Apologies for cross-posting...
The call for papers for the Contemporary Pagan Studies Group
for the American Academy of Religion's 2010 annual meeting
in Atlanta, Georgia.
The online version of the call and further information
will be available in December at the AAR web site:
http://www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/Current_Meeting/
default.asp
The Contemporary Pagan Studies Group invites papers that address one
of the following topics:
1) For session with Men's Studies in Religion Group, Pagan
Masculinities: Male Identity,
Gender Injustice and Power Relations. Who are the Pagan men, how is
their understanding
of masculinity constituted, and how are they affected by the
emphasis on the feminine in Pagan spirituality?
2) Paganism, Ethnicity and Ultra-Nationalism. The Right has increased
representation
in the European Parliament and some of those elected are Pagans with
concerns about
boundaries, immigration and ethnicities. We welcome papers that
investigate this
growing phenomenon and the contentious issues that arise from it.
3) Idolatry and Tangible Sacrality: The Conversation Continues. This
panel generated
such excellent discussion at the 2009 meeting, we felt it important
to explore it further.
4) For session with the New Religious Movements Group, papers on
African-inspired
religious traditions, such as Santeria, Vodun, Yoruba, and Candomble,
especially as those in the southeast US.
Chas S. Clifton,
Contemporary Pagan Studies Group steering committee
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