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African Religions Unit and Body and Religion Unit
Call for Proposals
Embodiment in African Religions
African religious cultures, both historically and to date, are intricately connected to embodiment. The body appears as a locus of self, spirit and divinity, and it mediates morality, belief, and experience. The embodied nature of African religions – indigenous religions, Christianity, Islam and other traditions – calls into question longstanding Western dualisms such as of body and mind, spirit and matter, transcendence and immanence, ability and disability. Papers in this panel explore the complex and multifaceted ways in which religion and the body in African religions are intertwined. (For a possible co-sponsorship between the African Religions Unit and the Body and Religion Unit.)
Sponsors
Chairs
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David Amponsah, University of Pennsylvania1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Megan Adamson Sijapati, Gettysburg College1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Adriaan Van Klinken, University of Leeds1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Katherine C. Zubko, University of North Carolina, Asheville1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
Steering Committee Members
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Wesley Barker, Mercer University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Sara Fretheim, University of Muenster1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Yudit K. Greenberg, Rollins College1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Georgette Ledgister, Harvard University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Mary Nyangweso, East Carolina University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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George Pati, Valparaiso University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Devaka Premawardhana, Emory University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Tyrone C. Ross, Temple University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Funlayo Easter Wood, African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Naomi Worth, University of Virginia1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
Method
INSPIRE
Review Process
Proposer names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members