Call for Papers: De Ethica Special Issue: Ethics in Diversity – Intercultural and Interreligious Ethics
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De Ethica Special Issue: Ethics in Diversity – Intercultural and Interreligious Ethics
Publication 2026
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 15, 2026
Topic Areas: Ethics; Ethics and Human Rights; Theological Ethics; Social and Political Philosophy.
The editors of De Ethica are pleased to announce a special issue in 2026 on Ethics in Diversity – Intercultural and Interreligious Ethics.
Over the last decades, the awareness of the plurality of human understandings of the world and of the self as well as of cultural and religious diversity has increased significantly. In the current era of global divergences and transformations, the encounters with a multiplicity of convictions, beliefs, and ways of life present both profound opportunities and significant ethical challenges. This issue of DeEthica seeks to explore the multifaceted dimensions of intercultural and interreligious ethics.
In pluralistic societies, diverse cultural perspectives and lifestyles are a reality which can lead to tensions especially in the political realm, as they raise questions about how to live well together and can challenge traditional power structures and concepts of sovereignty and identity. Intercultural ethical analysis and ethical theories need to consider cultural differences theoretically while also providing a framework for relating to different cultural perspectives.
Simultaneously, critical theory and post-colonial studies challenge hegemonic power structures globally, both in thought and in practice. They point to the richness of non-Western intellectual traditions and (self-)critically reflect on the European-Western tradition and Eurocentric forms of ethics – raising the question of whether entirely new versions of ethics are necessary.
Which methodologies are suitable and what role does ethics play concerning the influence of past experiences and their narratives in diverse contexts? What are the differences and commonalities between interreligious and intercultural ethics considering that interreligious ethics do not only pertain to an ethics for interreligious dialogue? For interreligious ethics, hermeneutical questions alongside comparative perspectives on applied ethical questions are also of relevance. These are some of the questions which articles in this DeEthica issue can raise.
We invite submissions on all aspects of this topic. Questions and issues include but are not limited to:
- Theoretical frameworks for intercultural ethics
- Hermeneutics and normative ethics as approaches to interculturalism
- Concepts of interreligious ethics
- Interfaith dialogue and ethical frameworks for religious diversity
- “Buen vivir”, “hospitality” or “conviviality” as response to nationalism, racism, ethnicity, white supremacy, anti-Muslim racism, antisemitism and discrimination of religious minorities
- Inclusion and Exclusion and the role of ethics
- Diverse notions of self, other, and community
- The role of ethics in policymaking for multicultural societies and international relations
- Technology, media and ethics in intercultural communication
- Political and economic power and agency through the lens of intercultural/ interreligious ethics
- Diverse relations to nature and to science
- The role of law, human rights, and the protection of minorities in relation to ethics
- Comparative studies of ethical traditions across cultures and religions and applied ethical issues
The deadline for submissions to the thematic issue is February 15, 2026. All submissions will be subjected to rigorous blind review. Submissions should be between 4,000 and 8,000 words in length. For further submission requirements, format, and referencing style, refer to the Author Guidelines on the De Ethica website: https://de-ethica.com/about/submissions
Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review and submitted through the De Ethica website https://de-ethica.com/about/submissions
De Ethica is committed to a speedy and author-friendly review process; in most cases, the editors will notify the authors of their decision within three months.
De Ethica seeks to publish scholarly works at the intersections of philosophical, theological, and applied ethics. It is a fully peer-reviewed, open-access publication hosted by Linköping University Electronic Press. We are committed to making papers of high academic quality accessible to a wide audience.
De Ethica is published in cooperation with Societas Ethica, the European Society for Research in Ethics.
If you have any questions regarding research issues, contact the guest editors of this special issue: Professor Gotlind Ulshöfer at gotlind.ulshoefer@eh-darmstadt.de or Lea Schlenker at lea.schlenker@uni-tuebingen.de . You can also contact our executive editor, Lars Lindblom at lars.lindblom@liu.se. For practical issues, please contact our assistant editor, Martin Langby at martin.langby@teol.uu.se.
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