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- We are looking for students/faculty and staff to lead, coordinate, or serve in online liturgies/ gatherings for prayer that would be regularly scheduled throughout the semester. There are many opportunities for participation at different levels. Please share your gifts and ideas with the community. If interested, fill out the following survey or contact Paul Kircher, pkircher@scu.edu.
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JST Announcements
- The Office of Student Life is beginning to plan for various kinds of community life activities for the fall. Please fill out the following survey to indicate your interests.
- Students, faculty and staff: the fall 2020 directory is in the works! If you need to make a change/correction to your information from the past, please contact Mary Beth Lamb, melamb@scu.edu. If you have never been in the directory before, please submit this survey. You can also upload a new photo if you don't want to use the one from your student ID, but it needs to be a headshot against a solid background.
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Students interested in academic writing coaching and tutoring should contact the Writing Program Coordinator Laura Dunn by email at ldunn@scu.edu, or by phone (510) 519-8313 to set up an appointment. First priority is given to students writing their theses and dissertations. Writing labs (open to everyone) start on Wednesday, September 23, 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. PDT. The first will be an introduction to Academic Theology and Religion in the North American Academy. A recording of the lab will be posted on the writing program moodle page the following Friday.
- The 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge is a 21-day journey conducted online by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, with different opportunities to learn, pray, and act for racial equity. It is designed to fit into one's daily life. If you would like to make this journey in the company of others at JST, please contact Paul Kircher, pkircher@scu.edu, and we will put those with the same interest in touch with each other to form a JST group.
- The add/drop period for registration ends on Friday, Sept. 18.
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Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement
In today's climate, politics seems messy and dysfunctional. We may find ourselves growing angry at those who see things differently, or simply detaching from current events out of frustration. Many think that the Church should stay out of politics altogether.
But Pope Francis reminds us that "Good Catholics meddle in politics... Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good."
Faithful Catholics can and do disagree on which parties or candidates would best serve the common good. But good faith disagreements are no reason for inaction or for turning away. Instead, they are an invitation to humility and to deeper prayer, reflection, analysis and dialogue. To assist in this process, the Jesuit Conference Office of Justice and Ecology has created an Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement.
Ignatian Carbon Challenge
SEPTEMBER 1-OCTOBER 4, SEASON OF CREATION: In a time of quarantine, digital learning, racial injustice, intensifying storms, and mass migration, holding space to act on climate change can feel overwhelming. This Season of Creation, start simple with one new daily habit for a healthy planet.
Step one: Choose ONE daily action to repeat each day throughout the 34 days that will renew your relationship with creation or that will allow you to explore a radical new way of living with creation.
Habit Ideas:
- Make a plan and plant a St. Kateri Habitat at your house, Church or school to promote biodiversity and restoration of creation.
- Avoid single-use plastics, food waste, or meat/dairy products.
- Commit to a daily prayer practice dedicated to care for creation throughout the month.
- Advocate on a different environmental issue each day of the month.
- Read an article/book or listen to a podcast about climate change each day of the Season of Creation.
- Choose your own habit to build.
Step two: Take the pledge to commit to ONE action repeated daily throughout the 34 days of the Season of Creation to build a new environmental habit you’ve been meaning to get around to but haven’t made time for.
Step three: Form and track your healthy habit for the planet! If desired, we will send a daily email or text message reminder to keep you motivated.
For more information on the Ignatian Carbon Challenge, click here.
Voting is an Act of Love
This fall, exercise the right and responsibility to vote for candidates and issues that support the common good and concern for the most vulnerable people in our society. Join the movement. This movement is a partnership between the Ignatian Solidarity Movement and When We All Vote, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that is on a mission to increase participation in every election and close the race and age voting gap.
People's History of Vatican II
Last year, CTA (Call to Action) introduced the People’s History of Vatican II, a project documenting the generational memory of the Second Vatican Council’s reforms and promises. Through conversation and reflection, they are co-creating a recorded and embodied archive, to root the lived experience of Vatican II in Call To Action’s current and future work.
Before COVID, Christine Haider-Winnett and People’s History intern Kascha Sanor conducted listening sessions with 13 elders and collected 116 written reflections. Bearing homemade bread, Kascha sat down with movement elders to better understand the impact of the Second Vatican Council on their lives. How did Vatican II shape individuals, Call To Action, and our Church as a whole?
In a second phase of this project, CTA is publicly documenting memories of Vatican II through a series of posts on their website. Kascha, summer intern Emma Calkins, and other CTA members will interpret and present the reflections. Through text, audio, photography, and video, the People’s History series will recall and honor our roots.
