Philosophy of Religion Unit

Call for Proposals

In order to foster rich, innovative, and challenging intellectual conversations, the Philosophy of Religion Unit is committed to inclusion. Our Unit expects pre-arranged sessions or panel proposals to incorporate diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, and rank.

The steering committee invites proposals on the following topics:
1. Analytic philosophy and intersectionality
2. Apocalypse and the Anthropocene
3. Judith Butler
4. Niki Kasumi Clements, Sites of the Ascetic Self: John Cassian and Christian Ethical Formation (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020)
5. Enrique Dussel and decolonizing philosophy of religion
6. Indeterminacy and translation
7. J. Lorand Matory, The Fetish Revisited: Marx, Freud, and the Gods Black People Make (Duke University Press, 2018)
8. Indigeneity and sovereignty
Although proposals for individual papers will be given due consideration, we encourage proposals for prearranged "papers sessions" (i.e., an entire session with a designated group of presenters) on these or other topics that will be of interest to philosophers of religion. Proposals have a much greater chance of acceptance if they are written so as to be accessible to philosophers with no expertise on the particular topics or figures dealt with in the proposed paper, and they make very clear the central thesis and main line(s) of argument of the proposed paper.

Statement of Purpose

This Unit analyzes the interface between philosophy and religion, including both philosophical positions and arguments within various specific religious traditions and more generalized philosophical theories about religion. We include in our purview not only traditional topics of Western philosophy of religion but also those arising from non-Western traditions and from the study of religion in a comparative context.

Co-Sponsoring

Chairs

Thomas A. Lewis, Brown University

tlewis@brown.edu

1/1/2016 - 12/31/2021
Lori K. Pearson, Carleton College

lpearson@carleton.edu

1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025

Steering Committee Members

Oona Eisenstadt, Pomona College

oona.eisenstadt@pomona.edu

1/1/2015 - 12/31/2020
Danube Johnson, Harvard University

danube_johnson@g.harvard.edu

1/1/2018 - 12/31/2023
Leah Kalmanson, Drake University

kalmanson@gmail.com

1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
Oludamini Ogunnaike, The University of Virginia

oludamini@gmail.com

1/1/2018 - 12/31/2023
Carol Wayne White, Bucknell University

cwhite@bucknell.edu

1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
Sameer Yadav, Westmont College

syadav@westmont.edu

1/1/2016 - 12/31/2021

Method

INSPIRE

Review Process

Proposals are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection

Review Process Comments

Although proposals for individual papers will surely be given due consideration, we also encourage proposals for prearranged sessions on the topics in our call or on other topics that will be of interest to philosophers of religion. Proposals have a much greater chance of acceptance if they are written so as to be accessible to philosophers with no expertise on the particular topics or figures dealt with in the proposed paper, and they make very clear the central thesis and main line(s) of argument of the proposed paper.

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