Call for Chapters: Faith-Based Ethics Education and Student Moral Formulation in Higher Education

Editors

Daniel Scott, Niagara University, United States

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: July 10, 2026
 Full Chapters Due: October 2, 2026
 Submission Date: October 2, 2026

Introduction

The focus in the book is the prevailing challenge of how higher education institutions can provide ethics education, beyond technical rule-following, and create genuinely moral professionals. In the book, the aim will be to explore how a faith-based approach to ethics instruction results in measurable and meaningful impact on student moral reasoning, character formulation, civic identity, and professional conduct. An application of religious ethics, virtue ethics, and character education will help in explaining how theological and philosophical traditions are relevant to contemporary pedagogy. Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and other faith-informed frameworks will be examined as intellectual sources of ethical reasoning and will be integrated into academic environments. Contributors will address: Does faith-based ethics instruction produce students who make better decisions under moral uncertainty? What pedagogical models are most effectively translating faith-grounded principles into transferable professional competencies? How do students of diverse backgrounds respond to faith-integrated curricula? What are the institutional, accreditation, and legal considerations in faith-integrated curricula?

Objective

The first contribution is decreasing the gap in the literature on the impact of specific faith-based pedagogical frameworks. The second impact is that the content of the book will provide the interdisciplinary perspectives and complexity of ethics education by considering contributions from legal scholars, theologians, psychologists, and education researchers. The third contribution is providing actionable frameworks that can be translated into practice.

Target Audience

The primary audience for this publication includes: • Researchers and scholars in education, ethics, religious studies, public administration, law, psychology, and the social sciences. • Faculty in undergraduate and graduate programs in ethics, law, business, public policy, healthcare, social work, and related fields. • Administrators and curriculum designers at faith-affiliated universities and colleges, as well as at secular institutions developing values-based programming. • Graduate and doctoral students pursuing research in ethics education, character development, or religious and moral philosophy. • Policymakers and accrediting bodies engaged in standards development for professional ethics instruction. • Chaplains, campus ministers, and student affairs professionals who are invested in the moral formation of students. • Practitioners in law, medicine, business, and public service who are involved in continuing professional ethics education.

Recommended Topics

Sample Topics • Theological Roots of Moral Reasoning in Education • Virtue Ethics and Character Education • Designing a Faith-Integrated Ethics Course • Case-Based Learning and Moral Imagination in Faith-Informed Classrooms • Service-Learning and Faith-Grounded Ethical Formation • Digital Technologies, Online Learning, and the Delivery of Faith-Based Ethics Instruction • Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, and Faith-Based Ethical Frameworks • Measuring Moral Reasoning Development in Students Exposed to Faith-Based Ethics Instruction • How Faith-Based Ethics Courses Shape Personal Values and Civic Engagement • Faith-Based Ethics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities • Legal Boundaries of Faith-Based Instruction in Public Universities • Faith-Based Ethics in Legal Education and the Formation of Ethical Lawyers • Faith-Based Ethics for Preparing Morally Grounded Public Servants

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 10, 2026, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by July 24, 2026 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by October 2, 2026, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Faith-Based Ethics Education and Student Moral Formulation in Higher Education. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference", "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2027.

Indexing Information for Prospective Authors

IGI Global Scientific Publishing meets the criteria for inclusion in major indexing services such as Scopus; however, it is important to note that all indexing decisions are made independently by these services. IGI Global Scientific Publishing books are selectively indexed by the indexing organization after publication. Indexing cannot be guaranteed for any book prior to publication, and the indexing organization has complete control over the final selection and timeline.

Important Dates

July 10, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
July 24, 2026: Notification of Acceptance
October 2, 2026: Full Chapter Submission
November 13, 2026: Review Results Returned
December 11, 2026: Final Acceptance Notification
December 18, 2026: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

Daniel Scott, Ph.D., J.D.
Niagara University
DanielUScott@gmail.com
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