Tuesday, July 19, 2005
(11:52 PM) | Brad:
For the Sake of the Call for Papers
As many of you know, Theology and the Political: The New Debate was released not too long ago. Denizens of The Weblog, most of us are in a peculiar situation to, well, actually care about its contents. Some of us, on our better days, when given a chance to formulate a few choice thoughts and time to edit our punctuation mistakes, are even articulate enough to engage the book in a fair, intelligent way. And a few of you who're like me, can at least fake it. In the spirit of this, and inspired by the rousing success of something similar over at The Valve, Adam and I are were wondering if any of you might be interested in participating in our very own 'book event'.What we have in mind is simple enough. Basically, you pick an essay and conjure up some thoughts about it. We're talking free-form people -- think open-mic improv night at The Weblog. We don't require, or even desire, footnotes; copious use of theoretical jargon, either of the particular field or invented by you in the shower; or, dare I say it, even a degree in politics or theology. If you're willing to read a twenty- or thirty-page academic essay and actually engage it in a thoughtful way that will maybe even prompt others to say a word or two in response, you're cool with us. Granted, ultimately, Adam has final editorial say; so, if you write something and fail to see it published online, you should probably take the hint that we consider it, and more importantly you, completely worthless.
I joke, of course.
Table of Contents info can be found here & a very short blurb here. (If anybody has any other helpful links, please let me know.)
Before we make any definite plans on this thing, esp. as to its date, we need to know if any of you are interested; and if so, in what essays. From there, we'll see if we can work out a time that'll work with everybody's summer schedule. Sound up your alley? If so, let it be known either in comments or via email by the end of this week. From there, we'll figure out ways to get the articles to those who are either too cheap or poor to actually purchase the bloody thing.
