The Board of the Unitarian Christian Alliance is pleased to announce a general call for papers to be presented at the third annual UCA conference in Springfield, Ohio, October 19–21, 2023. (Watch this blog for the opening of registration.)
- The submission deadline is the end of the day (U.S. Eastern Standard / New York time) of August 1, 2023.
- Please do not submit multiple papers.
- Submissions will be blind-reviewed by a committee of three.
- We are looking for scholarly (or at least: informed, insightful, and well-argued) papers which are also accessible to an educated lay audience on topics which can advance the cause of unitarian Christianity.
- Topics may include but are not limited to: biblical theology, systematic theology, biblical studies, textual criticism, history of theology, history of unitarian Christianity, apologetics, Christian philosophy, analytic theology.
- Authors may submit even if they are neither a member of the UCA nor a unitarian Christian.
- Paper submissions must conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (Notes and Bibliography style, with footnotes and bibliography).
- The main text should be no longer than 6,000 words, so that the presentation is no longer than 45 minutes.
- Submitted papers longer than 6,000 (in the main text – so not including footnotes) will be automatically rejected.
- Authors should plan on about 10 minutes of audience Q&A after their talk.
- Papers may be read, although authors are encouraged to present the material in an engaging way.
- Conference presentations will be video-recorded and may be posted on the UCA YouTube channel, and our social media committee may also snip out interesting “sound bites” for short videos. By submitting a paper, you agree that your presentation may be filmed and used in these ways by the UCA.
- Still, a fully written paper must be submitted; an outline or proposal is not enough.
- Authors of accepted papers must supply a PowerPoint or Keynote or Google Slides (etc.) presentation to accompany their talk by the end of Friday, September 1, 2023. (This should be emailed to the address below.)
- After removing any self-identifying features (e.g. your name, references to your other publications or other work), please email your submission to conference@unitarianchristianalliance.org.
- Our conference coordinator will ensure that the papers are suitable for blind review and then pass them on to the committee.
The committee’s decisions will be emailed to authors by the end of Friday, August 15, 2023.