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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Asceticism, Mysticism, and the Affirmation of the World in Christianity and Islam submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3947 | Submission Open
Keywords: asceticism; mysticism; comparative theology; comparative religions; Christianity; Islam; Sufism
The Ethics of the Body in Different Religious Traditions and Spiritual Discourses
edited by Gabriel Noje and Daniel Lemeni
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 922 | Submission Open
Keywords: human corporeality; the ethics of the body; embodiment; desire; repentance; sin; emotions; asceticism; moral responsibility; spirituality of the heart; illness of body; sexuality; mind-body practices; relaxation techniques; transfigured body
Dissolutions of Monasteries
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open
Keywords: monasteries; secularisation; anticlericalism; comparative history
Exploring the Emotional Turn of Religious Studies
edited by Yvonne Thai, and Scott Dunbar
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open
Keywords: emotions; religious emotions; spirituality; religion; interreligious dialogue; self-transcendent emotions; spiritual experience; empirical theology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Religious Ethics in a Conflicted World
edited by Ralf K. Wüstenberg, Zeina Barakat and Thies Münchow
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 605 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; ethics; political theology; conflict; ideology; politics; dialogue; reconciliation; justice; empathy; truth; antisemitism
Critical Issues in Christian Ethics
edited by , Richard Rose and Sandra Morgan
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christian; conversion; discipleship; ethics; evil; faith; forgiveness; fruit of the spirit; God; gospel; good and bad; Heaven; Hell; holiness; justification; Jesus; judgment; justice; law; light; love; Paul; rebirth; religion; salvation; repentance; righteousness; right and wrong; Romans 12; sanctification; sin; the Ten Commandments; truth and lie; the Sermon on the Mount; works of the flesh
Church, Clergy, and Authority: An Exploration of Medieval Religious Life and Culture
edited by Jack Cunningham and Angelo M. Silvestri
submission deadline 25 May 2024 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: church; authority; community; dissent; culture; clergy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
The Catholic Encounter with Chinese Thought, Society and Politics in the Ming–Qing Dynasties
edited by Thierry Meynard
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 12111 | Submission Open
Keywords: late Ming and early/mid-Qing; Catholic studies; history of Chinese Catholicism; Western missionaries; Chinese Christians; global– local perspectives; Chinese– Western cultural exchange.
Catholic Education and Pope Francis’ Dream for a Synodal Church submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9153 | Submission Open
Keywords: synod; synodality; Catholic education; pedagogy; Church; Pope Francis; teaching; religious education; faith formation; governance; Catholic schools; Catholic higher education; leadership; discernment; decision making; bishops; teachers; parish; Gravissimum educationis; Vatican
Current Trends in Pauline Research: Philippians
edited by Isaac Blois and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5782 | Submission Open
Keywords: Philippians; hermeneutics; pauline studies; ethics; early Christianity; comparative studies; Paul within Judaism; social scientific studies; social identity theory; Carmen Christi; Christ Hymn
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Theology and Science: Loving Science, Discovering the Divine submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4285 | Submission Open
Keywords: science; artificial intelligence; technology; ethics; spirituality; religion; theology
Pastoral Theology in a Multi-Crisis Environment
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3973 | Submission Open
Keywords: epidemic; environmental disaster; war; economic crisis; threat; risk; loss; pastoral support
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Climate Crisis and Religions/Spirituality
edited by Takeshi Kimura
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1504 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; spirituality; climate crisis; environment; sustainability; intergenerational ethics
Religious Conflict and Coexistence in Korea
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open
Keywords: Korean religion; religious conflict; interreligious dialogue
Sikhi, Sikhs and Caste: Lived Experiences in a Global Context
edited by Opinderjit Kaur Takhar
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1031 | Submission Open
Keywords: activism; /bani/; caste; egalitarianism; endogamy; equality; legislation; Panjabi culture; pollution; purity; Sikhi; /zat/
Middle East Religions from Comparative Perspectives—How Religion Is Shaping the Middle East
edited by and Zofia Sawicka
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 976 | Submission Open
Keywords: diversity of religions; Middle East; interreligious dialogue; intercultural communications; religion and politics; religious identity; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism
Vulnerability in Theology, the Humanities and Social Sciences submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 393 | Submission Open
Keywords: vulnerability; resilience; vulnerance; dispositive of power; gender perspectives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Interreligious Dialogue and Conflict
edited by Georgios Trantas
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; war; conflict; reconciliation; religioscapes; soft power; Europe; Middle East; Balkans; Russia
Zoroastrianism: History, Texts, Exegesis
edited by Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo and Enrico G. Raffaelli
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open
Keywords: Zoroastrianism; Avesta; Pahlavi; New Persian; Gujarati; exegesis; Iran; India
Religious Wonder in Pre-Modern Korea: Its Social, Cultural, Political Aspects
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: wonder; yŏnghŏm; lingyan; Korea; Korean religion; Korean Buddhism; Korean Confucianism; Korean folk religion; Korean Catholicism
Religion and Medicine: Expanding Understandings of Human Flourishing
edited by and Monnica T. Williams
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10019 | Submission Open
Keywords: religion; medicine; spirituality; holism; ritual and ceremonial healing; somatic healing; psychedelic healing
Divine Logos in Translation: Philosophy and Biblical-Exegesis in Context submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7935 | Submission Open
