Special Issues

Religions publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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The History of Religions in China: The Rise, Fall, and Return
edited by and Minhao Zhai
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5901 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; Daoism; Chinese religions; Dunhuang; popular religion; Manichaeism; Nestorianism; manuscripts; ritual; material culture
Contemporary Religion, Media and Popular Culture submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5042 | 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)
Buddhist Literature and Art across Eurasia
edited by Ming Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3636 | Submission Open
Keywords: Eurasia; Buddhist literature; Buddhist art; trans-media; text– image interaction
Multilingualism in Religious Musical Practice submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3503 | Submission Open
Keywords: multicultural worship; multilingualism; music; justice; care; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
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 2510 | 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 2121 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and film; religion and visual and material culture; Jesus; biblical studies; film studies; media studies; world cinema
Renewal, Innovation, and Transformation: The Changing Face of Judaism in Modern Times
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1451 | Submission Open
Buddhist Art, Artifact and Culture Worldwide
edited by Karil J. Kucera
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1327 | 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
Reclaiming Voices: Women's Contributions to Baptist History
edited by Melody Maxwell
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1285 | Submission Open
Keywords: Baptist; woman; gender; church; Christianity; Protestant; history
C. S. Lewis and Film
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1207 | Submission Open
Keywords: C. S. Lewis; film; personal heresy; an experiment in criticism; chronicles of Narnia; theology; Christian literary theory; Shadowlands; Disney
The Role of Religions in Multiple Modern Societies: The Global South
edited by Cristian Parker and Daniel Gutiérrez Martínez
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1158 | 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 595 | Submission Open
Keywords: Aotearoa-New Zealand; Māori; Christianity; Bible; colonialism; missonaries; ātua
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Religion and/of the Future submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; future; technology; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; new religious movements; neuroscience; brain; well-being
The Interreligious Dialogue: Philosophical Perspectives submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 529 | 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)
Śākta Purāṇas in Hindu Religious Practice, Text, and History
edited by Patricia Dold
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 492 | 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)
Consciousness, Spirituality, Well-Being, and Education
edited by Mark Thurston
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 262 | 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)
Interreligious Peacebuilding in a Global Context
edited by Mohammed Abu-Nimer
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 257 | 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 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: Swiss reformation; reformed theology; lived religion; church history; communication networks; early modern religious cultures; social history; religious politics
Paul among Jews and Christians: Redescribing the “Jewishness” of Paul and His Receptions
edited by Rafael Rodriguez
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: Paul within Judaism; undisputed Pauline letters; disputed Pauline letters; Pauline tradition; Paul in Acts; Pauline apocrypha; “ parting of the ways” ; Second Temple Judaism; Church Fathers
Bible Translation and Biblical Hermeneutics: Exploring the Nexus of Language and Interpretation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Theology and Anthropology: A Critical Discussion
edited by Peter Versteeg and Petruschka Schaafsma
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropology; theology; dialogue; transformation; reception; methodology
Sport and Religion: Continuities, Connections, Concerns
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9103 | Submission Open
Keywords: sport and religion; experience; worship; secularity; ethics; local perspectives; empirical work; inter-disciplinarity; gender and ethnicity; liberation; capitalism; fiction and film
Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Past and Present
edited by and Asher J. Mattern
submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 880 | 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 | Viewed by 248 | 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 104 | 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 158 | 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 1922 | 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 2799 | 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 943 | 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 129 | 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 2421 | 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 364 | Submission Open
Keywords: preaching; homiletics; postmodernism; theology; homiletical theology; theological practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Topography of Mind
edited by Eugene Y. Wang
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhist art; landscapes of the psyche; tangible edifices; sacred space; intangible states of consciousness
Religious Experience and the Phenomenology of Nature
edited by Felix Ó Murchadha and Mary Shanahan
submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 173 | 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 374 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism; art; architecture; painting; cave; mural; sculpture; devotion; ritual; India; Tibet; Asia; Japan; China; Mahayana; Theravada; Vajrayana
Religion in Extractive Zones
edited by Terra Schwerin Rowe, , Christiana Zenner and Devin Singh
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 1288 | 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 189 | 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 35953 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4421 | 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 908 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open
Keywords: Jesus Christ; scripture; christology; divinity; humanity; redemption
Religious Diversity and Social Studies Education
edited by and Erin Reid
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 577 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; religious diversity; social studies education; citizenship education; teacher education
Buddhist Meditation in Central Asia
edited by Nobuyoshi Yamabe and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
New Testament Studies - Current Trends and Criticisms
edited by Susanne Luther, Birke Siggelkow-Berner and Clarissa Breu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: New Testament; theories; history; present; methods
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 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: indigenous religions; folk religions; non-dominant religions; near-extinct religions; religions at the margins; emancipatory religious praxis; alternative religious discourses
The Right to Freedom of Religion: Contributions submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 127 | 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
Disputed Issues about the Psalms in History and Research
edited by Uta Heil and Sebastiano Panteghini
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 87 | 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 3706 | 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 and Politics: Historical Developments and Contemporary Transformations
edited by Andre P. Audette, Christopher Weaver and Mark Brockway
submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion and politics; secularism; religious identities; law and public policy; political theology; nationalism; culture wars; religious demography
Undisciplining Religion and Science: Science, Religion and Nature
edited by and Lisa Stenmark
submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 278 | 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)
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