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Meeting Program Units

2022 Annual Meeting

Denver, Colorado

Meeting Begins11/19/2022
Meeting Ends11/22/2022

Call for Papers Opens: 1/19/2022
Call for Papers Closes: 3/18/2022

Requirements for Participation

Pauline Theology


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: Theme 1: Paul and Mental Health. We welcome proposals that address one or more of the following questions (and others) around the theme of mental health: Is Paul interested in mental health by either ancient or modern standards? What is the relationship between the mind and the body in Paul’s thought? What role might the Pauline communities play in mental health? What, if anything, might the Pauline literature contribute to a theological framework for contemporary issues in mental health? Conversely, what might the field of mental health contribute to a Pauline scholar’s reading of the Pauline texts? Do Paul’s letters indicate that Paul himself, his congregants, or his compatriots were struggling with their mental health by ancient standards or according to current evidence-based mental health research? Theme 2: Asian and Asian-American Interpretations of Paul. With the Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics Seminar we invite proposals that address Asian and Asian-American (AA-A) contextual readings of Paul, particularly those that analyze and appropriate Pauline texts and themes as resources for AA-A theological reflection and take into account AA-A identities, histories, and social locations. Proposals may include consideration of one or more of the following issues from AA-A perspectives: What hermeneutical considerations and contributions does AA-A historical experience bring to Pauline interpretation? How do specific Pauline texts or letters contribute to aspects of AA-A theological reflection? How do AA-A perspectives/texts shape or reshape understanding of particular Pauline ‘doctrines’ such as Christology, justification and justice, participation in Christ, faith, grace, law, eschatology, Israel, and so on? How does AA-A interpretation highlight new or previously underexamined aspects of Pauline theology? Which aspects, periods, and/or key figures in AA-A reception-history of Paul should be foregrounded and better understood?

Program Unit Chairs

Douglas Harink
Robert Moses

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