Christian Spirituality Unit
The Christian Spirituality Program Unit is seeking proposals for papers on the topics listed below. Proposals which include some visual component and/or audio component to increase interest, accessibility and participant engagement will be rated higher in the selection process.
- Deepening and Expanding on the Work of the Recently Published, The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research & Experience (OUP, 2022)
- Spiritualities of Death and Dying: Mortality and Finitude
- Spirituality, Pedagogy and Response to Student Indifference in the Classroom
- Spirituality and the Erotic: Resources Within the Christian Traditions to Frame the Erotic as a Positive Life-giving Influence
- Exploring the Divide between Christian Spirituality and Psychology/Human Sciences
- A Critical Analysis of how the Lives and Experiences of Persons with Disabilities and/or their Communities Express Spirituality in Distinctive, Constructive, or Liberative ways.
- Orthodox Christianity and Mysticism
This Unit serves as a forum for scholars working in the interdisciplinary field of Christian spirituality. It is committed to the following: • Developing, refining, and demonstrating appropriate methodologies for the academic study of spirituality. • Exploring models for describing and facilitating interdisciplinary conversation on the nature of spirituality among religion scholars of all perspectives and religions. • Initiating discussion in the field of global spirituality, both religious and secular. • Articulating the connections between scholarship and spiritual practice. • Ensuring diversity in denominational affiliation, gender, race, and ethnic backgrounds.
| Chair | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Beringia Zen | beringia.zen@avera.org | - | View |
| David B. Perrin, University of Waterloo | dperrin@uwaterloo.ca | - | View |