Keywords: translation; exegesis; divine revelation; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; philosophy; science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Religion and Public Agenda: Complexity and the Challenges of the Common Home submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7329 | Submission Open
Keywords: common home; complexity; public theology; religious studies; interculturality; 2030 agenda; Laudato si’ ; sustainable development goals; Pope Francis; transdisciplinarity
Localization, Globalization and Glocalization: Paradigm Shifts in the Study of Transmission and Transformation of Buddhism in Asia and Beyond
edited by Jinhua Chen and Ru Zhan
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1262 | Submission Open
Keywords: localization; globalization; glocalization; world history; Buddhism’ s transborder transmission; sinification of Buddhism
Religions and Violence: Dialogue and Dialectic
edited by Eric Morrow and
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 667 | Submission Open
Buddhism, Science and Technology: Challenges to Religions from a Digitalized World
edited by Jeffrey Theodore Kotyk and Ru Zhan
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open
Keywords: Buddhism and science; artificial intelligence; Buddhism and medicine; Buddhism and printing; Buddhism and mathematics; Buddhism and astronomy
Climate Change and Religion: Challenges, Changes and Next Steps in Theology and Praxis
edited by Ryan LaMothe and Storm Swain
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open
Keywords: Anthropocene; care; climate change; climate distress; eco-emotions; ethics; moral injury; pastoral theology; practical theology; religious experience; trauma
Dolls and Idols: Critical Essays in Neo-Animism
edited by Fabio Gygi and Alisha SAikia
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open
Keywords: animism; neo-animism; dolls; idols; relationality; attachment
Medieval Judaism and Jewish Diaspora: With an Emphasis on Crypto-Judaism
edited by Lúcia Helena Costigan and Gabriel Mordoch
submission deadline 5 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 225 | 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
Saints and Cities: Hagiography and Urban History submission deadline 16 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open
Keywords: history; hagiography; saints; shrines; medieval Europe; cities; urban history; urban life
The Concept of God: The Intersection of Classical Theism and Relational Theism
edited by John C. Peckham
submission deadline 17 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2347 | Submission Open
Keywords: doctrine of God; God– world relationship; classical theism; relational theism; neo-classical theism; attributes of God; nature of God; creator– creature distinction; theology proper; Christianity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Shared Religious Education
edited by , Janet Orchard and Karlo Meyer
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open
Keywords: religious education; shared education; inter-religious learning; worldviews education; interfaith dialogue
Liturgy between Tradition and Contemporary Practice
edited by Pavel Kopeček
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open
Keywords: liturgy and religion; experience; worship; secularity; culture; theology; liturgy; interdisciplinarity; virtuality; ritual; anthropology; celebrating; church; ecclesiology; community
Pastoral and Spiritual Care in Pluralistic Societies submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11375 | Submission Open
Keywords: pastoral care; spiritual care; interreligious; intercultural; spirituality; spiritual needs; health care chaplaincy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences)
Global Catholicism
edited by Bryan Froehle and Massimo Faggioli
submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3685 | Submission Open
Keywords: case study; catholicity; circle method; culture; development of doctrine; ecclesiology; hermeneutics; intercultural theology; interdisciplinarity; method; methodology; Missio Dei; missiology; political economy; practical theology; sensus fidelium; sensus fidelium fidei; synodality; world Christianity; world regions
Medieval Theology and Philosophy from a Cross-Cultural Perspective submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 12235 | Submission Open
Keywords: medieval Christian theology and philosophy; medieval Muslim theology and philosophy; medi-eval Jewish theology and philosophy; medieval cross-cultural study; theology vs philosophy in medieval period; Greek heritage of medieval philosophy and theology
Spirituality, Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10776 | Submission Open
Keywords: spirituality; religion; resilience; trauma; posttraumatic growth; spiritual intelligence; spiritually sensitive practise; best practice
Ideas and Images Serving Christianity: Words Illustrated by Forms and Forms Explained by Words submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9526 | Submission Open
Keywords: Christianity; Cristian doctrine; Patrology; theology; Christian iconography; Church history; medieval culture; Christian society; popular devotion; religious experience; liturgical hymns; interdisciplinary studies; Middle Ages; Renaissance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies)
Worship and Faith Formation
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7139 | Submission Open
Keywords: worship; liturgy; faith formation; ritual studies; practical theology; religious education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Religions and Theologies)
Texts, Interpretations, and Reception Histories in Chinese Christianity
edited by Qinghe Xiao and Naomi Thurston
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6767 | Submission Open
Keywords: texts; interpretations; Chinese Christianity; core terms and concepts; theological reception; recep-tion history; hymns; Chinese Christian literature
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 6092 | 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 5295 | 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 3753 | 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 3560 | 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 2631 | 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 2184 | 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 1518 | Submission Open
Buddhist Art, Artifact and Culture Worldwide
edited by Karil J. Kucera
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1368 | 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 1363 | 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 1238 | Submission Open
Keywords: C. S. Lewis; film; personal heresy; an experiment in criticism; chronicles of Narnia; theology; Christian literary theory; Shadowlands; Disney
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