Rhetoric Race and Religion
Religion in California
April 24-25, 2014
University of California, Berkeley
Call for Papers
We invite proposals for a symposium on “Religion in California” to be held at the University of California, Berkeley, in April 2014. This California American Studies Association (CASA) special symposium is co-sponsored with Berkeley’s Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program (RPGP), the Theological Engagement with California’s Culture Project (TECC), the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion (BCSR), and Graduate Theological Union.
The symposium will feature a keynote discussion with Dr. Matthew Avery Sutton (author of Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America), Dr. Lois A. Lorentzen (co-editor of On the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana) and Rev. Dr. Joy Moore (Associate Dean of African American Church Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary).
We invite individual proposals that deal with any aspect of religion in California, but we are particularly interested in works that interact with the path breaking scholarship of Sutton and Lorentzen et. al. and/or theological features within the state. Proposals that focus upon some combination of immigration and movement, politics and social movements, and/or theology and culture will be preferred. Proposals should range from 250 to 1,000 words and will be considered through December 15, 2013. Selected participants will be notified by January 1, 2014.
The symposium will be relatively small with panels held on Friday, April 25. Participants will be expected to attend several selected panels and also participate in the opening keynote discussion on Thursday, April 24 and the closing conversation on Friday, April 25.
Please direct any questions and submit proposals to: Lynne Gerber (l.gerber@berkeley.edu), Edward J. Blum (eblum@mail.sdsu.edu), and/or Jason Sexton (Jason@teccproject.com
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