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2010 Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Meeting Begins11/20/2010
Meeting Ends11/23/2010

Call for Papers Opens: 12/15/2009
Call for Papers Closes: 3/1/2010

Requirements for Participation

Ritual in the Biblical World


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The section plans three sessions in Atlanta. 1st Session: Joint Session with the Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity Section. The Ritual in the Biblical World Section and the Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Christianity Section are sponsoring a joint session on ritual transformation. Papers that explore examples of ritual actions (including magical rituals) that effect changes in status, affiliation, social identity and boundaries or ontology would be welcome. Abstracts should indicate how the paper will address the ways in which ritual actions operate and influence actors' and participants' experience. This might include stimulation of emotion (negative or positive), use of the body, evocation of memories or establishment of communal solidarity. 2nd Session: Ritual and Gender. Papers for this session should address issues of gender on any level of ritual practice and symbolism. This could refer to the ritual providers or conductors, as well as to the participants, the material used – such as animals of a certain sex, or use of colors indicating gender, or the use of gendered language in ritual descriptions. We also invite proposals on all areas of ritual in the biblical world for an open session.

Program Unit Chairs

Ada Taggar Cohen
Russell C. D. Arnold

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