tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484918729598950762024-02-07T20:11:42.473-05:00Religion in the American WestA forum for supporting research and teaching about religion in the American WestReligion in the American Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10840982555917381092noreply@blogger.comBlogger22613tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748491872959895076.post-53875011334966908862016-03-01T16:48:00.000-05:002016-03-01T13:25:09.702-05:00AAR proposals DUE TODAY (March 1st) at 5:00 pm EST!!<br />
Just a friendly reminder to those of you who haven't submitted your paper and session proposals for the Religion in the American West Group's session at this year's annual meeting of the AAR, submissions are due today (March 1) at 5:00 pm EST!<br />
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<a href="https://papers.aarweb.org/content/religion-american-west-group">Here is the CFP</a> for the Religion in the American West Group: https://papers.aarweb.org/content/religion-american-west-group<br />
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Statement of Purpose: </div>
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The Religion in the American West Group is a
forum for graduate students, independent scholars, and faculty who
situate their work regionally in the North American West, broadly
conceived. The study of religion in this region allows scholars to use a
broad array of methodologies (historical, anthropological, literary,
sociological, and others) to explore the most pressing questions in the
field of American religion and in Religious Studies more generally.
These include, but are not limited to: the history of empire and
colonialism; the connections between religion and violence; the
construction and deployment of racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual
identities; transnational movement of people and ideas; religion and the
natural and built environments; myth-making and its role in the
construction and critique of nationalist ideologies; and the development
of the category of religion. The purpose of this subfield is not to
remain in the American West, to define the West, or to argue that
religion in the West is unique. Instead, by situating scholarship
regionally, scholars of the American West are able to develop theories
and methods that can be useful interpretive lenses for other regions
defined by land, transnationalism, migrations, diversity, and
colonialism. Moreover, the Group supports the development of a rigorous
intellectual community by pre-circulating papers in advance of the
national meeting and maintaining a blog.<br />
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Call for Papers: </div>
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Migration in the American West: Settling, Populating, Transplanting, Displacing, Moving, Claiming, and Leaving<br />
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The American West is an imagined place that is often idealized as new,
dynamic, a tabula rasa ripe with possibility. Or, it is the destination
of the down and out, the economic migrant and immigrant, the last
chance. Or, it is the ancient home of native peoples as well as Spanish
haciendas and missions. Finally, perhaps it is also where people depart
from, a point of disembarkation to other regions, other lands, carrying
with them some ineffable sense of being “Western.” Early histories of
the West focused on pioneers and settlement as well on displacement
while more contemporary analyses of the West address issues of cultural
contact, environmental concerns, transnational flows, and economic
growth.<br />
Drawing on this ideational context of mobility, we solicit paper and
panel proposals on the myriad intersections of religion with migration
into and out of the American West. How have religious homes been made in
the West? How have westerners brought their religions with them when
they leave the region? How have racial, ethnic, gender, and religious
identities been co-constituted in this space of continual migratory
cultural flows?<br />
We are interested in all patterns of religion and migration, and also
are particularly interested in papers contributing to a co-sponsored
session with the Native Traditions in the Americas, on indigenous
pilgrimages, forced migrations, and commemorative rides in the Western
United States.<br />
Please note that the format for the session will feature pre-circulated papers as is the long custom of this group.<br />
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“Reimagining or Reclaiming Home: Pilgrimages, Forced Migrations, and
Commemorative Rides”, as related to the western United States. This
topic is for a possible co-sponsored session with the Native Traditions
in the Americas.<br />
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Method: PAPERS </div>
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Process: Proposals are anonymous to chairs and steering
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Leadership: </div>
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<li><span class="name">Brandi Denison</span>, <span class="email"><a class="mailto" href="mailto:b.denison@unf.edu">b.denison@unf.edu</a><span class="mailto"></span></span> </li>
<li><span class="name">Brett Hendrickson</span>, <span class="email"><a class="mailto" href="mailto:hendribr@lafayette.edu">hendribr@lafayette.edu</a><span class="mailto"></span></span> </li>
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<li><span class="name">Brandon Bayne</span>, <span class="email"><a class="mailto" href="mailto:bayne@unc.edu">bayne@unc.edu</a><span class="mailto"></span></span> </li>
<li><span class="name">John-Charles Duffy</span>, <span class="email"><a class="mailto" href="mailto:duffyjc@miamioh.edu">duffyjc@miamioh.edu</a><span class="mailto"></span></span> </li>
<li><span class="name">Patricia O'Connell Killen</span>, <span class="email"><a class="mailto" href="mailto:killen@gonzaga.edu">killen@gonzaga.edu</a><span class="mailto"></span></span> </li>
<li><span class="name">Sarah Dees</span>, <span class="email"><a class="mailto" href="mailto:sarahdees@tennessee.edu">sarahdees@tennessee.edu</a><span class="mailto"></span></span> </li>
<li><span class="name">Sarah M. Pike</span>, <span class="email"><a class="mailto" href="mailto:spike@csuchico.edu">spike@csuchico.edu</a><span class="mailto"></span></span> </li>
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Religion in the American Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10840982555917381092noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748491872959895076.post-48873789084248504472016-02-18T18:17:00.000-05:002016-02-18T18:17:41.303-05:00Book Review: Mormonism and American Politics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/mormonism-and-american-politics/9780231165990">Mormonism
