Dear Colleagues,

Attached and below you will find the call for papers for the first Critical Research on Religion conference. It was first scheduled for last June but was postponed until June 2022 due to Covid.

Call for Papers

Critical Approaches to the Study of Religion Conference

https://criticaltheoryofreligion.org/meetings/

co-sponsored by The Center for Critical Research on Religion and The School of Social Sciences, Education, and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast

Queens University Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland

June 10, 2022 (welcome reception) – June 13, 2022

co-chairs: Veronique Altglas and Warren S. Goldstein

Theme: This conference aims to bring into conversation scholars of religion in the humanities and social sciences (including theology, religious studies, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, political science, and literature among others) who employ critical approaches to the study of religion. It is particularly interested in the development of critical theoretical frameworks in application to empirical research on religion. The conference will be organized around the following themes:

Session Topics:

1. The Critique of Religion

2. Critical Theology

3. Biblical Criticism

4. Marxism and Religion

5. Liberation Theology

6. Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Study of Religion

7. Critical Theory and Religion

8. Post-structural Approaches to the Study of Religion

9. Critical Religion

10. Critical Ethnographies

11. Post-colonialism, Race, and Religion

12. Religion, Gender, and Sexuality

13. Religion and the Environment

14. Religious and Political Conflict in Northern Ireland

Publications: Authors who deliver papers at the conference will be selectively invited to turn them into articles for special issues of the journal Critical Research on Religion (crr.sagepub.com) or book chapters in edited volumes in the book series “Studies in Critical Research on Religion” (brill.com/scrr).

Registration Fees: £175 full fees for those with regular positions; £85 for graduate students, independent scholars, and contingent faculty. Registration is required for organizing or convening a session, presenting a paper, serving as a panelist, or holding another role in the program. Fees go to pay for receptions and other expenses. Registration fees are nonrefundable.

Deadlines: Deadline for session and paper proposals: January 15, 2022. Abstract length: 150 words per paper. Decisions will be made by March 1, 2022. Registration fees due by March 15, 2022.

Conference registration: TBA

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Send proposals or questions to: Veronique Altglas v.altglas[at]qub.ac.uk and Warren S. Goldstein goldstein[at]criticaltheoryofreligion.org

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Warren S. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Center for Critical Research on Religion
1340 Centre Street, Suite 103
Newton Centre, MA 02459 USA
1(617) 678-2180
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www.criticaltheoryofreligion.org
 

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Critical Research on Religion
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Studies in Critical Research on Religion
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