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Sustainable Development: The Normative Contribution of Theology
edited by Bernhard Bleyer and René M. Micallef
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 504 | Submission Open
Keywords: systematic theology; normativity; sustainable development; ecology; globalization; world religions
Through the Lens of a Realist Metaphysics: Gender and the Teaching of the Catholic Church
edited by Deborah Savage
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: metaphysics; philosophical realism; neuroscience; gender; man and woman; Catholic Church; human sexuality; complementarity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Sacred Battlefields of the Eastern Europe: The Role of Orthodox Christianity in Geopolitics
edited by Tornike Metreveli and Emil Bjørn Hilton Saggau
submission deadline 18 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open
Keywords: orthodox Christianity; geopolitics; nationalism; canonical territorial conflicts; church-state relations; eastern Europe; southern Europe; canonical territoriality; religious influence; political power
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Postcolonial Literature and Ecotheology
edited by and Animesh Roy
submission deadline 24 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 998 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecotheology; postcolonialism; secular literature; climate change; indigeneity; cosmology; secularism; sacred literature; creation; immanence; environmentalism
Evangelical Theology Today: Exploring Theological Perspectives
edited by Ronald T. Michener
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open
Keywords: evangelicalism; evangelical theological method; postconservative evangelicalism; postconservative theology; post-modern evangelicalism; theological interpretation
Varieties of Revelation: Scripture, Theology, and Philosophy in the Perspective of Divine Disclosure
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7461 | Submission Open
Keywords: revelation; divine disclosure; theology; philosophy; hermeneutics; Scripture; inspiration; eschatology; mysticism; interfaith dialogue
Muslim Women in the 21st Century: Agency, Influence, and Lived Experience
edited by , and Rachel Woodlock
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6641 | Submission Open
Keywords: islam; muslim; gender; women; agency; influence; lived experience; leadership; muslim feminism; transnational identities; islamophobia; inclusion; women and religious law; stereotypes; diveristy; social conditions; lived religion; race and class
Multilingualism in Religious Musical Practice submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5984 | Submission Open
Keywords: multicultural worship; multilingualism; music; justice; care; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Buddhist Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Buddhist Theories of Mind
edited by Chien-Te Lin
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4791 | Submission Open
Keywords: buddhist psychology; mindfulness; well-being; consciousness; self
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Heretical Religiosity
edited by David Ohana
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4153 | Submission Open
Keywords: Nihilism; homo religious; antinomianism heresy; Max Schiller; Gershom Scholem; Martin Buber; Friedrich Nietzsche  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Vulnerability in Theology, the Humanities and Social Sciences submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3028 | Submission Open
Keywords: vulnerability; resilience; vulnerance; dispositive of power; gender perspectives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The Bible within Ancient and Modern Cultures
edited by Jonathan M. Watt
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1953 | Submission Open
Keywords: biblical studies; historical & cultural relevance; theology; counseling; cross-disciplinary
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Energy God and Other Alternatives to the Theistic View of God and Spirituality
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1833 | Submission Open
Keywords: mysticism; spirituality; dao; ground of being; brahman; kabbalah; sufism; nirvana; panentheism
Transformations in Daoist Ritual Texts and Other Daoist Literature Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties
edited by , Bony Schachter and Jacopo Scarin
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1369 | Submission Open
Keywords: Daoist canonical texts; Daoist literature; Daoist ritual texts; religious writings; contemporary Daoist texts; transformation of texts; symbolism in writing; circulation of texts; Daoist community
Medieval Judaism and Jewish Diaspora: With an Emphasis on Crypto-Judaism
edited by Lúcia Helena Costigan and Gabriel Mordoch
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval Judaism; early modern Judaism; Jewish diaspora; Crypto-Judaism; marranos; anussim; Jewish history; forced conversion; diaspora communities; Jewish identity; middle ages; cultural contributions; persecution; religious practices; interdisciplinary studies; inquisition
Spirituality in Religious Music
edited by Carl Petter Opsahl
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open
Keywords: music; spirituality; religion; musicking; ritual; theology; esthetic theory; community
Voices from the 'Periphery of Islam': Discourses of Authenticity, Rooting and Community-Building
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islam in Asia; Islam in Africa; Islam in Europe and USA; authenticity; contestive heterogenization; local rooting; Islam from the soil
Restoring Our Spirits with the New Testament: Spirituality in Biblical Research
edited by Les Hardin
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; spiritual formation; spiritual disciplines; new testament; Christianity; prayer; scripture; restoration; renewal
Jainism and Narrative
edited by Eva De Clercq
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Dangerous Emotions: A Multi-Disciplinary Look at Anger, Jealousy, and Hate in the Hebrew Bible
edited by Deena Grant
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: hate; Hebrew Bible; psychology; cognitive linguistics; anger; violence; love passion; crime; ancient Near East; cultural anthropology; metonymy/metaphor; relationships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Augustine’s Concept of God and His Trinitarian Thought submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9811 | Submission Open
