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CATA 2026 Conference &
Public Lecture

Winnipeg, MB - May 29-30

Call for papers   

“Common Places, Contested Spaces: Religion and Theology in Canada and Beyond.”

Call for papers - now open!

Join us at the Canadian-American Theological Association (CATA) 2026 Conference and Public Lecture which will take place on May 29-30, 2026. The conference will take place on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at St. John's College, located on the campus of the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg. A public lecture will also be held the evening before, on Friday, May 29 at a church in Winnipeg (location to be announced). CATA will be meeting alongside of other Canadian academic theological and religious societies as part of the inaugural Canadian Theology and Religion Colloquium. The overarching theme of the colloquium is “Common Places, Contested Spaces: Religion and Theology in Canada and Beyond.”

The Executive of CATA welcomes proposals for papers to be presented at our Annual Meeting to be held on day two. Proposals from graduate students are enthusiastically welcomed!

Registration

As with last year, the CATA conference will be offered as a stand-alone conference, separate from the Canadian Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences. Consequently, enrolling in the CATA conference does not require enrollment in Congress.

More information coming soon!

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Call for Papers

CATA encourages submission of high-quality papers on any topic falling within the disciplines of biblical studies; theological readings of Scripture; historical, systematic, philosophical, moral, and pastoral theology; and interdisciplinary theological work that engages with other academic disciplines. Special consideration will be given to papers that broadly intersect with the colloquium theme. “Common Places, Contested Spaces: Religion and Theology in Canada and Beyond.” Graduate students, post-docs, independent scholars, and pre-tenured faculty are invited to submit papers for the CATA Student and Early Career Paper Competition.

Papers should be scholarly but not highly specialized presentations of about 20 minutes, aimed at an audience of students, pastors, and faculty from across the spectrum of theological disciplines.

ABSTRACTS
SUBMIT PROPOSAL
STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER PAPER COMPETITION
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
IMPORTANT DATES

Topics

Topics in the broad theological disciplines that fall outside of the specific theme of the conference are also welcome. For example, related themes might include theological reflection on:

  • Reading Scripture in Canada and/or the United States
  • Place and space
  • Questions of church and culture; and church and state
  • The future of theological discourse in Canada and/or the United States
  • Faith in the public square
  • The state of theological education in Canada and/or the United States
  • Missional possibilities for the church within a secular age
  • Engagement with Indigenous voices and communities
  • The place of the land in the Scriptural imagination

Student and Early Career Paper Competition

Graduate students, post-docs, independent scholars, and pre-tenured faculty are invited to submit papers for the CATA Student and Early Career Paper Competition.

The winning paper will be published in CATA’s journal, the Canadian-American Theological Review, and its author will receive a congratulatory monetary gift.

Submission Guidelines
  • 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 as file attachments in Word or PDF format
  • Please write “CATA2026 Paper Proposal” in the subject line of your email (those intending to submit their papers simultaneously to the paper competition should write “CATA 2026 Paper Competition”)
  • Please email all conference paper proposals to:
    Dr. Robert Dean President, Canadian-American Theological Association robert.dean@prov.ca

Important Dates
  • The deadline for proposal submissions is February 27, 2026.
  • Authors whose proposals are chosen for participation in the conference will receive notification by April 10, 2026.
  • Papers chosen for participation will be notified by the end of March.
  • Those intending to enter the Student and Early Career paper competition must submit the finalized, full-text of their papers by April 24, 2026.

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