Deadline for Submission is September 1, 2010.

Administrative Team: Eugene Finnegan (Coordinator), Natalie Kertes Weaver, Colleen Carpenter Cullinan

Call for Papers:

The Creation/Eschatology Topic Session invites paper proposals on the convention theme “All the Saints.”  The communion of the saints is one of the fundamental beliefs of Christianity.  Papers might address this belief by considering the trans-temporal character of the communion of the saints.   How, for example, do the past, the present, and future have an impact on our lives today?  How does Creation continue in the present moment?  How does the end time already exist?  How might one account for the tension between apocalyptic and eschatological theology?  This focus is not a requirement for paper proposals.  Papers treating the subject matter of the Topic Session more generally are entirely welcome.

Proposals should be between 200-500 words and include the author’s name, institution, and contact information.  The deadline for submission is September 1, 2010.  Notification of acceptance for presentation will be given by September 24, 2010.  A maximum of three papers will be selected for the session.  Please articulate in the proposal any audio-visual support required.  Authors of accepted papers must submit a 100 word précis by October 6.  Recall that CTSA policy limits presenters to one speaking role on the convention program.  Please send proposals to efinnegan@ccsj.edu.