Call for Papers: American Society of Missiology

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Missiology and Public Life: Mission’s Engagement with Societies, Change, and Conflict

2016 Annual Meeting
June 17 – 19
University of Northwestern–St. Paul,
St. Paul, Minnesota

For a full statement of the conference theme, visit the ASM website.
Registration for the annual meeting will open in January 2016.

Plenary Speakers

  • Sebastian Kim – Chair, Theology and Public Life, York St. John University, UK
  • Emmanuel Katongole – Department of Theology/Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
  • Ruth Padilla DeBorst – Coordinator, International Fellowship of Mission as Transformation (INFEMIT), Costa Rica
  • Mario Vega – General Director, Misión Cristiana Elim, El Salvador
  • Gregory Leffel – 2016 ASM President

 
Call for Papers and Panels
 
Social change creates ever-new challenges to mission and public life. The church — wherever it is established, or is in the process of being established — must participate in ever-fresh ways with shaping public narratives and supporting public action for human flourishing and the common good. We invite papers and panels that apply a distinctive and critical Christian perspective to matters of society at large; contribute to anintellectual grounding for Christian public engagement; find common ground with others to act cooperatively and collaboratively within pluralistic settings; resource individual Christians, churches, and organizations/movements to apply their faith to public concerns; and frame a broad-based missiological language to link various theological/missiological traditions of Christian social engagement. 
 
Paper Presentations  
 
High-quality papers are invited that reflect on the conference theme from a missiological perspective from any context. Papers might address topics including (but not limited to):

  • Secularization and privatized religion
  • Class, race, ethnic and economic marginalization
  • Social and political divisions among Christians
  • Conflict, violence, and peace-building
  • Interreligious public theologies
  • Ecological responsibility
  • Political theology and liberation theology, including their critiques of mission
  • The relationship between good works and evangelism—between, that is, justice and justification
  • The nature and value of public advocacy, collective social action, critique, and dissent
  • Historical analysis of the church’s public engagement

 
Papers not directly related to the conference theme will also be considered, as space allows.
 
This year, we invite proposals for presentations in Korean and Spanish to be included in Spanish/Korean language panels. For more information, contact Enoch Jinsik Kim (enochk2000@fuller.edu) for Korean presentations or Johnny Ramirez-Johnson (ramirez-johnson@fuller.edu) for Spanish presentations.
 
올 해에는 한국어와 스패니쉬어로도 연구 발표 접수를 합니다. 한국어 발표에 관한 자세한 문의는 Enoch Jinsik Kim (enochk2000@fuller.edu) 으로 연락해 주시기 바랍니다.
 
Este año, invitamos propuestas para presentaciones en coreano y español. Para obtener más información acerca de las presentaciones en español, póngase en contacto con Johnny Ramírez-Johnson (ramirez-johnson@fuller.edu).
 
To submit a paper proposal, provide a title and 200-word abstract at the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/2AoD1Kjx7V. (Deadline January 31, 2016) At the meeting, 20 minutes are provided for each presentation and 10 for questions and answers. Submissions from higher-level graduate students are encouraged.
 
Confirmation of accepted papers is expected by March 1, 2016.
Submit papers and confirm meeting attendance by June 1, 2016.
 
Organizing a panel
 
We strongly encourage teams of three to five presenters to coordinate and submit proposals for panel sessions focused on topics related to the conference theme. In addition to paper presentations, panels can include respondents or extended periods of discussion. The panel organizer should submit a session title, 300-word abstract, and a list of participants. In addition, each panelist should individually submit a paper proposal. We also welcome proposals for panels that do not involve formal paper presentations: e.g., a film screening followed by discussion. Questions about formulating a panel proposal can be directed to Alison Fitchett Climenhaga (afitchet@nd.edu) and Bonnie Sue Lewis (BSLewis@dbq.edu). Again, the deadline is January 31, 2016.
 
To submit a panel proposal follow this link: http://goo.gl/forms/AKpHW4RDf6.
Confirmation of accepted panel proposals expected by March 1, 2016.
 
Questions?  
 

 
Over the past few years, we’ve seen significant growth in attendance at our annual meeting and a rapid increase in the number of papers presented in the parallel sessions.  Do plan to join us at University of Northwestern this year, and encourage your colleagues and students to take advantage of the wonderful ASM program that is coming together.  

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