Keywords: Augustine; Metaphysical foundation of His Thought; Trinitarian Theology; Concept of God; Christology; Pneumatology; Neoplatonism; Manichaeism; Pelagianism; Doctrine of Grace; Neo-Nicenism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Buddhism, Science and Technology: Challenges to Religions from a Digitalized World
edited by Jeffrey Theodore Kotyk and Ru Zhan
submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2769 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism and science; artificial intelligence; Buddhism and medicine; Buddhism and printing; Buddhism and mathematics; Buddhism and astronomy
Buddhist Art, Artifact and Culture Worldwide
edited by Karil J. Kucera
submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2205 | 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
Re-Imagining the Woman’s “Curse”: Redemptive Readings of Genesis 3:16
edited by
submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1687 | Submission Open
Keywords: curse; woman; messianic; redemptive; genesis 3:16; desire; rule; punitive
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Reassessing Religion and Social Movements: From Rebellious Clergy to Counter-Hegemonic Theology and Praxis
edited by and Anh Susann Pham Thi
submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1542 | Submission Open
Keywords: new religious movements; progressive religious movements; emancipatory religion; progressive priests; progressive clerics; theology of liberation; religious change; religion and politics
Engaged Buddhism for an Engulfed World: New Perspectives on Humanistic Buddhism
edited by and Jakub Zamorski
submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1113 | Submission Open
Keywords: engaged or humanistic Buddhism (Renjian Fojiao; 人間佛教); modernization; globalization; Taixu; school-building on monastic properties (廟產興學); multiculturalism
Exploring the Origins of Religious Beliefs
edited by Peter Bedford
submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion-theory and method; religion-origins
Ecclesiastical Tribunals and “Superstition” in Early Modern Europe (Fifteenth–Nineteenth Centuries)
edited by Guido Dall'Olio and Matteo Duni
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2981 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; superstition; popular culture; witchcraft; magic; folklore; Catholic Church; Protestant Churches; inquisition; tribunals; ecclesiastical
Race, Religion, and Ethnicity: Critical Junctures submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1037 | Submission Open
Keywords: race; religion; ethnicity; governance; human; activism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
The Role of Theology and the Bible in Building Communities of Peace, Justice and Reconciliation
edited by Sharon L. Baker Putt
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open
Keywords: theology; religion; ecology; peace; reconciliation; hospitality; community; Bible; love; politics
Postcolonial Religion and Theology in/as Practice
edited by Federico Settler and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 687 | Submission Open
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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6275 | 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)
Going Beyond Comparative Ethics: Post-Comparative Ethics in Philosophic and Religious Traditions
edited by and Daniel Sarafinas
submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2202 | Submission Open
Keywords: ethics; good; meanings; choices; ethical standards and principles; contemporary moral problems
(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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5817 | 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 3032 | 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 2316 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1379 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; community; growth; decline; common good; justice; solidarity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Infidels, Enemies or Humanists? The European–Italian “Renaissance” and the Fictional Imaginary of the Muslim–Ottoman Turk
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1365 | Submission Open
Keywords: Italian “ Umanesimo” and the Renaissance; Ottoman pre-modern and modern history; otherness visio; European thought and influence; Islamic thought and influence; Christian “ Conciliarism” ; Ottoman history and thought; art and architectural history
Grief Care: Religion and Spiritual Support in Times of Loss
edited by Panagiotis Pentaris
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1323 | Submission Open
Keywords: grief care; spiritual support; religious copying
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Christian Missions and the Environment
edited by David Onnekink, Richard Darr and Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 973 | 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 392 | 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 377 | Submission Open
Keywords: culture; preaching; homiletics; multiculturalism; globalization; pluralism
The Sociological Study of Religion
edited by Juan Maria Sánchez-Prieto and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open
Keywords: sociology of religion; religious pluralism; secularization; religious beliefs and practices; churches; religious conflicts; fundamentalisms; nationalisms; identities
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 337 | 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 334 | 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)
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 292 | 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
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 286 | 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)
Intersections of Religiousness/Spirituality and Forgiveness and Implications for Mental Health and Well-Being submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open
Keywords: forgiveness; mental health; well-being; self-forgiveness; personal resources; faith; religiosity; trauma
Peoples Linking the Shores: The Indian Ocean as an Islamic Space
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open
Keywords: Islamic world; Indian Ocean; pre-modern networks; Islamic law; Sufism; geography; Hajj; Islamic texts
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 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental humanities; Daoism; East Asian science and technology; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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