Call for Proposals

This Group provides a forum in which scholars working on religion and migration from multiple perspectives can interact across methodologies, religious traditions, and regions. For 2012, we are particularly interested in the following topics:

• Teaching strategies for engaging students in issues surrounding immigration, for a cosponsored session with the Teaching Religion Section
• Sexuality and sexual violence that intersects with religion and forced and/or voluntary migration, for a cosponsored session with the Lesbian-Feminist Issues and Religion Group and the Religion and Sexuality Group
• Migration and pilgrimage, for a cosponsored session with the Ritual Studies Group
• Transnational transmissions of Hinduism, for a cosponsored session with the North American Religions Section and North American Hinduism Group
• Migration’s impact on local church communities, for a cosponsored session with the Ecclesiological Investigations Group
• Panel sessions on theoretical issues in religion and migration

Mission

This Group is a forum in which scholars working on religion and migration from multiple perspectives can interact across methodologies, religious traditions, and regions. We solicit papers addressing the religions of migrating peoples that explore a range of the religious needs and practices of uprooted participants who adapt to new environments and impact their societies of origin and destination. We understand religion and migration broadly, from the religious communities of rural migrants in regional cities to the new understandings of religion that second-generation children construct in order to make sense of their ethnic identities. If you are interested in subscribing to our listserv, please contact Jennifer B. Saunders by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Anonymity of Review Process

Proposals are anonymous to Chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection.

Questions?

Jennifer B. Saunders
Stamford, CT
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Susanna Snyder
Episcopal Divinity School
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Method of Submission