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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Center</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> for the Study of Information and Religion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir">www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir</a>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Deadline Extended to Nov. 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Call for Papers and Posters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">CSIR Third Annual International Conference on Information & Religion</span></i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Held in conjunction with the
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">American Theological Library Association (ATLA)
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Annual Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">June 19-22, 2013 ~ Charlotte, N.C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal">The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Third Annual International Conference on Information and Religion in conjunction with the American
Theological Library Association (ATLA) Annual Conference. Participants will have the opportunity to attend ATLA
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">and</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"> CSIR sessions, and may also submit proposals to both organizations. (See ATLA website for
deadlines and proposal information: www.atla.com.) Links to registration information will be posted on the CSIR website in January 2013.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">CSIR Theme: The Social Construction of Religious Knowledge<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Keynote: Peter Ochs, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%">
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Founding editor of the <i>Journal of Scriptural Reasoning</i> (</span><a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/ssr/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/ssr/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Abstracts will be considered for acceptance only when they are submitted on the proposal form before the deadline. (Please do not email, mail or fax abstract proposals.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Link to proposal form: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/CSIR2013abstract-submission">http://bit.ly/CSIR2013abstract-submission</a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><s><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Oct.</span></s></b><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Nov. 1, 2012:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Deadline to submit abstracts ---
<i>Deadline extended to Nov. 1!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><s><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Nov.</span></s></b><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Dec. 15, 2012:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Notification of acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 31, 2013:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Deadline to submit final, completed papers in order for them to be considered for publication in
<i>ASIR: Advances in the Study of Information and Religion</i>. Papers <b><u>must</u></b> be in proper APA style. Additional details regarding submission of full papers will be sent to those whose abstracts are accepted for conference presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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This call for papers and posters seeks original contributions in a variety of areas in which scholars are exploring the intersections of religion and information. Topics that might be addressed include but are not limited to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Defining and interpreting data and information in the understanding of religious knowledge;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The role of sermons in the social construction of knowledge;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The construction of shared knowledge between different faith traditions;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The social contexts of religious knowledge;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Preserving and making available religious texts and information objects associated with the construction of religious knowledge; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Social uses and appropriations made of these texts and objects;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Information in its application to clergy and congregations as communities of practice;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Faith and many types of intelligence (e.g., emotional intelligence, intellectual capital, etc.);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The application of academic theory in the understanding of religious knowledge;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Intersections of interests in the study of information and religion, where different disciplines might find it worthwhile to collaborate in research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Prospective participants are encouraged to submit abstracts that report on recent research and scholarship. Contributions to this call for papers should not have been previously published. We also welcome proposals
for poster presentations. There are no restrictions on research methodology.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Presenters are responsible for their own expenses related to the conference, including but not limited to registration fees, lodging, transportation,
and meals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information, please contact Dr. Don Wicks (</span><a href="mailto:dwicks@kent.edu"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">dwicks@kent.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">),
Interim Director of SLIS and Director of CSIR, or Dr. Dan Roland (</span><a href="mailto:droland1@kent.edu"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">droland1@kent.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">), CSIR Primary Researcher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Watch for conference details at
<a href="http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir">www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir</a>.
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