Acceleration and Resonance: Young People and Religion from a Global Perspective
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 October 2023) | Viewed by 853
Special Issue Editors
Interests: youth and family ministry; practical theology; Charles Taylor; Karl Barth; Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The title of this Special Issue includes two words—acceleration and resonance—often associated with sociologist Harmut Rosa. By including them, we signal that this issue of Religions takes up some of the questions he wrestles with in Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity (Columbia University Press, 2013) and Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World (Polity Press, 2019). Much of the literature generated by Rosa’s theories centers the Western modern experience. This issue strives to de-center that conversation by drawing on scholars working in non-Western contexts, such as Africa, Asia and South America, and by lifting up the perspective of young people all over the world (including those in the West). We recognize that religion has long been associated with time (acceleration) and relationships (resonance), both of which are the aspects of human experience under question in Rosa’s thought. Scholars from a wide range of fields consider questions of time and relationships from a global perspective. The challenge, in this issue, is to do so in such a way that includes the religious experience of young people. This might take the form of reflection on the particular or thoughts from a more theoretical perspective. Contributors do not need to directly engage Rosa’s work (although they are free to do so) but all submissions should engage with the themes of religion, time, relationships, global, and young people.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400–600 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the Guest Editor at [email protected] or to the Religions Editorial Office ([email protected]). Abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editors for the purposes of ensuring their proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
Prof. Dr. Andrew Root
Dr. Blair D. Bertrand
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Harmut Rosa
- globalization
- secularism
- modernity
- time
- acceleration
- relationships
- personal-ism
- resonance
- young adults
- young people
- religion
- theology
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