Seeking Panel Submissions for American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies 2019

Gregory Michna Discussion

This is a call for papers to fill a panel that I am organizing for the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies conference, held 21-23 March 2019 at the Grand Hyatt in Denver, Colorado. The panel proposal has already been accepted by ASECS, so it is now my responsibility to solicit papers to fill the panel. I will be giving a paper on Solomon Stoddard's theology and call for Indian evangelism prior to the Great Awakening. Panel description:

New Horizons of Evangelicalism in the Eighteenth Century
 

The study of evangelicalism in the eighteenth-century Atlantic has long revolved around the clash between “New Lights” and “Old Lights” in New England during the 1740s. While the rise of cultural history and the Atlantic paradigm have offered new insights into the broader currents of these religious stirrings, this panel hopes to demonstrate that this field of study remains vibrant as historians expand their geographies and subjects. What happens when the chronology expands to include the “long eighteenth century,” or if we move beyond New England to explore the colonial South or Caribbean? Where does the story of Indian and African missions fit into a topic that historians frequently consider a matter of internal theology? This panel calls for scholars of eighteenth-century religion who seek out evangelicalism and its connections within diverse groups throughout the Atlantic. Scholars in the field of religious studies with new insights into sermonic analysis and theological treatises on eighteenth-century evangelicalism are also encouraged to submit papers.

 

Contact Info: 

Gregory Michna
Arkansas Tech University
Contact Email: gmichna@atu.edu