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Performance and Spirituality
The Journal of the Institute for the Study of Performance and  
Spirituality

CFP: "Delineating the Field": Submission Deadline, May 15, 2007.


(The Institute for the Study of Performance and Spirituality is an  
emerging research center that operates in association with the Martin  
E. Segal Theatre Center of The Graduate Center, of the City  
University of New York.)

Performance and Spirituality—a new peer-reviewed, annually-published  
online journal dedicated to examining intersections of new and  
alternative forms of spirituality/religion and theatre/performance—is  
seeking articles for the first issue, entitled "Delineating the  
Field." A "new" and/or "alternative" spirituality/religion refers to  
any such movement, current, or worldview that is perceived as somehow  
outside of the "traditional," "dominant," or "mainstream" conventions  
of the society/societies in which it appears. Examples might include  
alchemy, Falun Gong, freemasonry, Santeria, neo-paganism, the  
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, spiritualism, the  
contemporary Christian rapture culture—and many others. The purpose  
of this issue is to reveal the richness, breadth, and diversity of  
this field of study, and to show the continuous adaptation and  
transformation of the relationship between religion/spirituality and  
performance/theatre. A non-exhaustive list of possible subjects  
include: historical, cultural, and theoretical analyses of  
performance traditions that are associated with new and alternative  
spiritual/religious movements of any time period; examinations of  
"secular" performances that deal with concepts from new and  
alternative spirituality and religion; articles that employ methods  
from theatre studies, performance studies, and other disciplines  
(i.e. sociology of religion, urban anthropology, etc.) to examine  
relevant performance and theatre.

Illustrations and video clips—even raw quality—are encouraged.   
(Submit video clips, photographs, or images in downloadable form via  
email.)

Please submit articles of 20 to 30 pages in length, accompanied by a  
200-word abstract to Dr. Edmund Lingan at [log in to unmask] by May  
15, 2007, with “Performance and Spirituality Article" in the subject  
header. Manuscripts should be in Times New Roman (12 point) font, and  
double-spaced throughout (including endnotes).  All submissions  
should be prepared according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.  
Submissions must be in PC compatible Microsoft Word. Contributors are  
responsible for obtaining permission and paying costs to reproduce  
any materials, including illustrations and video clips for which they  
do not hold the copyright.  To secure a blind reading, the title of  
the essay, author’s name, mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and  
email address should appear on a separate cover sheet (with the title  
repeated on the first page of the article).

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