I am seeking fellow presenters for a panel on religion and material culture in America for ASA 2006 conference in Oakland, California. Since the work of ASA strives to be interdisciplinary, I seek panel participants from many disciplines including (but not limited to) history, religious studies, American studies, sociology, etc.

The purpose this panel is two-fold to explore the role of material culture in lives of religious Americans as well as to show how the study of religious things inserts people and practices that might be overlooked in narratives of American culture, past and present. I encourage a diversity of papers on religious things, which could range from architecture to art to clothing to books to other sacred objects.

If you are interested, please send me a proposal, no more than 500 words, as well as an abbreviated CV to kjb6056@fsu.edu by December 21st, 2005. Please contact me off-list.

Thanks,
Kelly Baker
Department of Religion
Florida State University