Call for Papers: Feminist and Sister Eco-Hermeneutics (SBL 2023)
Society for Biblical Literature 2023
Program Unit: The Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible
Feminist and Sister Eco-Hermeneutics in the Biblical Wilderness and Borderlands
How might justice, survival, and resistance be found in the wilderness spaces and borderlands of the Bible? How might such biblical passages speak to our present realities concerning the fragility of life and survival in the Anthropocene?
This open call for papers centers ecofeminist and sister hermeneutics in the wilderness and borderland spaces of the Bible, broadly conceived. Leaning into Delores Williams’ concept of “wilderness experience,” where isolation and the divine meet to invoke transformative and “risk-taking faith” (Sisters in the Wilderness), we seek papers which consider how marginal spaces are inspirational locations of persistence and resistance. We particularly welcome conversations between Feminist, Womanist, Chicanx, and other traditions that highlight the relevance of intersectional eco-hermeneutics for our present moment.
Deadline for Submissions: March 14, 2023