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Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
Call for Proposals
Saints in Divided Societies
Co-Sponsored by Comparative Approaches to Religion and Violence Unit and Comparative Studies in Religion Unit
In societies where interaction and understanding across diversities of wealth, ethnicity, religion, or political values give way to fear and blame between identity groups, such diversities can ossify into intractable divisions—often (though not always) manifesting as sectarian violence or the closing of physical borders. In such societies, religious phenomena are only ever part of the picture, yet their symbol-systems and invitations to identification and exclusion become particularly motivating in the dynamics of division. This panel focuses attention on how holy people, religious exemplars, or saints (these themselves being contested categories) are constructed and mobilized in divided societies, exploring the ways that saintly figures are understood and used so as to reinforce, undermine, or reconfigure the social divisions in whose interstices they are perceived to move. This panel will be by invitation, but if your work fits the theme and you would like to be considered for an invitation, please email Aaron Hollander (ahollander@geii.org).
Sponsors
Chairs
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Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Oliver Freiberger, University of Texas, Austin1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Diane Fruchtman, Rutgers University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Ivette Vargas-O'Bryan, Austin College1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
Steering Committee Members
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Amarnath Amarasingam, University of Waterloo1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Chad Bauman, Butler University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Yudit K. Greenberg, Rollins College1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Eric Huntington, Rice University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Michael Jerryson, Youngstown State University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Sara Kamali, University of California, Santa Barbara1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Ruqayya Yasmine Khan, Claremont Graduate University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Massimo Rondolino, Carroll University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Roberta Sabbath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Thomas Seat, Princeton Theological Seminary1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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John Soboslai, Montclair State University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Chase L. Way, Claremont Graduate University1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025