New People’s History posts will appear every week from summer to fall.
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Jesuit Higher Education, State Repression, and Solidarity in Nicaragua
Noon - 1:30 p.m., Benson Memorial Center, Parlor A
Faculty & Staff Reading Group
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Contemplative Hike
1:30 - 4:30 p.m., Gesu Chapel Bell
Join us for our monthly Contemplative Hike! Meet at the chapel bell at 1:30 PM. We plan to be back around 4:30pm. Email Laryn at Lkovalik@scu.edu to organize the carpool.
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JST Weekday Liturgy
5:15 p.m., Gesu Chapel
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SCU Events and Announcements |
Building Intercultural Competencies for Ministers Workshops
These 4 part BICM workshops will equip ministers, in light of the call for a New Evangelization, with the requisite skills for proper integration of faith and culture for all ages, national, and cultural backgrounds.
These workshops are “aimed at anyone involved in ecclesial ministry. This includes, of course, bishops, priests and deacons, religious men and women, lay ecclesial ministers who serve in dioceses, parishes, schools and Catholic organizations or other settings.”
Parts 1 and 2 will be held on Oct. 23rd from 6 to 9 PM and Oct. 24th from 9 AM to 12 PM. Parts 3 and 4 will be held on Nov. 13th from 6 to 9 PM and Nov. 14th from 9 AM to 12 PM. Event Cost $10 per individual session or $35 for all 4 sessions
For more information and to register, click here. Sponsored by the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries.
Voter Registration
SCU is engaging its student body to:
- Register to vote
- Gain resources about the variety of ways to vote
- Learn about the election process
- Participate in election-related events
- Vote on Election Day on November 3
Click here to learn more about voter registration.
The resources on this website are for students who want to register and vote in the State of California or any other state.
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SCU Convocation
4:00 p.m.
Convocation is the first community event ushering in the new academic year. Faculty and staff are invited to attend this annual program when new members are welcomed to the University community and plans for the upcoming year are highlighted.
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Lady A: Controversy, Commentary and a Concert
5:30 - 6:15 p.m., online
Controversy: For 14 years, Hilary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood found success as the country music group Lady Antebellum, despite the association of the “antebellum” name with the pre-Civil War South. During the recent social awakening to racism in America, the group announced it would change its name to Lady A. In attempting to avoid one racial controversy, however, the name change created another, because Lady A was already being used as a stage name by the Black blues singer and activist, Anita White, for more than twenty years. After mutual attempts to resolve the conflict failed, the band filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that their use of the name Lady A does not infringe any rights held by the singer.
Commentary: Intellectual property scholar and Santa Clara Law Professor Tyler Ochoa will explain the factual background and legal issues and analyze how trademark law and the right of publicity apply to the pending lawsuit.
Concert: A special appearance by the blues singer Lady A, Anita White, who will entertain guests with a live-streamed performance.
Registration limited! Please register by September 12.
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GTU News and Events |
GTU Library News
For information on how to access the library's resources remotely, click here. You will need your SCU ID number for checking out materials, unless you have a GTU library card from the past, in which case you can use that bar code. Please note that reference librarians are available via chat (see Ask a Librarian on the link above) or email at library@gtu.edu from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday Meditation
Meet weekly on Thursdays from noon - 1:15 p.m. PDT for meditation led by GTU Ph.D. student, Stefan Waligur. It follows a format of chanting, silence and conversation. All are welcome!
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81331742924
Exhibition: Doug Adams Gallery
In partnership with the Center for Islamic Studies and the Mira and Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies, curated by Rachelle Syed, GTU Ph.D. student. On view online from Thursday, Sept. 10 to Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.
Drawing the Soul toward Truth explores Islamic and Hindu geometric design in their particularities and as a tool of interfaith dialog. The art in this show can facilitate new thoughts, ideas, and relationships, creating opportunities for inquiry and learning for the benefit of students, spiritual communities, and others. This online exhibition features geometric design as an expression of faith and its use in the theology, art, and history of Islam and Hinduism. This includes geometry as a tool of representation of divinity, divine communion, or unlocking the language of creation.
https://www.gtu.edu/events/exhibitions/doug-adams-gallery/drawing-soul-towards-truth-muslim-and-hindu-sacred-geometry
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CLGS Lavender Lunch: Ministry at El/La Para TransLatinas with Nicole Santamaría
12:00-1:10 pm PDT, online
International activist, art therapist, and educator Nicole Santamaría will speak about their current ministry as Executive Director of El/La Para TransLatinas, a Bay Area organization that has served the Translatina community for over 25 years. Nicole Santamaría’s direct work with the LGBTQI community started as a professor of Design & Art Therapy, where she created and conducted art therapy workshops and investigation projects in her country of origin, El Salvador, for survivors of anti-LGBTQI violence, HIV positive women, and women in rural areas who were survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Presented ONLINE at www.clgs.org.
