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<div class="">Please publish this CFP.</div>
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<div class="">Thank you,</div>
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<b class="">Korean Religions Unit, American Academy of Religions </b></div>
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2023 CALL FOR PROPOSALS </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">The deadline for the Call for Proposals is <b class="">Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. </b></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">The 2023 AAR and SBL Annual Meetings will be held <b class="">November 18-21</b>, in <b class="">San Antonio, TX</b>. </div>
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The Korean Religions Unit welcomes proposals for papers sessions, roundtable sessions, and individual papers. Proposals in all areas of Korean Religions will be considered. This year, we especially invite submissions to the subtopics proposed by interested
AAR members, as listed below. If you would like to contribute to one of the panel proposals below, please contact the organizer(s) directly, and submit your proposal at least two weeks prior to the AAR submission deadline .</div>
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<i class=""><b class=""><u class="">The Varieties of Korean Exceptionalism: Religion and Ethno-Nationalism </u></b></i></div>
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Organizer: Minjung Noh (<a href="mailto:minjung.noh@temple.edu" class="">minjung.noh@temple.edu</a>) </div>
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A sense of exceptionalism, or superiority, often appears among the religious groups in Korea. Korean Buddhists, Confucians, Christians, and New Religions' leaders have often stated that they have exceptional quality in their religious doctrine, practice, and
identity. This can involve a sense of national pride, philosophical developments, or unique practices. For example, some Chosun dynasty academics claimed that they preserved the orthodoxy of neo-Confucianism, Korean/Korean American evangelical Christians have
argued that they are the new Chosen People, and a number of Korean new religious leaders—including Unification Church, Jeungsangyo, Shincheonji, and many others—have argued their messianic status as the source of religious authority. In addition, the explosive
global popularity of Korean popular culture created a Hallyu (Korean Wave) phenomenon that accompanies the religious transnational fandom. In such a backdrop of religious and cultural history, what distinguishes religious phenomena of Korea from others? What
constitutes Korean exceptionalism and what are the consequences in domestic and transnational spheres? What are the roles of politics, ethno-nationalist ideology, race, and gender therein? In this panel, we seek critical engagement with broadly construed Korean
exceptionalism in religion on various levels, both historically and methodologically. We welcome paper proposals that address the connections between Korean religious diaspora and global culture as well as explorations on the concepts of Korean locality and
indigeneity. </div>
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<i class=""><b class=""><u class="">Veneration of the Dead in Korean Religions </u></b></i></div>
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Organizer: Liora Sarfati (<a href="mailto:lsarfati@tauex.tau.ac.il" class="">lsarfati@tauex.tau.ac.il</a>) </div>
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Ancestors are an integral part of Korean vernacular religious practices, be it Confucian ancestor rituals or shamanic rituals for appeasing spirits; Buddhist priests are invited to chant sutras after funerals and host cremated remains in their temples; dead
leaders feature in many Christian denominations and New Religions as founders, protectors, and respected elders. This panel seeks research papers that explore how the dead are venerated in Korean contemporary and historic religious groups, and what makes them
central in each case. Work on recent veneration practices related to victims of mass deaths such as the sinking of the Sewol Ferry and the Itaewon disaster is especially welcome. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Lastly, the Evangelical Studies Unit and the Korean Religions Unit welcome proposals for a joint session on Christian in South Korea that explores the anthropological, historical,
and sociological dimensions of evangelical megachurches, and also studies that use a transpacific lens. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Organizer: Timothy Lee (<a href="mailto:t.lee@tcu.edu" class="">t.lee@tcu.edu</a>) </div>
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phenomenon. Korean megachurches have attracted admiration from church growth devotees and criticisms from detractors of the phenomenon. Yet they have rarely received sustained dispassionate exploration. Engaging in such exploration is the aim of this panel.
We seek proposals that aim to explore Korean megachurches through historical, anthropological, sociological, or other disciplinary lenses. Proposals may treat the phenomenon as a whole as it is manifested in Korea or particular instances of it on specific
issues. Also welcome are proposals that seek to compare Korean megachurches with megachurches in other countries. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Any other papers that address the relationship between society, culture, and religion as broadly construed can be submitted directly through the AAR portal. Other inquiries can be
directed to Sean Kim <a href="mailto:ckim@ucmo.edu" class="">ckim@ucmo.edu</a>, or Liora Sarfati <a href="mailto:lsarfati@tauex.tau.ac.il" class="">lsarfati@tauex.tau.ac.il</a>. In submitting proposals, please follow the AAR guidelines carefully </div>
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Liora Sarfati, Ph.D.<br class="">
Chair of Department of East Asian Studies<br class="">
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<a href="http://liorasarfati.com" class="">liorasarfati.com</a></div>
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My recent book: Contemporary Korean Shamanism: From Ritual to Digital<br class="">
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