and American Politics.</a> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Edited by Randall Balmer and Jana
Riess. 264 pp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. $30. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><o:p>Reviewed by Brenna Keegan</o:p></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Mormonism and American Politics </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;">begins with the simple claim, “The story of Mormonism in
America is inextricably tied to politics” (ix). Thirteen insightful case
studies, written by some of the top Mormon studies scholars, persuasively argue
the truth of this statement. Randall Balmer and Jana Riess’ edited volume moves
beyond the familiar story of Mormons as political outsiders and gives voice to
diverse political discourses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Structured
chronologically, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mormonism and American
Politics </i>is bookended by Joseph Smith’s 1844 campaign for president and an
analysis of Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign. The pages within highlight the protean
history of Mormon isolation and participation in national politics and American
exceptionalism, the politics of polygamy, Mormon race relations, and the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ stalwart participation in the
twentieth-century Republican Party. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;">The volume offers concise examples of
Mormonism’s distinct and extensive participation in American politics. It
complicates a narrative of gradual assimilation and the increasingly common
project of comparing Mormon history with that of American Catholicism. One of
the most compelling chapters, “On the ‘Underground’: What the Mormon ‘Yes on 8’
Campaign Reveals About the Future of Mormons in American Political Life,” by
Joanna Brooks, highlights the internal conflicts of supporting anti-LGBT
legislation and the distinctive theological stance of Mormon support for
California’s Proposition 8. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Although Mormon women may not have
historically played a strong public role in American politics, their absence
from the volume is apparent. A strong chapter by Jana Riess looks at the
nineteenth-century Cult of True Womanhood and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Protestant</i> women’s protest against Congressman-elect and polygamist
B. H. Roberts, but Claudia L. Bushman’s “Mormon Women Talk Politics,” is an odd
amalgamation of songs and personal reflection, with little scholarly analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;">As one might expect, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mormonism and American Politics </i>spends a
substantial amount of time considering the legacy and influence of George and
Mitt Romney. “Like Father, Unlike Son: The Governor’s Romney, the Kennedy
Paradigm, and the Mormon Question” by Randall Balmer and “Mitt, Mormonism and
the Media: An Unfamiliar Faith Takes the Stage in the 2012 U.S. Presidential
Election” by Peggy Fletcher Stack, add depth and breadth to the debate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Of particular interest to this blog
is the volume’s treatment of Mormonism not solely, or even primarily, as a
religious anomaly of the American West, but an active participant in national politics
and history. As Philip Barlow rightly notes, “The religion’s infancy was
harbored in the nation’s adolescence; both took form together” (109). Well-researched,
with short and concise chapters from a distinguished team of scholars, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mormonism and American Politics </i>does not
offer a definitive history, but begins the conversation in stride. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Religion in the American Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10840982555917381092noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748491872959895076.post-63062447912845510632016-01-06T19:06:00.000-05:002016-02-18T18:21:39.871-05:00CFP for Religion in the American West Group at AAR 2016<div style="background-image: none; border: 0px; color: #565347; font-family: Calibri, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="https://papers.aarweb.org/content/religion-american-west-group">Migration in the American West: Settling, Populating, Transplanting, Displacing, Moving, Claiming, and Leaving</a></div>
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The American West is an imagined place that is often idealized as new, dynamic, a tabula rasa ripe with possibility. Or, it is the destination of the down and out, the economic migrant and immigrant, the last chance. Or, it is the ancient home of native peoples as well as Spanish haciendas and missions. Finally, perhaps it is also where people depart from, a point of disembarkation to other regions, other lands, carrying with them some ineffable sense of being “Western.” Early histories of the West focused on pioneers and settlement as well on displacement while more contemporary analyses of the West address issues of cultural contact, environmental concerns, transnational flows, and economic growth.</div>
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Drawing on this ideational context of mobility, we solicit paper and panel proposals on the myriad intersections of religion with migration into and out of the American West. How have religious homes been made in the West? How have westerners brought their religions with them when they leave the region? How have racial, ethnic, gender, and religious identities been co-constituted in this space of continual migratory cultural flows?</div>
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We are interested in all patterns of religion and migration, and also are particularly interested in papers contributing to a co-sponsored session with the Native Traditions in the Americas, on indigenous pilgrimages, forced migrations, and commemorative rides in the Western United States.</div>
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Please note that the format for the session will feature pre-circulated papers as is the long custom of this group.</div>
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<a href="https://papers.aarweb.org/content/welcome">AAR's online portal for submitting papers</a> for the 2016 annual conference is now open.<a href="https://papers.aarweb.org/content/religion-american-west-group"> Click here </a>for the Religion in the American West Group's CFP on the AAR website. The deadline for submissions is March 1.</div>
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