Biblical Literature and the Hermeneutics of Trauma

Call For Papers: The Biblical Literature and Hermeneutics of Trauma section has created a call for papers for three sessions: A) the first will be a panel – co-sponsored by the Biblical Literature and the Hermeneutics of Trauma unit, The Paul & Politics unit, and The Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible unit – inviting proposals addressing the traumatic impact of white supremacy as built within biblical scholarship. Proposals may engage questions of 1) critical race theory, 2) feminist theory that analyzes the ramifications of white supremacy on gendered readings of texts 3) racial trauma perpetuated by the biblical texts or their reception history, and/or 4) politics in any aspect of the contemporary study of Pauline scholarship, the Pauline legacy, and/or contemporary communities using these texts. Proposals may also construct scholarship beyond whiteness as a center (i.e., conversations in Afropessimism or Afrofuturism). Successful proposals will outline biblical texts and critical theorists employed in their interpretations. B) The second will be co-sponsored with the Paul within Judaism unit and will consist of an invited panel of NT scholars that will present the strengths and limitations for applying trauma theory to NT studies along with examples. C) The third will be an open session to which we invite proposals of all types that seek to interpret biblical text through the lens of trauma theory(s).

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