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Surrogate, Partner or Tool: How Autonomous Should Technology Be? with Dr. Noreen Herzfeld
5:00 p.m., PDT, online event
We have traditionally thought of technology as tools we build and use. However, the advent of Alexa, autonomous vehicles, autonomous weapons, and other forms of AI makes modern technology more partner or surrogate than tool. How autonomous do we want our technologies to be? How will these technologies change or role in the world and our relationships to God and to one another?
Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict.
The discussion will be moderated by Robert John Russell, with the lecture followed by a brief question and answer period. Please email mmoritz@gtu.edu to register. Confirmation emails with Zoom link will be sent on or after September 1.
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Radical Inclusion in the Age of COVID-19: A Webinar with Bishop Yvette Flunder
noon - 3:00 p.m., online
Co-sponsored by CLGS African American Roundtable, Bishop Flunder will conduct a virtual conversation with religious leaders on how to think about the future of congregational ministry in this age of COVID-19. Registration is required.
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Jews and Race Series: Yavilah McCoy
4:00 p.m. via zoom
Yavilah McCoy is the CEO of DIMENSIONS Inc. in Boston. She has spent the past 20 years working extensively in multi-faith communities and partnering specifically with the Jewish community to engage issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Yavilah is an educator, activist and spiritual teacher. She is a Jewish woman and a person of color and has designed numerous tools and methods that enable students and educators to be better citizens of the world through exploring differences and reaching for tangible solutions in allied engagement. Yavilah brings a wealth of wisdom and experience in DEI consulting, non-profit management, philanthropy and engagement to this project and has worked with numerous partners to build strong, healthy organizations with measurable commitments to racial justice, equity and anti-oppression strategies. Yavilah is a certified trainer for ADL’s World of Difference Institute, National Conference for Community and Justice, and the National Coalition Building Institute. She is a certified coach for the Auburn Theological Seminary Pastoral Training program and is a renowned speaker, educator, and spiritual practitioner.
Registration and zoom link to be made available soon.
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Art Break with Dr. Yohana Junker
4:00 p.m. PDT, online
Join us on Zoom for a much-needed art break with Dr. Yohana Junker (PSR)!
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CLGS Lavender Lunch: Sacred Activism with Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow
noon - 1:10 p.m. PDT, online
Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, the Coordinator of the CLGS African American Roundtable will explore “sacred activism” as a vocation to work for justice. Rooted in our current realities and also building upon past movements of resistance and activism, sacred activism can lead us to a future grounded in hope.
THIS EVENT IS ONLINE at www.clgs.org.
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Community Events and Resources |
Envisioning a Just Society: Post-COVID-19, Sept. 15-Oct. 6
COVID-19 has exposed deep injustices in our society, particularly systemic racism, which intersects with all the social issues that have been exacerbated by this economic and public health crisis. This fall, the Jesuit works in San Francisco will partner to reflect on the impact of COVID-19 in our context and ask ourselves how we are called to walk with the marginalized toward a just future. Through an anti-racist lens, we will generate dialogues on incarceration, homelessess, and vulnerable workers with social justice leaders in San Francisco. Guided reflections will draw upon the Catholic social tradition to invite us to imagine a just society after COVID-19.
This four-part Zoom series, co-sponsored by the Ignatian Spiritual Life Center at St. Agnes, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, and St. Ignatius parish will include two opportunities for group reflection each week (see below). To build trust within our reflection groups, we hope to maintain the same participants within the group whenever possible. We recommend but do not require attendance at all 4 sessions.
JST's MTS student, Teresa Carino, will lead the session on incarceration.
To sign up and for more information: click here.
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Laudato Si Retreat: An Introductory Immersion
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. PDT
As Pope Francis said in the Laudato Si’ encyclical, “the ecological crisis is a summons to profound interior conversion... an ‘ecological conversion’" (LS 217).
The goal of the Laudato Si’ Retreat is to help participants embark in this journey of “ecological conversion”, to transform the way we relate to our Creator, all of Creation and our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.
