The Executive of the Canadian-American Theological Association (CATA) welcomes proposals for papers to be presented at the May 28, 2023 Annual Meeting to be held in conjunction with the Canadian Congress of the Humanities. The conference will be held at York University, Toronto but it will be possible for some presenters to present remotely.

CATA encourages submission of high-quality papers on any topic of theological relevance to the church. Special consideration will be given to papers that deal with the theme of this years Congress: “Reckonings and Re-Imaginings” https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress-2023-reckonings-and-re-imaginings. However, topics that fall outside of the specific theme will also be given strong consideration.

Papers for the CATA meeting should be scholarly but not highly specialized presentations of 20–25 minutes, aimed at an audience of scholars from across the spectrum of theological disciplines. We are interpreting theology to include biblical studies; theological readings of Scripture; historical, systematic, philosophical, moral, and pastoral theology; theology that engages culture, the church, and other academic disciplines, etc. Proposals from graduate students are enthusiastically welcomed.

Proposals should be approximately 250 words in length. Please prepare them for blind review and submit as an email attachment, accompanied by a short CV in a separate file. To facilitate anonymous review of proposals, please include your name, institutional affiliation, contact information, and the title of your proposal in the body of your email.

All proposals should be submitted electronically by December 31, 2022 to the address below in Word of PDF format. Please entitle your email “CATA Congress 2023 Paper Proposal.”
Papers chosen for participation will be notified by the end of March.

Email conference paper proposals to:
Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall
President, Canadian-American Theological Association
westfal@mcmaster.ca

The Spring Conference of CATA (the Canadian American Theological Association) is at hand! As usual, it is held in conjunction with Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. This year, as was the case last year, it will be online and will be accessible to you, whatever your location. You will not need to travel in order to participate! To register, log into https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress/congress-2022/register and follow the steps. Please contact me or Congress if you have any issues.

We are convening on Sunday 15 May at 11:00 a.m. EST. We will start with a welcome and a panel from past CATA presidents including J. Richard Middleton, Gus Konkel and Lee Beach. They will address where we have been and where we are going as a society. Circumstances have come together to create a liminal time and space for CATA to speak into the evangelical church and culture of North America from a global orientation. 

We will have a plenary business session at 2:00 p.m. ETS in which we will present the executive committee, the budget and the status of the CATA journal, and allow time for Q & A. 

The papers attempt to represent the diversity that we affirm. The schedule can be found on the Spring Congress page.

Blessings,

Cynthia Long Westfall

President of CATA on behalf of the Board

The Executive of the Canadian-American Theological Association (CATA) welcomes proposals for papers to be presented at the May 15, 2022 Annual Meeting to be held in conjunction with the Canadian Congress of the Humanities. The conference will again be held virtually this year.

CATA encourages submission of high quality papers on any topic of theological relevance to the church. However, special consideration will be given to papers that deal with the theme of this years Congress; “Transitions,” https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress/congress-2022

Topics related to the theme will be given special consideration but topics that fall outside of the specific theme will also be given strong consideration.

Papers for the CATA meeting should be scholarly but not highly specialized presentations of 20–25 minutes, aimed at an audience of scholars from across the spectrum of theological disciplines. We are interpreting theology to include biblical studies; theological readings of Scripture; historical, systematic, philosophical, moral, and pastoral theology; theology that engages culture, the church, and other academic disciplines, etc. Proposals from graduate students are enthusiastically welcomed.

Proposals should be approximately 250 words in length. Please prepare them for blind review and submit as an email attachment, accompanied by a short CV in a separate file. To facilitate anonymous review of proposals, please include your name, institutional affiliation, contact information, and the title of your proposal in the body of your email.

All proposals should be submitted electronically by March 1, 2022 to the address below in Word of PDF format. Please entitle your email “CATA Congress 2022 Paper Proposal.” Papers chosen for participation will be notified by the end of March.

Email conference paper proposals to:
Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall
President, Canadian-American Theological Association
westfal@mcmaster.ca