Call for Papers Call for papers 2019 – 42nd Implicit Religion Conference “Religion and the Encounter” The notion of an encounter is a broad one, but a relevant one in current times. The 21st century is still having to come to terms with how we handle, process and understand the encounters we …
Call for proposals for chapters in an edited collection with the working title Religion and Domestic Design This collection aims to re-orient the study of religion and the arts away from high art and towards the quotidian, as well as away from the gaze and towards physical interaction with the material. I’m particularly interested in …
The Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM) is pleased to announce its first annual conference, to be held at the University of Bedfordshire (Bedford Campus) 27-28 June 2019. The theme of the conference is The Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements: Critical and Interdisciplinary Approaches. The aim of the conference …
Call for papers Love: Contemporary Perspectives in Literature, Philosophy, and Theology UiT-The Arctic University, Tromsø, Norway: September 5-7, 2019 What is love? Why is it so important in our lives? And why should we think about it? The subject of love is of enormous importance to our daily lives, as love sustains us and gives meaning …
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A review of the 2018 conference, ‘The Place of Truth‘, by ISRLC member Dr Deborah Lewer.
Members, Those who had the privilege of being at the 19thbiennial ISRLC conference in Uppsala, Sweden (28-30 September, 2018) experienced yet another full programme of engaging discussion and debate in a richly interdisciplinary environment, this time on the theme of “The Place of Truth”. We are grateful to our hosts, Mattias Martinson of Uppsala University …
The 19th Biennial Conference for the International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture The Place of Truth Uppsala University and Stockholm School of Theology 28-30 September, 2018 http://isrlc2018.se The nature of truth is as debated as it is difficult to define. Yet it is a matter of fundamental importance. If we are not quite …
Theopoetics Special Issue of Literature and Theology Call for Papers The leading interdisciplinary journal Literature and Theology (Oxford University Press) is publishing a special issue on theopoetics. Submissions are invited on any aspect of this theme, including: · theopoetics in historical theology · theopoetics in constructive theology · theopoetics as creative practice · theopoetics and the revisioning of theology · theopoetics and politics …
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On Friday 27th October 2017, Literature, Theology and the Arts at Glasgow will be holding a day colloquium with the theme ‘Writing on the Wall: Literature and Theology For This World’. As well as celebrating the past and present contribution of Literature, Theology and the Arts at Glasgow, the day will explore the role of …
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Given the increasing discontent in gender studies with constructivism’s (in)ability to account for material protests against cultural constructions, especially in studies of aging, disability, queer identities, and the environment, we ask if there are new insights from across disciplines to be gained by testing constructivist understandings up against posthuman and new materialist approaches to gender …
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