This is a 4 hour retreat where we will experience 3 moments inspired by the encyclical. We will attentively “hear creation’s song”, contemplating the glorious mystery of the world around us. Next, we will concernedly “hear Creation’s cry”, becoming painfully aware of the ecological crisis.We will then "answer Creation's call" and prepare for transformative action to care for our common home by starting a community discernment process in the light of Laudato Si.
The retreat will include reflections on the encyclical, guided meditation, interactive exercises, time for personal reflection and journaling, and small group reflection.
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Sunday Musical Meditations featuring Angela Kraft Cross, organ.
4:00 p.m. PDT, online
Cross will play the Vierne Symphony No. 2; Tournemire: Improvisations on “Ave Maris Stella” and “Victimae paschali.” This performance is part of the St. Mary’s Cathedral Vierne/Tournemire Festival. Hosted by The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco.
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Concert at Mission Delores Basilica
4:00 p.m., livestream
Emil Miland, cello; Jerome Lenk, organ & piano; Shawnette Sulker, soprano presenting music of Mendelssohn, Fauré, and a premiere by Bay Area composer Candace Forest, via Livestream on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/328975021475232
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This We Ask: Prayers in Opera
7:30 p.m. PDT, Live from St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
C. A. Jordan, Michelle Cippelone, Cheryl Cain, Sopranos with Kevin Navarro, Piano.
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Sunday Musical Meditations featuring Ben Bachmann, organ
4:00 p.m. PDT, online
Bachmann will play the Vierne Symphony No. 3. This performance is part of the St. Mary’s Cathedral Vierne/Tournemire Festival. Hosted by the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco, CA.
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How to Talk Across the Political Divide: Braver Angels Skills Workshop
5:00-7:00 p.m., online
There’s a lot of stress these days among family members and friends who are divided politically, and the current polarized public conversation doesn’t help. Please join us for a Braver Angels Skills Workshop to learn skills for having respectful conversations that clarify differences, search for common ground, and affirm the importance of the relationship.
After a presentation, you will have an opportunity to practice listening and speaking skills. You will practice in a pair with someone of your same political persuasion—red or blue. “Reds” lean conservative and tend to vote Republican. “Blues” lean liberal and tend to vote Democratic. If you fall somewhere in the middle, you can choose a side for purposes of practicing the skills.Who can come? Anyone interested in having better conversations with people on the other side of the political aisle.
Complete the online skills training (40 minutes) prior to the online workshop.
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Ignite: A Celebration of Justice
online, 5:00 p.m. PDT
Join ISN online as we honor Fr. John Baumann, S.J., founder of PICO/Faith in Action, and Sr. Simone Campbell, S.S.S., executive director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice.
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Voice of the Violin
7:30 p.m. PDT, Live from St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
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Sunday Musical Meditations featuring Sun-hee Lee, Geomun'go (traditional Korean string instrument), with Jin Kyung Lim, organ.
4:00 p.m. PDT, online
Lee and Lim will play works by Loeb, Lee, and will also improvise together. Hosted by the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco, CA.
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Sing a Joyful Song: A Celebration of Talents
7:30 p.m. PDT, Live from St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
Various artists and instruments
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Speak Out Youth Summit
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. online
A day-long virtual summit for students and young adults (under 35 years of age) on racial justice, leadership development, and radical imagination.
Join us as we envision a just and equitable future:
- Learn from today’s leading youth activists and changemakers
- Hear from inspiring and iconic speakers and artists
- Connect with peers around the country…and the world!
- Get tools to build your capacity to lead and make a difference
We are redefining what society can look like, now and post-pandemic. It’s time to tap into our power, build together, and speak out!
$20 to register.
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Free Commonweal Subscription for Students
Commonweal magazine continues to offer free one-year Commonweal print subscriptions to all students as well as to anyone who has finished a degree program in the past three years. Check it out at https://cwlmag.org/freestudent. *U.S. addresses only for all student requests for print subscriptions. For international addresses, or to request a digital-only subscription, request the Digital Edition here.
FASPE, Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions in contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE Seminary begins by analyzing the decisions, actions and impact of German and international clergy in enabling Nazi policies. The program underscores the reality that moral codes governing clergy in all religions can break down or be distorted with devastating consequences. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Seminary Fellows both to grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their broad communities and to confront the ethical issues that currently face religious leaders of all faiths. By studying professional ethics at the sites of Nazi actions, our Fellows experience the importance of professional ethics in an immersive, powerful and personal way. The Fellowship is fully funded; and we will be awarding the 2021 FASPE Seminary Fellowship to between 4 and 8 applicants. FASPE Seminary applicants must either be enrolled in graduate school preparing for work as a religious leader at the time of application or they must be working as clergy with a relevant graduate degree received between May 2019 and January 2021. Those applying as students may be studying at a seminary, divinity school, rabbinical school, Muslim chaplaincy program or other graduate program related to religious OR theological training.
