Psychology and Biblical Studies

 

Call for Papers

Psychology and Biblical Studies Section

SBL Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA • Nov 19-22, 2010

  1. We invite paper proposals on the theme: "Psychology and the Bible: Working Beyond the Academy." What practical applications might be made of psychological understandings of the Bible in congregational settings, pastoral counseling, in community work? Or, what might a psychological understanding of the dynamics of interpretation have to say to the Academy? What might psychologically "healthy" biblical interpretation look like?

  2. We also welcome proposals for papers that address Biblical texts, themes, figures and/or readers and interpreters using the concepts and interpretive tools of any named field of psychology.

TO MAKE A PROPOSAL: Go to the SBL website.
You must log in with your SBL number to submit a proposal.

We also plan to review two recent publications in the field: Bas van Os' Psychological Analyses and the Historical Jesus: Explorations in Understanding (T&T Clark, due February 2011), and Dereck Dashke and Andrew Kille, A Cry Instead of Justice: The Bible and Cultures of Violence in Psychological Perspective (T&T Clark, 2010).

Questions? Contact the Chair, D. Andrew Kille, at psybibs@psybibs.org.