Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

Hélène Cixous, University of Paris–VIII

Gianni Vattimo, University of Turin

with

Judith Butler, University of California at Berkeley

Sarah Coakley, Harvard Divinity School

bell hooks, Berea College

Mark Jordan, Emory University

Catherine Keller, Drew University

Saba Mahmood, University of California at Berkeley

A constellation of internationally prominent philosophers and theologians gather to ask, What does the “return of religion” mean for women and for human sexuality? What new openings for feminism and gender theory are being made by the renewed interest of intellectuals in religion? How can we reimagine God and the divine beyond patriarchy and homophobia? How are feminist and gender theory to respond to the worldwide resurgence of religious fundamentalisms?