SPIRIT POLITICS

For the Fall 2002 issue of CRITICAL SENSE, the University of California, Berkeley's graduate journal of political and cultural theory, we invite submissions from graduate students nationally and internationally on the turns, returns, or turn-offs of theology, religion, spirituality, or spirit (historical or contemporary) in cultural and political theory and practice. We are especially interested in papers that consider the nexus of religion or spirituality and gender, sexuality, or sexual culture; the role of "religious" discourse in local, regional, or global geopolitics, pre- or post-September 11; and recuperations of religious thought in the theory, philosophy, literature, art, and political praxis of the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, the Arab world, the Pacific world, and their diasporas.

We also welcome book reviews on any topic, whether related or unrelated to the issue's theme.

Papers should be no more than thirty pages; reviews, no more than ten. All submissions must be delivered on or postmarked by FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2002, to the following address:

Questions? Contact the editors at the email address below. ********************************************************************

CRITICAL SENSE brings a high level of theoretical sophistication to interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue. It publishes innovative and serious scholarship by graduate students and helps nurture a new generation of scholars doing cutting-edge work in the humanities and social sciences.

--Lydia H. Liu, Professor of Comparative Literature and Helmut F. Stern Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Michigan ********************************************************************