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The Arts, Media, Literature, and Religion
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Charles Gillespie, Sacred Heart University (CT)
The Arts, Literature, Media, and Religion section of the College Theology Society cordially invites proposals for papers, presentations, provocations, projects, performances, and panels. The 2021 convention theme, “The Human in a Dehumanizing World: Re-Examining Theological Anthropology and Its Implications” invites us to reconsider how creativity, artistry, the design of the built environment, stories, and culture condition, inspire, or possibly constrict theological imaginations and understanding.
The section particularly seeks proposals that address the ways various arts, literatures, media, and religious aesthetics shape, occasion, and challenge our reflection on humans in a dehumanizing world. We invite a wide array of engagements with novels, film, media, poetry, painting, music, sculpture, drama, and architecture. The section also warmly welcomes proposals that approach the arts, media, and literature from more systematic, historical, theoretical, or practical perspectives.
In addition to proposals for traditional conference papers and works in progress, the Arts, Literature, Media, and Religion section especially encourages non-traditional submissions in the form of proposals for alternative formats including, but not limited to: seminar-style discussions about novels, plays, or films; the submission of original artwork, poetry, short stories, or performance as theology; author-meets-critics panels; roundtable discussions.
Non-specialists in the study of the arts, literature, media, or religion and theology are encouraged to view this section as an opportunity to stretch their interpretive vistas. Graduate students and newer members of the CTS have found a warm reception in our section.
Some ideas to kickstart your thinking about this year’s theme include, but are by no means limit them:
Please e-mail your 200-300 word abstract to gillespiec4@sacredheart.edu by January 15, 2021. In your proposal, please include the title of your project, your name, institutional affiliation, and any audio/visual needs. Feel welcome to contact Charles Gillespie at the above address with any questions or concerns.