Call for Papers: Black Church Activism and Contested Multiculturalism in Europe, North America, and South Africa Birkbeck, University of London, May 29th – 30th 2012

Call for Papers: Black Church Activism and Contested Multiculturalism in Europe, North America, and South Africa Birkbeck, University of London, May 29th – 30th 2012 November 7, 2011
This conference, which is part of an on going Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race, will bring together academics, church leaders, practitioners and community activists to explore the role that churches play in the construction of identities in societies where issues of race and racism are played out in the public sphere. We are particularly interested in exploring the role and place of black churches in transitional political, religious and cultural contexts. We welcome conceptual, practical and theoretical papers, individual case studies and comparative work exploring the role that churches play or could play in assisting social, political and cultural transformation in multicultural contexts.

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