[Andalusi Studies] CFP reminder: "Mysticism and Spirituality in Medieval Spain"

[David Wacks]

Call for Contributions
Mysticism and Spirituality in Medieval Spain
Religions, Open-access journal
Guest editor, Dr. Jessica A. Boon, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
While inter-religious interactions and conflicts are often the focus of research on medieval Iberia, medieval Spain was also the birthplace of major mystics and the source for significant movements within the mystical and spiritual traditions for each of the Western monotheistic religions. These multiple mysticisms are rarely addressed in one context, however, as thirteenth century figures such as Moses de León (the Zohar) or Ibn al-Arabi (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, the Meccan Revelations) significantly pre-date the first Christian mystical and visionary texts c. 1500. In addition, the associated spiritual developments within each monotheistic religion such as devotion to the saints, messianic movements, Passion spirituality, or apocalypticism are seldom brought together in the same venue for scholarship as assessments of Spanish mystical or visionary experience. This special issue of the journal Religion seeks to bring together scholarship on the various mystical and spiritual traditions of Spain before 1550, with attention to the historical and political contexts of the mystical work(s) or spiritual movements.
Of particular interest are proposals that either contribute to the study of inter-religious or cross-cultural interactions, or that forefront analyses of embodiment and social location (race, gender, sexuality, disability studies; postcolonial, posthuman, materiality, new materiality, neuroscientific approaches; history of art, emotions, science). By bringing together contributions that reflect the latest developments in methodology for the study of mysticism and spirituality through in-depth case studies embedded in the local particularities of medieval Spanish religious traditions, this special issue will be of interest not only to hispanists but also to historians of mysticism and Religious Studies scholars.
The articles are due by September 1, 2019, with a recommended word length of under 10,000 words (with some flexibility due to the digital platform for the journal). Contacting the guest editor, Jessica A. Boon (jboon at email.unc.edu<mailto:jboon at email.unc.edu>), with an abstract of the proposed article is encouraged. If more than 10 contributors are found, the volume will also be made available in print.
The site for article submissions can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Medieval_Spain.

Sincerely,
Jessica A. Boon
Associate Professor of Medieval/Early Modern Christianity
Department of Religious Studies
113 Carolina Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill

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