Law, Religion, and Culture Unit
The Law, Religion, and Culture Unit welcomes proposals for individual papers, papers sessions, and roundtable panel proposals, including author-meets-critics sessions, on any aspect of the cultural, historical, critical, and comparative study of the intersections of law and religion globally. For this inaugural June session, we are particularly interested in work focusing on:
- Questions of law, privacy, and technology, given the rise of AI and matters like veil bans and facial recognition technology
- Rights’ discourse
- The bureaucracy and paperwork that shapes religion and law
- The carceral state
Statement of Purpose:
This Unit is interested in the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and comparative studies of the interrelationships of law and religion. The terms “law” and “religion” are broadly conceptualized and our interests have extended to include ancient and contemporary contexts and a wide variety of critical approaches. We hope to instigate consideration of religion and law issues at the AAR beyond issues concerning religious freedom and the United States Constitution.