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Worship and Faith Formation

edited by

Hwarang Moon

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6659 | Submission Open

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

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

The History of Religions in China: The Rise, Fall, and Return

edited by

Huaiyu Chen

and Minhao Zhai

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5735 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhism; Daoism; Chinese religions; Dunhuang; popular religion; Manichaeism; Nestorianism; manuscripts; ritual; material culture

Texts, Interpretations, and Reception Histories in Chinese Christianity

edited by Qinghe Xiao and Naomi Thurston

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5331 | Submission Open

Keywords: texts; interpretations; Chinese Christianity; core terms and concepts; theological reception; recep-tion history; hymns; Chinese Christian literature

Contemporary Religion, Media and Popular Culture

edited by

Stefan Bratosin

and

Mihaela-Alexandra Tudor

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4594 | 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 3563 | Submission Open

Keywords: Eurasia; Buddhist literature; Buddhist art; trans-media; text– image interaction

Multilingualism in Religious Musical Practice

edited by

Jeremy Perigo

and

John MacInnis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3453 | 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 2297 | Submission Open

Keywords: crisis; nationalism; Islamophobia; identity construction; othering

Celluloid Jesus—Beyond the Text-Centric Paradigm

edited by Chan Sok Park,

Robyn Faith Walsh

and Teng-Kuan Ng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2051 | 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

Yaakov Ariel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1398 | Submission Open

Buddhist Art, Artifact and Culture Worldwide

edited by Karil J. Kucera

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1296 | 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

C. S. Lewis and Film

edited by

Adam Barkman

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1182 | 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 1067 | 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

Reclaiming Voices: Women's Contributions to Baptist History

edited by Melody Maxwell

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1051 | Submission Open

Keywords: Baptist; woman; gender; church; Christianity; Protestant; history

Religion and/of the Future

edited by

Randall Reed

and

Tracy J. Trothen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 541 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; spirituality; future; technology; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; new religious movements; neuroscience; brain; well-being

The Interreligious Dialogue: Philosophical Perspectives

edited by

Carla Canullo

and

Stefano Santasilia

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 515 | 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 490 | 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 251 | 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 251 | 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 168 | 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 154 | 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

The Intercultural Hermeneutics of the Bible in Aotearoa-New Zealand

edited by John Hans de Jong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: Aotearoa-New Zealand; Māori; Christianity; Bible; colonialism; missonaries; ātua

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

Bible Translation and Biblical Hermeneutics: Exploring the Nexus of Language and Interpretation

edited by

Stefano Salemi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Theology and Anthropology: A Critical Discussion

edited by Peter Versteeg and Petruschka Schaafsma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropology; theology; dialogue; transformation; reception; methodology

Sport and Religion: Continuities, Connections, Concerns

edited by

Robert Ellis

submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8931 | 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

Fahimah Ulfat

and Asher J. Mattern

submission deadline 1 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 860 | 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 234 | 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 101 | 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 152 | 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 1893 | Submission Open

Keywords: pastoral ministry; spiritual care; counselling; well-being

Religious Ethics and Law: A Comparative Perspective

edited by

János Jany

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2748 | 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 934 | 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 122 | Submission Open

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

Womanist Thought: Freedom, Violence, and Sexual Embodiment

edited by

Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan

Neichelle Guidry

and

Angela N. Parker

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2391 | 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

Rob O’Lynn

and Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: preaching; homiletics; postmodernism; theology; homiletical theology; theological practice

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

Religious Experience and the Phenomenology of Nature

edited by Felix Ó Murchadha and Mary Shanahan

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 166 | 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)

Topography of Mind

edited by Eugene Y. Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: Buddhist art; landscapes of the psyche; tangible edifices; sacred space; intangible states of consciousness

Buddhist Art and Ritual Spaces in the Global Perspective

edited by

David Efurd

submission deadline 21 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 362 | 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,

Lisa Sideris

, Christiana Zenner and Devin Singh

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 1278 | 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 175 | 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

edited by

Stefan Huber

Sarah Demmrich

and

Shanmukh V. Kamble

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 35221 | 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

Matteo Di Placido

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4240 | 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 789 | 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

Robert Fastiggi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open

Keywords: Jesus Christ; scripture; christology; divinity; humanity; redemption

Religious Diversity and Social Studies Education

edited by

Margie Patrick

and Erin Reid

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 569 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion; religious diversity; social studies education; citizenship education; teacher education

Buddhist Meditation in Central Asia

edited by Nobuyoshi Yamabe and

Henry Albery

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

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

Transformative and Emancipatory Potentials of Indigenous, Folk, and Other Religions at the Margins

edited by

Uttaran Dutta

and Lara Martin Lengel

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 132 | 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

edited by

Dură V. Nicolae

and

Cătălina Mititelu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 124 | 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 85 | 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

edited by

Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer

Alex Villas Boas

and

Peter Casarella

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3631 | 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 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: religion and politics; secularism; religious identities; law and public policy; political theology; nationalism; culture wars; religious demography

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