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Call for Submissions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

  1. COMPETITION AND CONTAGION

    The Journal of Religious Competition in Antiquity welcomes submissions for a special issue on disease and wellness in the ancient world. These are frequent topoi among Classical and Late-Antique authors, bearing testimony to their singular impact and influence on the socio-religious matrix of the ancient Mediterranean world. Those who produced these writings also make specific statements about the causes of plague and the proper steps required for successful healing and safety. In doing so these works make specific claims to authority and orthodoxy, while often maligning the beliefs and practices of others at the same time. Successful submissions should consider how ancient Mediterranean cultures, groups, or individuals reacted to plague, contagion, or healing and the ways that these reactions promoted religious competition and change. Specifically, how did experiences of illness or healing and writings about them shape ancient ideas and cultural norms about religious belief and practice, ethnicity, gender, space, and economies? The Journal of Religious Competition in Antiquity is a double-blind, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary open-access journal dedicated to exploring competitive interactions among religious and philosophical persons and groups in the ancient Mediterranean, including Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and Muslims. We specifically aim to foster the development of new approaches and methodologies that highlight contours and nuances of religious competition between and among these communities and individuals. Special consideration is given to submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach and/or employ social-scientific theoretical frameworks. Our goal is to demonstrate competitive interactions among differing socio-religious discourses in antiquity and to explore the ways that these groups mutually influenced each other.

    To submit an article or for more information, please visit: https://soar.stonehill.edu/jrca/

  2. TEACHING ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN RELIGIONS: BEST PRACTICES

    The Journal of Religious Competition in Antiquity invites scholars to submit ideas, reflections, and experiences on pedagogy related to ancient Mediterranean religions. It is unclear what shape the 2020-21 academic year will take, and many faculty are considering how our time-tested pedagogical techniques will have to change. The current situation provides an opportunity to reflect broadly on how we lead students to the critical study of religion and model for them the complex competitive interactions between individuals and groups. We are particularly interested in papers addressing:

    • Strategies for engaging students with minimal interest in the humanities or the ancient world
    • Strategies for engaging students whose personal commitments resist the critical study of religion
    • Interdisciplinary approaches that draw on the social sciences and natural sciences to inform the humanities
    • Specific approaches for difficult texts, concepts, methods, and theories
    • Experience with software tools and online resources
    • Strategies for online learning and Educational Leadership

    Essays may take any form, but would ideally provide concrete, actionable advice drawing on experience, however limited. Many of us teach the same primary sources within compatible theoretical and methodological frameworks. We hope to assemble a set of ideas and best practices we can all draw from in order to further our students’ critical engagement with religion as a human phenomenon. Short thought pieces of 1000-2000 words are ideal, but we are open to longer submissions.

    The Journal of Religious Competition in Antiquity is a peer-reviewed, open-access, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to exploring competitive interactions among religious and philosophical persons and groups in the ancient Mediterranean, including Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and Muslims. We specifically aim to foster the development of new approaches and methodologies that highlight contours and nuances of religious competition between and among these communities and individuals. Special consideration is given to submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach and/or employ social-scientific theoretical frameworks. Our goal is to demonstrate competitive interactions among differing socio-religious discourses in antiquity and to explore the ways that these groups mutually influenced each other.

    To submit an article or for more information, please visit: https://soar.stonehill.edu/jrca/

    Contact: Kevin McGinnis, Managing Editor

    kmcginnis1@stonehill.edu

    Nathaniel DesRosiers, Editor-in-Chief

    ndesrosiers@stonehill.edu