The Popular Culture and <\/a>Theology <\/a>blog just announced<\/a> an extension to this call for papers:<\/p>\n We are once again extending the call for papers for the Theology, Religion, and Margaret Atwood<\/em> volume.<\/p>\n The editors are interested in theological and religious analyses of Atwood\u2019s works, which includes her famous\u00a0A Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>, but also includes her other short stories, essays, and poetry.<\/p>\n Of particular interest would be a critical essay dealing with some of Atwood\u2019s recent TERF comments.<\/p>\n Other potential topics include the following:<\/p>\n ~~ meaning and order in the universe<\/p>\n ~~ what does it mean to be human and what characterizes human nature<\/p>\n ~~ the matter of evil (dystopian theodicy)<\/p>\n ~~ free will\/ fate\/ destiny<\/p>\n ~~ anthropocentricism and the animal kingdom<\/p>\n ~~ eco-spirituality<\/p>\n ~~ gender and matters of identity (and meaning)<\/p>\n ~~ death and rebirth<\/p>\n ~~ the mortal and the divine<\/p>\n ~~ theologies of time, space\/place, prophecy<\/p>\n This call encourages submissions from a range of theoretical models and modalities and will welcome inquiries from newly-minted and independent scholars as well as faculty researchers. Particular attention will be accorded to those proposals that focus\u00a0on\u00a0Atwood writings\u00a0other than\u00a0The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u00a0although\u00a0abstracts about the novel and TV show\u00a0will of course be considered. A current CV must accompany an abstract of no less than 300 words and all documentation should be sent as a pdf file or Word doc to\u00a0greeleyj@sacredheart.edu<\/a>\u00a0by June 30, 2022.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Also on the subject of Margaret Atwood, James Smoker blogged about June\u2019s audacious prayer in\u00a0The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em><\/a>. Here\u2019s a taste:<\/p>\n The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u00a0is indeed a critique of a kind of political Christianity that seeks to enforce its morality by fear, surveillance, and dehumanization of those outside of it\u2014the sort of religiosity that would silence any idea that is subversive, critical, \u2018detrimental\u2019. But it is not a critique of Christianity\u00a0per se<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Audacious Prayer of The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n