Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit
With curiosity about future directions for feminist theory and religious reflection, we invite proposals on interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary topics, stories, questions, and/or issues that are nascent or understudied. Examples of multi-disciplinary approaches may include: theories of religion and climate psychology, queer theory and the religious/secular binary, reproductive labor and indigenous land care practices, fat studies and ecological ethics, theories of play and violence, and other intersections. Preference will be given to proposals that include methodological reflections about the “how” and the “why” of emergent transdisciplinary explorations.
This Unit has consistently provided programmatic space for a wide variety of feminist theories, including feminist theology, queer theory, continental feminist theory, feminist political theory, etc., as these intersect with a broad understanding of “religious reflection”, including institutional religious settings, or intersections of religion and culture, religion and aesthetics, religion and the body, and religion and nature. As the 21 century commences, FTRR will plan to invigorate feminist analyses of religious discourse within a global setting. Urgent concerns include forms of religious violence and climate crises, among others.