Deadline for proposals: January 15, 2022:
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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