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Black Theology Unit

Call for Proposals for November Meeting

The Black Theology Unit invites individual papers and panel submissions on the topics identified below and proposals on additional topics of interest that advance the discipline of Black theology. In accordance with the 2024 theme: "Violence, Nonviolence, and the Margin," we invite submissions that explore black theological discourse through topics such as:

  • Black Theology and Hope/Black Aliveness
  • Black Theology and the 2024 Election
  • Black Theology and Theories of Violence
  • Black Theology and the Legacies of Bishop Carlton Pearson
  • Black Theology and Pentecostalisms
  • Black Theology and Black Time
  • Black Theology and the Question of the Human
  • Black Theology and Liberative Practice
  • Black Theology and Affect
  • Black Theology and Public Health Concerns
  • Black Theology and Black Evangelicalism
  • Black Theology and Quare/Queer Theory
  • Black Theology and Ecological Violence

We also invite paper and/or panel submissions on:

  • New directions and methods in the field of Black Theology
  • Violence in Black Theology
  • Books recently authored by Black religious scholars
  • The Relevance/Irrelevance of Black Theology
  • The Future of Black Theology.

Statement of Purpose

The Black Theology Unit seeks to further develop Black theology as an academic enterprise. This is accomplished, in part, by providing opportunities for intellectual exchange related to the fundaments of Black theology’s content and form. In addition, the Unit seeks to broaden conversation by bringing Black theology into dialogue with other disciplines and perspectives on various aspects of African diasporic religious thought and life.

Chairs

Steering Committee Members

Method

Other

Review Process

Proposer names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members