Open and Relational Theologies Unit
Open and Relational Theology outside North America
Open and Relational Theology is a worldwide movement, but many of its researchers are unable to attend the November meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Recognizing this impoverishment, for the online June meeting of the AAR the Open and Relational Theology Unit is issuing a call for papers from relational theologians outside North America. Together, we will explore global developments in this promising worldview. The unit is open to papers on all ORT themes, from any faith tradition, and is hoping for a truly international panel.
The Open and Relational Theologies Unit promotes academic research and discourse on open, relational, and process methods and perspectives (including those of open theism, process philosophy, and other relational and personalists traditions). These explorations tend to be constructive in nature, regularly involving theological and philosophical speculation about the nature of God, freedom, power, relationality, materiality, love, and more. Our Unit's inquiries also explore the implications of open-relational methods and perspectives on a wide range of social, scientific, and spiritual topics. We welcome contributions from across religious traditions.
The ORT Unit is committed to diversity and inclusion. In order to maximize the diversity of our panels, our proposal review process stipulates that proposer names be anonymous to chairs and steering committee members during review but visible to chairs prior to final acceptance or rejection. Further, a successful pre-arranged session or panel proposal must incorporate gender and racial-ethnic diversity; diversity of theoretical method and rank are also highly encouraged.
| Chair | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Janna Gonwa, Gannon University | jannakelly1@gmail.com | - | View |
| Jon Paul Sydnor | jonpaulsydnor@gmail.com | - | View |