Collection Of Essays On African Traditional Religions/African Diasporic Religious Belief Systems
Proposals are invited for an edited collection of scholarly essays and autobiographical essays on African Traditional Religions/African Diasporic Religious belief systems. The editors of this collection seek to explore the following questions (but are not limited
to such queries): Who are ATR practitioners? How do they function in African Diasporic communities where Christianity and/or Islam religious practices are expected? Who is out of the "broom closet"? Should they be out of the "broom closet"? How do they define
relationships, associations, and/or boundaries with other religious/cultural traditions—and where do boundaries become less certain? What are their intersections with other communities of faith or identity? How are ATR practitioners transforming discourses
on communal and/or national ethics and morality, as well as complicating or challenging notions of cultural unity? How do literary genres such as speculative fiction, science fiction, and/or Afro-futurism create or expand discursive practices, as well as explore
cultural performances of identities, transgressions and/or subversions of boundaries,borders, and traditions with regard to ATR?
Submitted proposals may explore but are not limited to the following areas of focus in their essays:
* GLBT involvement in ATR
* Youth and ATR
* Identity Politics and ATR
* Multiracial/Multicultural participation in ATR practices
* Orthodox/Non-Orthodox notions of ATR praxis/ritual, exclusionary politics
* Paganisms and ATR
* ATR and corporate workspaces
* Legal issues and ATR
* Sexism and ATR
* Gender and ATR
* ATR and Scientific/Medical discourse
* ATR and Science Fiction/Afrofuturism/Speculative Fiction
We seek autobiographical, creative, and academic submissions that tackle the complex ways in which African Traditional Religions frame these and other discussions. Abstracts are welcome from a variety of academic disciplines and perspectives.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Abstracts: 250 words in length.
Deadline for Abstracts: February 28, 2010
Deadline for Complete Papers: June 30, 2010
Cherie Ann Turpin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of English
University of the District of Columbia
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