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CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Fighting Religion’: Expressions of Violence and Resistance
| Location: | Ontario, Canada |
| Call for Papers Deadline: | 2009-12-04 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-11-12 |
| Announcement ID: |
171996 |
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CALL FOR PAPERS
‘Fighting Religion’: Expressions of Violence and Resistance
Centre for the Study of Religion’s Annual Graduate Symposium University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada 16 April, 2010
Submission deadline: 4 December, 2009
The University of Toronto’s Centre for the Study of Religion extends a cordial call for papers which investigate the links between religion and violence in all of its forms for presentation at the annual graduate symposium on 16 April, 2010. We welcome all submissions relevant to this year’s theme:
Due to a recent rise in various forms of militant religion around the world, the connection between religion and violence has resurfaced as a point of interest for the study of religion. The claim that religion legitimizes violence has become commonplace in many public spaces while also giving way to the rise of equally militant atheistic thought. At the same time, the role played by religion in keeping violence at bay and resisting violence has also attracted the attention of academics, policy makers, government and the general public. The competing claims that religion legitimizes violence, as well as providing an answer to violence, raises a multitude of questions: What is the relationship between religion and violence? How can religious expressions help legitimize or resolve conflict? What place does resistance occupy in discussions of religion and violence? What are the limits of religious discourse for possible contribution to the field of ethics? How can religion be used as a force of political resistance, non-violent or otherwise?
The following sub-fields have been designed to allow for a flexible interpretation of this year’s theme, as well as to encourage submissions reflecting a broad spectrum of interests and disciplines. We are particularly interested in papers that cross disciplinary, geographical, and historical boundaries. The symposium team gladly welcomes abstracts which fall within, or are connected to, these parameters:
-religion and physical/sexual violence -religion and ideological/political violence -religion and colonial/post-colonial violence -religion and psychological violence -religion and trauma -religion and violent or non-violent forms of resistance -political, social and psychological responses to religious violence
Applicants should submit a 250-300 word abstract including the paper’s title, author’s name, affiliation, and contact information to b.greenberg@utoronto.ca on or before December 4th, 2009 to be considered. Participants will be notified of their acceptance by January 15th, 2010.
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