Religions

Sociology of Law, Human Rights, and Religious Freedom

edited by

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submission deadline 30 May 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 640 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious freedom; legal regulation of religion; social implementation; human rights culture; em-pirical research

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

Transition - Translation - Transformation: Phenomenology and Systematic Theology

edited by

Claudia Mariéle Wulf

and Matyas Szalay

submission deadline 30 May 2023 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenomenology; systematic theology; theology; transition; translation; transformation

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

The Meaning of Religiosity in Life

edited by

Marcin Wnuk

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6451 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious commitment; religious orientation; spiritual experiences; spiritual growth; meaning in life; hope; moral virtues; gratefulness; forgiveness; humility; compassion; altruism; religious support; religious coping; death anxiety; treatment process; addictions; co-addiction; mental health.

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

Religion–Existence–Death: Perspectives from Existentialism

edited by

Achim Oberst

and

Susanne Claxton

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2569 | Submission Open

Keywords: A/temporality/eternity; Anxiety/despair/dread/fear; Body; Death/dying/perishing; Finitude; Im/mortality; Nothing(ness); Im/perfection; Redemption/salvation/bliss; Resurrection/survival

Sacred Heritage: Religions and Material Culture

edited by

Anna Niedźwiedź

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1172 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; heritage; material religion; new materiality; heritagization of religion; material culture; critical heritage studies; body and senses

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

The Transformation of Pilgrimage Studies

edited by

Mario Katić

and

John Eade

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open

Rationality of Religious Sacrifice

edited by

Roberto Di Ceglie

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: theology and philosophy; feminist perspectives; theory of evolution and transhumanism; literature and film studies; sacrifice and suffering; René Girard; socio-biology and evolutionary ethics; self-sacrifice and violence; human sciences

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

Pastoral Theology in a Multi-Crisis Environment

edited by

Albin Masarik

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemic; environmental disaster; war; economic crisis; threat; risk; loss; pastoral support

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

Continuing Tradition? Sacralization Practices in the Early Islamicate West and the Influence of Late Antiquity

edited by

Javier Albarrán

and

Antonia Bosanquet

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2098 | Submission Open

Keywords: sacred space; Islamization; Christianization; religious landscape; sacred topography; sacralization

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

The Crusades from a Historical Perspective: Communications, Culture, and Religion

edited by

Sophia Menache

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2078 | Submission Open

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

Visionary and Contemplative Practice in the Medieval World

edited by

Laura Saetveit Miles

and

Katherine Zieman

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 756 | Submission Open

Keywords: divine visions; visionary literature; contemplation; contemplative literature; medieval religious cultures; medieval spirituality

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

Liturgy, Music, Theology

edited by

Anna Nekola

and

Becca Whitla

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 725 | Submission Open

Keywords: music; liturgy; theology; worship practice; identity; embodied practice; cultural politics; multiplicity; diversity; power

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

Religion and Human Rights in Post-communism

edited by

Lavinia Stan

and Ines Murzaku

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 675 | Submission Open

Keywords: human rights; religion; right to worship; freedom of thought; belief and religion; repression; persecution; Christianity; Islam; minority religions

Religion and Prison: Practices, Actors, Spaces, and Challenges of Pluralism

edited by

Mohammed Khalid Rhazzali

,

Valentina Schiavinato

,

Vincenzo Pace

and

Irene Becci

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious plurality in prison; religious care; chaplaincy; sacralisation processes

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

Morality without God: Reality or Illusion?

edited by

Martin Jakobsen

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open

Keywords: God; atheism; morality; ethics; moral realism; moral argument; metaethics; moral epistemology; moral ontology; normativity

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

Church, Ecumenism and Liturgy: Unfolding Synodality

edited by

Timothy Gabrielli

and

Derek C. Hatch

submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: synodality; synod/s; liturgy; ecumenism; ecclesiology

Judaism and African American Religions

edited by

Kurt Buhring

submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: African American religions; Jewish theology; Judaism and African American religions

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

Engaging the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

edited by

Michelle Loris

submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: catholic intellectual tradition; mission and catholic identity; catholic higher education

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

Rethinking Islamic Education: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Zekirija Sejdini

