Saturday, January 24, 2015

Call for journal papers on Manichaeism

OPEN THEOLOGY:
Topical Issue on Manichaeism

COORDINATING EDITORS:

John C. Reeves,
Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies
Department of Religious Studies
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

DESCRIPTION

We invite submissions which explore any aspect of the Manichaean religion and its various cultural settings, including but not limited to the history of the study of Manichaeism, assessment of recent advances in research on Manichaeism, biographical or hagiographical studies of Mani or other personalities associated with his movement, essays which focus on one (or more) of the religion’s regional expressions, expositions of its key vocabulary, concepts, motifs, themes, and texts, and comparative studies which examine such items alongside analogous materials from other West, Central, South, or East Asian religious traditions.
Follow the link for information on submitting an article. Some pasts posts involving Manichaeism are here and here and links.