Spirituality
Religious philosophies often play a significant role in social
constructions of the body and health, which in turn have political,
economic, and policy implications. Indeed, the global connection of
different health perspectives and authorities has emerged
concomitantly to, and often as a result of, religious and spiritual
philosophies. As such, interfaces of religion, spirituality, and
health are deeply intriguing social phenomena, the study of which
provides important insights for conceptualizing how both health and
religion are created, negotiated, and reproduced at different social
scales. We welcome papers that address the interface of health,
spirituality, and religion.
The 2010 Canadian Anthropology Society Annual Conference will be held
at Concordia University in Montreal from May 31 to June 3, 2010 as
part of the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and
Social Sciences. This year CASCA?s theme is ?Anthropological
Connections: New Spaces and New Networks?? as part of the Federation?s
broader theme, ?Connected Understandings.? For more information,
please see http://cas-sca.ca/casca/
Please send a 150 word abstract no later than February 5, 2010, to
Laura Mandelbaum (laura.mandelbaum@utoronto.ca) and Elizabeth
Urbanowski (elizabeth.urbanowski@utoronto.ca). Thank you!
