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We invite researchers, scholars, and professionals interested in submitting articles for the thematic issue: “Religious Plurality and Interstitial Experiences: New Paths for the Study of Religion.”

This issue seeks to reflect on the contemporary religious phenomenon in its interaction with a culturally plural society marked by profound social, cultural, and environmental transformations. Inspired by the initiatives of the Research Group “Multiples: Religious Plurality and Dialogue,” the issue proposes a space to explore the dynamism and multiplicity present in religious, spiritual, and secular practices, with a focus on inter-religious, interfaith, and transreligious experiences. The goal is to bring together contributions that advance the understanding of practices and religious discourses that transcend institutional frameworks or normative hegemonies, giving visibility to subaltern, hybrid, and peripheral experiences. In this context, studies addressing practices and experiences in border zones are expected, highlighting “in-between places” as spaces of encounter and transformation, challenging institutional paradigms, and promoting new readings of inter-religious and interfaith practices. Critical investigations and decolonial perspectives on the relationships, similarities, and contrasts between different religious and spiritual traditions are also encouraged, aiming to rethink Eurocentric narratives on plurality and exploring how religious systems respond to cultural pluralism and contemporary issues of justice and sustainability.

We encourage theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions that engage with these topics, aiming to address diversity and multiplicity as central aspects of religious experience.

All submitted articles will be subject to double-blind peer review, provided they align with the proposed theme and the journal's guidelines. We are also open to receiving academic papers on other themes for the general topics section, as well as book reviews. Articles submitted for this issue must be sent through this platform by April 30, 2025.

Coordination of the Issue:

Maria Cecília Simões (PhD in Religious Studies – Permanent Professor at PPCIR)

Carolina Duarte Guimarães (PhD in Religious Studies from PPCIR)

Paulo Henrique Lopes (PhD in Religious Studies from PPCIR)

Gisele Rangel Maia (PhD candidate in Religious Studies at PPCIR)