇavism; Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism; Hinduism; lived religion; ritual studies; embodiment; hermeneutics; text and practice; pilgrimage; Kīrtana; performance; theology; Indian philosophy; transnational Hinduism
Governance and Management of Religious Diversity in the Face of the Challenges of European Pluralism
edited by Rafael Valencia Candalija
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: governance; religious diversity; religious freedom; european pluralism; conflicts; challenges; public order
Beyond Traditional Politics in Post(modern) Crisis: Intercultural Theology as Critical Approach
edited by Ulrike Sallandt and
submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open
Keywords: intercultural theologies; critical theories (post-/decolonial; feminist; queer; etc.); interdisciplinarity; intersectionality; globalization; crisis of civilization; cultural turn
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The Transfer of Jewish Thought from Prewar Germany to Postwar France submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: German-Jewish thought; French Jewish thought; Franz Rosenzweig; Walter Benjamin; Emmanuel Levinas; Jacques Derrida; European universalism; decolonization; translation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
From World Catholicism to the Emergence of Global Catholicism, 1800–2025: Encounters and Transformations
edited by Raffaella Perin
submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open
Keywords: global Catholicism; Catholic internationalism; missionary networks; transnational circulation; inculturation; ecclesiological transformation; media and religion; interreligious relations; center-perophery relations; Vatican II
Chinese Christianity and Knowledge Development—2nd Edition
edited by Mingyu Lu and
submission deadline 12 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open
Keywords: missionaries; knowledge development; publications; transition of knowledge; Chinese Christianity; Chinese culture; interdisciplinary studies; Chinese– Western cultural exchange; architecture; arts and customs
Blessed and Bounded: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Rise of Nationalism
edited by Zoran Grozdanov and Nebojša Zelič
submission deadline 14 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open
Keywords: nationalism; religion; ethnic belonging; secularism; secular state; culture; identity; populism
The Teaching of Pope Francis on Marriage
edited by Grzegorz Pyźlak
submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open
Keywords: pope  Francis; pastoral care of marriages; preparation for marriage; pastoral accompaniment; building the bonds; building the relation; psychological counselling; cultural and social background in the formation of marital love; education on values
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Bible Translation and Biblical Hermeneutics submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: Bible; Bible translation; hermeneutics; biblical hermeneutics; translation; re-translation exegesis
Religion, Law, and Human Rights: Towards Equality and Inclusion
edited by and Jeremy Kingsley
submission deadline 23 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 544 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; law; human rights; equality; inclusion; pluralism; gender justice; secularism; freedom of belief; social justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
New Testament Studies—Current Trends and Criticisms—2nd Edition
edited by Susanne Luther, Clarissa Breu and Birke Siggelkow-Berner
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8986 | Submission Open
Keywords: theories; methods; hermeneutics; New Testament
Indigenous Conversion(s) to Islam: Causes, Processes, and Consequences
edited by Ayca Arkilic
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6145 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islam; indigenous; conversion; intersectionality; colonialism; discrimination; interaction
Between Soul and Algorithm: Religion and the Humanities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
edited by Nuha Alshaar and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5753 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; ethics; post- and transhumanism; religion; philosophy; theology; cultural relevance theory; peace studies; education; media; critical literacy; AI; smart government
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion in 20th- and 21st-Century Fictional Narratives
edited by Thomas Jerome Sienkewicz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5477 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and literature; modern religious narrative; religion in fictional narrative
Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4911 | Submission Open
Keywords: interfaith dialogue; transformation; comparative theology; peacebuilding; interreligious engagement; atheist– theist dialogue
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religionizing Confucianism: Ritual, Transcendence, and Social Formations in East Asia
edited by Qiyong Guo and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1958 | Submission Open
Keywords: Confucianism as religion; rujia and rujiao; inner transcendence; sanjiao heyi (unity of three teachings); ritual and social organization; local cults and popular religion; art; materiality; and sacred space
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Fate and Providence in Ancient Greek Philosophy as a Way of Life and a Religious Quest submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1868 | Submission Open
