Call for Papers: Christianity and the Public Sphere in Africa and Asia
Conference theme: Christianity and the Public Sphere in Africa and Asia
Conference date: From Sunday evening on 1 July to Tuesday noon on 3 July 2018
Conference venue: Hope Park Campus, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, L16 9JD, England
The conference will generate informed discussions of issues pertaining to African and Asian Christians and their public roles: How did or does Christianity function as salt and light in African or Asian societies? What does it mean to be responsible Christians in Africa or Asia? How did or can Christians in Africa and Asia claim the Lordship of Jesus Christ in their public spaces? How does the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ judge old loyalties and rearrange them in Africa and Asia? What are the characteristics of African or Asian Christians in their respective societies? What are the examples of African or African theologies that engage with the public sphere of their peoples? How do African or Asian Christians in diaspora situations either on their own continents or in, for example, European and American settings address the issues that matter to them and their children?
The organizers of this conference welcome 300-word proposals from academics and activists on any aspect of Christianity and its engagement with the public sphere in Africa and Asia. They request them to email their proposals along with their brief CV to Rev Dr Harvey Kwiyani (kwiyanh@hope.ac.uk) by 31 January 2018. By mid-February 2018, they will then notify those presenters whose proposals the Conference Committee has accepted and request them to send their papers by the end of May 2018 for a possible sharing with other participants and also an online publication.
Online registration for this conference will open in the first week of March 2018. All inclusive early bird conference reservation will be available for £230.00 from March to April 2018. This reservation includes accommodation in single en-suite room on the Hope Park campus from the afternoon of Sunday, 1 July 2018 till noon on Tuesday, 3 July 2018, all meals and the conference fee. All-inclusive registration in May and June 2018 will be available for £250.00. Accommodation in double rooms in available in limited numbers; it will be allotted on a first-come and first-served basis. For further details, please contact Dr. Kwiyani.