CALL
FOR PAPERS
Confirmed
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Jacob Olupona (Harvard)
Prof. Kim Knott (Leeds)
Prof. Pål Repstad (Agder, Norway)
Christianity
in the 21st century is characterised by rapid change, by both
steep decline in membership in some areas, but resurgence in other
contexts. At the same time, contemporary Christianity incorporates
(sometimes uncomfortably) new forms and hybridisations. The lived
experience and performance of Christianity in the West appears
to be shifting according to influences from late-modern consumer
and media cultures. World Christianities are increasingly influential
and migration and diaspora Christianities are (re) shaping Christianity
in the West. Meanwhile, far from disappearing from the agendas
and language of the public arena, Christianity continues to excite
debates around the place and importance of religion in the public
arena, as well as discourses of citizenship, equality and well-being.
We
invite proposals for papers which explore issues surrounding the
broad theme of the conference. We particularly welcome papers
which fall into three sub-themes we have identified:
1. Contemporary Christian Performance and Belief;
2. World Christianities and migration or diaspora Christianities;
3. Christianity in the Public Arena.
Individual
paper proposals (max. 200 words) or proposals for panels of three
or four related papers (max. 300 words) should be submitted by
October 31st, 2009.
Topics
may include: World Christianities; post-Christianity; decline
of Christianity, as well as Christian growth or resurgence; mission
and reverse mission; Christianity and young people; the influence
of alternative spiritualities on Christianity; hyphenated Christian
identities (Buddhist-Christians, Pagan-Christians, etc.); new
Christian movements; contemporary pilgrimage or (youth) festivals;
Christianity in areas of social deprivation; social movements
and Christianity; Christianity and the (new) media; Christianity
and popular culture; Christianity and gender; Christianity and
sexuality; Christianity and other religions, including indigenous
religions; contemporary Christian ritual; Christianity and economics;
Christianity and politics; Christianity and education; Christianity
and the law; migration and diaspora Christianities; Christianity
and healthcare; Christianity and public life.
The
conference for 2010 is co-hosted by the University of Edinburgh
Institute of Geography and the School of Divinity (Religious Studies/the
Centre for the Study of World Christianity). The academic organising
committee are:
Giselle
Vincett (gvincett@ed.ac.uk)
Afe Adogame (a.adogame@ed.ac.uk)
Betsy Olson (eolson@ed.ac.uk).
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