Keywords: fate; providence; divine foreknowledge; determinism; free will; divination; fortune; causality; contingent future; necessity; ethics; divinity; worship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Early Modern Encounters: Religious and Knowledge Exchange in the Global Mission
edited by Daniel Canaris and Caroline Paganussi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1863 | Submission Open
Keywords: mission studies; global intellectual exchange; translation studies; art history; early modern studies; liturgy; scientific exchange
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Exploring Anthropology in the History of the Church
edited by Jeremiah Mutie
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 1843 | Submission Open
Keywords: humanity; humankind; anthropology; soul; nature of humankind; composition of humankind; early church; medieval church; reformation; modernity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Social Dimensions of Religion in the Age of De-Globalization submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1601 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious majorities and minorities; migration; nationalism; gender; media; religious identity and identification
Religious Socialization in Current Sociology submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; social impact; equality; interfaith dialogue; social justice; violence and abuse prevention; sustainability; successful actions; inclusive education; gender
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Self-Organized Religious Life: The Jiangnan Region as a Case Study
edited by , Peter Trawny and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 697 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-organized religion; lived religion; folk religion; religious texts and translation; religions imagination; ritual practice; sacred space; religious pluralism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Chinese Religious Cultures: Historical Traditions and Modern Interpretations—2nd Edition
edited by , Chuanhui Zeng, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 688 | Submission Open
Keywords: modern interpretations; Chinese religious cultures; Buddhist culture; Daoist culture; Islamic culture; Christian culture; Chinese folk religion; Confucian religious thought
Religious Nationalism in Contemporary Europe
edited by Reka Szilardi and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and nationalism European politics; society Religion and identity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Buddhist Theories of Mind and Their Contemporary Ethical Implications
edited by Chien-Te Lin and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist psychology; Buddhist ethics; moral psychology; consciousness; interdisciplinary dialogue; mindfulness; well-being; comparative studies; Engaged Buddhism; Humanistic Buddhism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Locating Catholicity amid the Complexities of Church and World
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: catholicity; christianity; church; universal church; global christianity; ecumenical dialogue
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Thomas Aquinas, Disciple of Saint Augustine
edited by María Rosario Neuman Lorenzini
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open
Keywords: Saint Thomas; Saint Augustine; metaphysics; theology; theory of knowledge
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religion, Marriage, and Family: Elements of Human Flourishing
edited by Joseph C. Atkinson
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open
Keywords: marriage and family; human flourishing; individualism and freedom; theology and sociology; gender identity and social change
The Movement of the Great Dao: Daoism and Its Exchange with Foreign Cultures
edited by , Jishao Han and Zuguo Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open
Keywords: Daoism; the spread of Daoism; cultural exchange
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Between Faith and Algorithms: Religion and Religiosity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; religion; theology; dogmatics; ethics of technology; identity; community; algorithms; digital spirituality; religiosity; religious community; transhumanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Arts, Spirituality, and Religion—2nd Edition
edited by , Emília Simão and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open
Keywords: pilgrimage; art and spirituality; sacred spaces; religious experience; contemporary artistic practices; collective ritual experiences; digital art and spirituality; universal accessibility and inclusion; interreligious dialogue; devotion and transcendence; cultural and/or religious routes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
“Favour Is Deceitful, and Beauty Is Vain (Proverbs 31:30)”: Writing the Sacred and the Lure of Aestheticism
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: sacred languages; canonical texts of religious literature; rhetoric and poetics; comparative religion; devotional writing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Nationalism and Anti-Nationalism Within African Political Theology
edited by Daniel Pratt Morris-Chapman
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious nationalism; religion; nationalism; liberation theology; theology of reconstruction; theology of restitution; Stanley Hauerwas; African theology; political theology; public theology
Negotiating Law and Ethics in the Rabbinic Tradition
edited by Matthew Goldstone
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: Rabbinic literature; Jewish law; ethics and morality; jurisprudence; late antiquity; legal theory; hermeneutics; normativity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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