Ritual Studies Unit
For the June 2024 online conference, we invite papers that interrogate ritual practice or theory. We are particularly interested in:
Papers on the practice of an open table in Christian Eucharist for a possible co-sponsored session between Open and Relational Theology and the Ritual Studies Unit. We seek papers that examine a wide range of communion practices, with a particular interest in papers that connect to the presidential theme's emphasis on marginality and/or that consider communion practices through the lens of ritual theory.
The internet/online space as a medium for ritual, requesting papers that can somehow incorporate the medium of delivery (virtual) as a form of ritual expression or experience.
This Unit provides a unique venue for the interdisciplinary exploration of ritual — broadly understood to include rites, ceremonies, religious and secular performances, and other ritual processes — in their many and varied contexts, and from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.
| Chair | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Houseman | jmichaelhouseman@gmail… | - | View |
| Joy Palacios | joypalacios@gmail.com | - | View |