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'Belief Matters: Religion and the Mind' -- 2009 Graduate Student Conference of The Ohio State University Religious Studies Roundtable
| Location: | Ohio, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2009-06-01 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-05-13 |
| Announcement ID: |
168672 |
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Date: October 2 & 3, 2009
Location: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Keynote: Ann Taves, President-Elect, American Academy of Religion
We invite papers that inquire into religious belief from a variety of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. Relevant fields include cognitive science, religious studies, philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, art, et cetera. Submissions are not limited to scholarly, non-fiction pieces but may include fiction, performance pieces, or any other format that addresses the topic.
Paper Topic Suggestions:
Cognitive approaches to religion
Belief and healing
Theology
Belief and the law
Faith and family
Embodied belief
Belief and politics
Psychology and faith
Philosophy of religion
Belief and subjectivity
Values and religion
Evolution and belief
Religion and identity
Medicine and religion
Magic and the mind
Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to religiousstudiesosu@yahoo.com by June 1, 2009. Submissions should be prepared for blind review. Proposals should not include any identifying names. Contact information should only be in the body of the email and should include your name, email address, mailing address, institution, and title of your paper. Please put the title of the conference Belief Matters in the subject line of your emailed abstract. Questions can be addressed to Keith Padgett (padgett.16@osu.edu) or Lee Wiles-Op (wiles-op.1@osu.edu). A $150 prize will be awarded for the best paper. To be considered for the award, presenters must submit a final draft by September 1st and be present for the entire conference.
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