In this edition the guest editors, Andrea Rota and Oliver Krüger, invite us to reflect on the dynamic relationships between religion, media, and community. The special issue returns to a fundamental question of social theory concerning the constitution of human bonds in religious contexts but extends the investigation beyond the analysis of face-to-face interaction to discuss the various roles played by media and mediated communication.

In "Coptica Palatina" 25 editions of Coptic literary, magical texts, private letters, as well as legal and administrative documents are presented by young scholars taking part in an International Summer School for Coptic Papyrology in Heidelberg in 2012. The texts originate from different regions of Middle and Upper Egypt and are datable to the 6^th–12^th centuries CE.

The latest double issue of the Journal of Transcultural Studies deals with transcultural aspects and legal, institutional and political issues in Japan, China, Vietnam and Korea in the decades before and after 1900.

The topics of standardization and linguistic criticism as well as linguistic purism and linguistic criticism are dealt with in the latest editions of HESO. Vol. 2 focusses on standardization processes in German, English, French, Italian and Croatian, while Vol. 3 highlights linguistic purism as a critique of different structures and elements of a language.

What effects does climate change have and how should science, politics and society deal with it? 23 scientists from the University of Heidelberg answer these and other exciting questions about the hot topic "HEISS & KALT" in a total of 16 contributions to the current issue of the research magazine Ruperto Carola.

Inside the latest volume of Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet you will find insightful contributions on the topics of religion on the internet (by Maria Sharapan and Franz Winter), religion and gaming (By Benjamin Jozef Banasik, Heidi Rautalahti and Michaela Šimonová) and religion and virtual reality (by Stefan Piasecki).