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4152 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic religious education; Islamic tradition; Islamic religious education in pluralistic society

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

Incorporating the Sacred in Counselling

edited by

Kelvin Mutter

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12588 | Submission Open

Keywords: Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model of Health Care; Holistic Care; Hope and Well-Being; Client Beliefs; Mental Health; Patient Religiosity and Spirituality; Religion; Spirituality; Therapist Beliefs; Counselling; Decision Making; Ethics; Integration; Psychotherapy; Social Work Practice; Spiritually-Integrated Counselling; Spiritually-Integrated Psychotherapy

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

Islamic Education in Western Contexts: Visions, Goals and Practices

edited by

Fella Lahmar

and

Khalid Arar

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4598 | Submission Open

Keywords: philosophy of Islamic education; Western context; pedagogy; ethical-spiritual Islamic values; leadership; culture; Islamic environment; moral values; social justice; well-being; education policy; arts and aesthetics; identity; diversity; equity and inclusion; dialogue

Skepticism and Tolerance: Moses Mendelssohn, Salomon Maimon, and Jewish Enlightenment Thought

edited by

Ze’ev Strauss

, Libera Pisano, Michah Gottlieb and

José María Sánchez de León Serrano

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2470 | Submission Open

Keywords: Judaism; Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah); Skepticism; Tolerance; Education (Bildung); Exegesis; German Enlightenment; Religion; Philosophy; Reason

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

Religion, Media and the Public Sphere

edited by

Brian Robert Calfano

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 889 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious broadcasting; televangelists; public policy; voting; identity; digital religion

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

Modern Approaches to the Sīrah Genre, Prophetic Stories, and Prophethood in Islamic Thought

edited by

Suleyman Sertkaya

submission deadline 17 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2949 | Submission Open

Keywords: Prophet Muhammad; sīrah; Islamic modernism; prophethood; nubuwwah; fiqh al-sīrah; sīrah philosophy; Qasas al-anbiya; Stories of Prophets

Catholic Social Ethics: Engaging Pressing Issues

edited by

Mary Jo Iozzio

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: Catholic Social Teaching; theological ethics; critical ethical issues; call to action; care for creation; culture of encounter; human dignity; participation; option for the poor and vulnerable; rights and responsibilities; solidarity; subsidiarity; work

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

Studying Religion Interreligiously

edited by

Menachem Fisch

,

Christian Wiese

and

Yossef Schwartz

submission deadline 24 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: interreligious interaction; dialogue; linguistic mediation; inter-languages; religious go-betweens; converts; translators

The History and Legacy of the 16th Century European Religious Reformations: Theological Investigations across Humanistic and Social Sciences

edited by

Corneliu C. Simuț

submission deadline 25 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1713 | Submission Open

Keywords: reformation; religion; Protestant; Catholic; church

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

Discussing the Relationship between Individual and Community: From the Perspective of Confucianism

edited by

Zhongjiang Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10788 | Submission Open

Religious Experience and Metaphysics

edited by

Olga Louchakova-Schwartz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10194 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious experience; spiritual experience; phenomenological method; revisionist metaphysics; reality; beliefs

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

Sufism in the Modern World

edited by

Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9822 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sufism; Islamic mysticism; modern period; dynamics of religion; Sufism in the West; history of ideas; Islamic reform; spirituality

Material Culture and Religion: Perspectives over Time

edited by

Fátima Matos Silva

,

Isabel Borges

and

Helena Albuquerque

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7558 | Submission Open

Keywords: religious material culture; religion and commerce; religion and museums; religion and historic art; protohistoric religion and material culture; art and religion; religious tourism and material culture; religious places and regional planning; universal accessibility in religious places; pilgrimages and material culture; contemporary religious material culture; religions and cultural heritage; symbolism and semiotics of religious material culture

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

Sufi Thought in the Light of Ibn Arabi: The Akbarian Tradition Up to the Present

edited by

Pablo Beneito

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6200 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sufism; Akbarian school; Ibn Arabi; Islamic philosophy

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

Family and Race in Early Christianity

edited by Mark Edwards

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4896 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethnicity; heredity; sexuality; barbarism; colonialism

