Special Issue for Religion & Humanities
Introduction
In an age of rapid technological change, intensified cultural encounters, ecological crises, and renewed public visibility of religion, there is an urgent need for rigorous humanities-based engagement with religious phenomena. Questions of meaning, identity, ethics, social cohesion, and political imagination are deeply entangled with religious ideas, expereinces, practices, and institutions.
This Special Issue on Religion & Humanities invites contributions that explore religion as a dynamic human reality embedded in wider social, cultural, political, environmental, and technological contexts. We particularly welcome works that combine classical approaches such as historical, philological, philosophical, aesthetic, etc., with critical insights from fields such as cognitive science, gender studies, migration studies, peace research, environmental humanities, digital humanities, and beyond.
Dissertia Research Reviews publishes high-quality extended dissertation summaries, full research articles, and review essays. We aim to be a platform for both established and emerging scholars and encourage submissions from diverse geographic, confessional, and methodological backgrounds.
Thematic Areas
Submissions may address (but are not limited to) the following themes:
Religion, Text, Culture, and Interpretation
- Religion, Scripture, Literary and Textual Studies
- Religion, Meaning, and Human Flourishing
- Religion, Media, and Popular Culture
- Religion, Art, and Aesthetics
Philosophy, Thought, and Ethics
- Religion, Philosophy, and Ethics
- Religion, Gender, and Embodiment
- Religion, Law, and Human Rights
Society, Politics, and Public Life
- Religion, Peace, War, Conflict, and Reconciliation
- Religion and Political Studies
- Religion, Economy, and Development
- Religion and Migration
Education, Psychology, and Cognitive Approaches
- Religion and Education Studies
- Religion, Psychology, and Cognitive Science
Environment, Technology, and Global Challenges
- Religion and Environmental Humanities
- Religion and Digital Humanities
- Interreligious and Comparative Studies
Types of Submissions
- Extended Thesis and Dissertation Summaries (approx. 2,000–3,000 words)
- Full Research Articles (approx. 6,000–7,000 words)
- Review Articles / Critical Essays (approx. 1,500–3,000 words)
All submissions undergo rigorous editorial screening and single/double-blind peer review.
Important Dates
- Submission Deadline: 10 January 2026
- Notification of Acceptance: on a rolling basis
- Publication of the Special Issue: February 2026
About the Journal
Dissertia Research Reviews (DRR) is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to innovative research in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. We particularly encourage contributions that cross disciplinary, regional, and methodological boundaries and that foreground voices and perspectives that are often under-represented in global scholarship.
