Bible and Practical Theology
Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes
Call For Papers: Bible and Practical Theology will host four sessions. The first session is an open call and will explore the intersections between the ongoing repercussions of COVID-19 and the Bible. Submissions could explore the impact of ancient plagues and afflictions but also propose modern applications that analyze the enduring consequences of plague and disease, migratory patterns, famine, food access, houselessness, death, disease, isolation, quarantine, and contagion.
The second session invites papers that interrogate the rise and fall of leaders in ancient Israel and the Levant, and their impact on society. Papers should explore the narratives and reception history of Saul, Solomon, David, and other kings in Israel’s history. In particular, papers should explore the social, political, and theological construction of their rise, decline, and eventual fall as well as the prophetic response to the societal impact of their reigns. Papers should not only explore the historical and literary impact of these biblical narratives but also provide insight into the development and decline of trust between contemporary political leadership and various socio-political, ethnic, gendered, and religious groups.
The third session is a joint session with The Bible and Popular Culture unit. Music, art, film, and other media and the Bible in the work of Beyoncé and other contemporary artists have been a vehicle for Womanist and Black Theology. Papers might treat how Black women wrapped up in the work of God in the world resource themselves and each other, use the Bible, treat social ethics, racism, intersectional oppression, and other ideas. The fourth session is a joint session with Intertextuality and New Testament. This session is an invited panel.
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