Queer Theologies in the Contemporary Global South

edited by

Hugo Cordova Quero

and

Lisa Isherwood

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4247 | Submission Open

Keywords: queer theologies; global south; Islam; Christianity; Buddhism; Judaism; Latin America; Asia; Africa; contextual theologies

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

Christian Congregations as Communities of Care

edited by

Hendrik Pieter De Roest

and

Theo Pleizier

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2634 | Submission Open

Keywords: congregations; care; community

Original Sin: Wesleyan/Methodist Insights for Women

edited by

Sarah Heaner Lancaster

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2068 | Submission Open

Keywords: Methodism/Methodist; Holiness; Eve; Original sin; Original righteousness; Moral image of God; Sin; Desire; John Wesley

Political Theology: The Next Generation

edited by

Emin Poljarevic

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1905 | Submission Open

Keywords: political theology of authenticity; postsecularity; postliberalism; Christianity; Islam; Judaism; justice; political experiences; religious commitments; innovative political imaginaries

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

The Future of Islamic Liberation Theology

edited by

Shadaab Rahemtulla

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 1422 | Submission Open

Keywords: Islamic studies; liberation theologies; hermeneutics; class; race; empire; decolonization; gender; feminism; sexuality; disability; environmentalism

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

Tantric Studies for the Twenty-First Century

edited by David B. Gray and

Jason Schwartz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1133 | Submission Open

Keywords: Tantra; Hinduism; Buddhism; Jainism; Sikhism; Daoism; Shinto; new religions; transmission; multidisciplinary

Ethics and Religion: Education towards Religious and Human Values

edited by

Carl-Mario Sultana

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethics education; values education; religious education; school curriculum; professional ethics; legal/constitutional frameworks and foundations; holistic formation

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

Worship and Faith Formation

edited by

Hwarang Moon

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open

Keywords: worship; liturgy; faith formation; ritual studies; practical theology; religious education

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

Religious Filter Bubbles? The Influence of Religion on Mediated Public Sphere

edited by

Mónika Andok

and

Ákos Kovács

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: agenda setting and religions; framing; media culture; media discourse; media events; media technology and religion; online religious media; religion representation; visual culture

Exploring the Complexity of Identities and Boundaries within the New Testament World

edited by

H. H. Drake Williams III

and

Jacobus (Kobus) Kok

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: Insiders; Outsiders; Identity; Boundaries; Social Identity Theory; Self-Categorization Theory; Social Identity Complexity Theory; New Testament; Early Church; Paragon; Prototype

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

Jewish Visual Culture

edited by

Ofer Ashkenazi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jewish; visual arts

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

Religious Utopianism

edited by

Tamara Prosic

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: utopia; utopianism; hope; ultimate reality; perfection; material and non-material culture; social and political theory; social groups; social movements; public debates

Sport and Religion: Continuities, Connections, Concerns

edited by

Robert Ellis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: sport and religion; experience; worship; secularity; ethics; local perspectives; empirical work; inter-disciplinarity; gender and ethnicity; liberation; capitalism; fiction and film

Religion and Contemporary Political Theory and Practice

edited by

Charles Lesch

and

Ryan W. Davis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: political theory; political philosophy; political theology; secularism; secularization; public sphere; civil religion; pluralism; toleration; solidarity; law; gender

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

Exploration on the Boundary between Economics and Theology

edited by

Diego Alonso-Lasheras

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: moral ecology of the markets; common good; economics as natural theology; business as a vocation; integral development; capabilities approach; ecology; autonomy of earthly affairs; spiritual capital; economic justice

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

Beyond Secular Liberalism and Religious Traditionalism: Revisiting Jeffrey Stout’s Democracy and Tradition

edited by

Tae Sung

submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jeffrey Stout; pragmatism; post-liberalism; post-secularism; democracy; critical theory

Global Laozegetics: Engaging the Multiplicity of Laozi Interpretations and Translations

edited by

Misha Tadd

submission deadline 1 Jul 2023 | 21 articles | Viewed by 25737 | Submission Open

Keywords: Laozi; Daodejing; Daoism; global philosophy; translation; commentary; hermeneutics; history of ideas; textual reception; interpretive lineage

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