Global Pentecostalism and Peace and Conflict
- Date: 13 June 2025, 09:00 – 14 June 2025, 16:00
- Location: English Park
- Type: Conference
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- Organiser: Institute for Pentecostal Stu
- Contact person: Samuel Asberg
As proud host of the 2025 GloPent Conference, the Institute for Pentecostal Studies based at Uppsala University has taken the opportunity to bring together the field of Peace and Conflict research with research on Global Pentecostalism. The theme is both timely and internationally relevant and draws on Uppsala University’s long history of education and research in the field of Peace and Conflict. We envisage an exciting conference which will contribute to a development of research in Global Pentecostalism in this regard.
Throughout history and across cultures, people have been inspired by various religious visions of a better world, often revealing both positive and negative aspects of faith traditions. As such, the study of peace and conflict extends far beyond war and peacebuilding, but also includes social movements, a sustainable environment, solidarity and global justice, as well as institutional power and politics.
We especially invite paper proposals for our parallel panels that relate to a broad understanding of Pentecostalism in Peace and Conflict, such as dealing with questions of core identity and identity politics, personal and collective faith, religious organizations and leadership, as well as challenges arising from external factors such as migration, religious persecution, poverty and climate change. We also welcome papers that address theories and methods in researching Global Pentecostalism in relation to Peace and Conflict, both scholarly and more action oriented, such as peace building and conflict prevention. The conference will also be open for papers addressing Global Pentecostalism more generally.
Call for papers open: 1 November 2024 – 15 January 2025
Decision on accepted papers: 15 February 2025
Registration opens: 15 February 2025
Early Bird registration closes: 31 March 2025
Late registration closes: 15 May 2025