[Asec] CFP: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion DUE 15 April 2022

[Eugene Clay]

       2022 Call for Papers
Religion, Racial Unrest and Pandemics
https://sssreligion.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers/
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Call for Papers
November 11-13, 2022 | Renaissance Baltimore Harbor Place Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland USA

https://sssreligion.org/annual-meeting/call-for-papers/

As of January 14, 2022, the global coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 846,000 Americans and over 5.52 million worldwide and contributed to a worldwide recession. Racial-group membership determines who is most at risk to exposure and dying from COVID. In the USA and globally, concerns about surviving the pandemic coincide with increased awareness and worry about the police's disproportionate use of lethal force against citizens of African descent in countries such as the United States, Columbia, France, and Great Britain.
A deep concern for the public health and the safety of socially vulnerable people is leading religious leaders and laity to participate in social forums and protest marches and to contact elected officials placing a high priority on the social welfare, health, and safety of communities. There is evidence of increased online Zoom congregational meetings about racial tolerance, friendships across racial and ethnic lines, as well what must be done to eradicate racialized policing and surveillance. Moreover, multinational entities such as the United Nations, Target, General Motors, the World Council of Churches, and the U.S. Department of State are publicly avowing to support anti-racism policies.
The SSSR encourages proposals for its 2022 Annual Meeting that examine the role that religion plays in the positions that individuals and groups take on these and other quality of life issues in the USA and globally. We also encourage proposals that examine the degree to which religion influences individual and collective behaviors in response to these issues. We are particularly interested in how race, class, citizenship, and nationality determine the saliency of religion to how individuals think and respond to the pandemic, anti-Black police violence, and other quality of life issues. We, of course, also welcome proposals on any topic on the scientific study of religion.


Dr. J. Eugene Clay, PhD, Associate Professor of Religious Studies,
School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, Arizona State University
Coor Hall 4570, PO Box 874302, Tempe, AZ 85287-4302
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