FASPE seeks Fellows who are about to embark on their career as professionals, are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to unpack difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership and ability to contribute to the program and the alumni community. All applications are welcome and reviewed. While we know that the world is uncertain right now, especially in regard to international travel, we also know that ethical leadership is critically important – maybe more so now than ever. While health and safety concerns may cause changes to our planned programming, we are committed to offering an enriching Fellowship program in 2021. We would greatly appreciate you providing details of the FASPE Fellowships to your students, recent graduates, faculty, staff and the broader community. This link offers relevant information about FASPE Seminary. For further information about FASPE or FASPE Seminary, please visit our website www.faspe-ethics.org. Additionally, we will be hosting a virtual information session on October 7, 2020 at 1pm EST. Potential applicants can register here. |
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Call for Papers, New Horizons
Announcing New Horizons: A Journal of the Students of Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University!
This semester, JST's student-run journal is back. The call for papers for the revived, special issue for Fall 2020 will be themed around faith and racial justice. Please look out for more information to come. To learn more about the journal, contact Barb Kozee, bkozee@scu.edu.
Call for Papers, American Academy of Religion Western Region
The American Academy of Religion, Western Region (AAR/WR) is delighted to announce its collaboration with the Graduate Theological Union's (GTU) Sustainability Initiative in Berkeley, California, for its next Annual Conference, which will be a Virtual Conference held March 19-21, 2021.
The AAR/WR and GTU are excited to organize a robust event, which will include an array of keynote speeches, paper presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions revolving around AAR/WR's 2021 Conference Theme: "Religious Studies after COVID-19: The Role of Religion in Times of Pandemic, Sustainability, Marginalized Communities, and Social & Economic Justice." The event will also include unique social and networking events for the AAR/WR community.
The deadline for submission of paper proposals and Program Participant Forms to individual unit chairs is October 15, 2020. For complete information and a full list of the AAR/WR's 2021 Call for Papers and unit chair contact information, please see this page: https://www.aarwr.com/annual-meetings.html |
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Call for Papers, Journal of Interreligious Studies
Interreligious Perspectives on Contemporary US Politics: (Inter)Religion in Social Movements, Political Organizing, and the Ballot Box
Religion has historically played a central role in American electoral politics, policymaking, movements for social change, and democracy in general; this role remains to this day. Religious institutions, communities, ideas, values, norms, and critique continue to shape individual Americans, party platforms, and the larger political discourse. The impact of religion on contemporary politics, in particular the 2016 and 2020 election cycle, is evidence that religious discourse shapes—and increasingly is shaped by—political discourse in the United States.
Dowload full call for papers here.
The deadline of 8 January 2021 is intended to allow contributors the option to reflect on their research both before and/or after the November 2020 General Election. If you wish to contribute, please submit your article via the online submissions platform at www.irstudies.org, and make a note in the comments that it is for this CFP. Contact Axel Takacs (Editor-in-Chief) at axel.takacs@hebrewcollege.edu with any inquiries. Submissions are due by 8 January 2021.
Call for Papers: Open Theology
CALL FOR PAPERS (click to download) for a topical issue of Open Theology: Phenomenology of Religious Experience V: (Ir)Rationality and Religiosity During Pandemics in collaboration with the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience. Given the astounding denials of both trivial-ontic-empirical and scientific facts of epidemics and the gripping realities of global misinformation, the relationship between the reason—in action, politics, press, local decision-making—and the subjective dimension of religiosity stand out in this new light, calling for phenomenological reporting and reflection, which must precede the care and the cure. While religious experience has been shown to have emancipatory value and enhance resilience and decrease stress, we’d like to clarify if this assessment still stands in this new situation.
Submissions will be collected from September 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, via the on-line submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/openth/ Choose as article type: “Topical Issue Article: Pandemics”. Further questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Olga Louchakova-Schwartz at olouchakova@gmail.com.
JST Staff Meeting, Sept. 10. Screenshot by Mary Beth Lamb.
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Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University Assistant Dean of Students 1735 Le Roy Avenue Berkeley, CA 94709 Phone: 510-549-5029 jstmagis@scu.edu |
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