Spirituality

2025 Call for Papers

Amy Maxey, Oblate School of Theology (TX)

amaxey@ost.edu

Sandra Yocum, University of Dayton (OH)

syocum1@udayton.edu

The Spirituality section of the College Theology Society is seeking paper and panel proposals that explore this year’s theme—“The Locus of the Theological Vocation”—within the context of the study, teaching, and practice of spirituality. We welcome submissions on the following topics:

 

 

  *   The ways in which spiritual practices, models, and communities shape the context of theologians (past or present)

 

  *   The ways in which praying serves as a locus for the theological vocation in the past and the present

 

  *   Challenges and possibilities for spirituality to nurture and sustain the theological vocation in the contemporary academy, Church, and world

 

  *   Contemplative and spiritual pedagogical approaches which sustain and deepen teaching

 

  *   The impact of contextual theologies which raise critical questions about race, gender, class, and the environment on contemporary approaches to spirituality

 

  *   The future of the discipline of spirituality given the decline in structures that support academic theology (such as reduced theological core requirements, fewer full-time positions, etc.)

 

  *   Engagement with or responses to Renewing Theology: Ignatian Spirituality and Karl Rahner, Ignacio Ellacuría, and Pope Francis by J. Matthew Ashley (University of Notre Dame Press, 2022)

 

 

We also welcome other proposals on topics related to spirituality more generally, while giving priority to those that engage the conference theme.

 

Proposals should be 250-500 words in length and should include the scholar’s name, position, and institution, as well as any AV needs anticipated. Proposals are due by December 15, 2024. Please email the spirituality section conveners: Sandra Yocum (syocum1@udayton.edu<mailto:syocum1@udayton.edu>) and Amy Maxey (amaxey@ost.edu<mailto:amaxey@ost.edu>). You must be a CTS member in good standing to present at the conference. Proposals will be reviewed and scholars will be notified of the status of their proposal by mid-January.