Program Unit Online June Annual Meeting 2025

Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Unit

Call for Proposals

The Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society seeks proposals from emerging scholars that utilize womanist methodologies and engage womanist topics. We intend to co-sponsor the June session with the Open and Relational Theologies Unit.

Statement of Purpose

This Unit provides a forum for religious scholarship that engages theoretically and methodologically the four-part definition of a Womanist as defined by Alice Walker. We nurture interdisciplinary scholarship, encourage interfaith dialogue, and seek to engage scholars and practitioners in fields outside the study of religion. We are particularly concerned with fostering scholarship that bridges theory and practice and addresses issues of public policy in church and society.

Review Process: Participant names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection