The Society for Pentecostal Studies welcomes you to the official information center for the SPS 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, hosted at Eugene Bible College, Eugene, OR, March 26-28, 2009.

Detailed information about the upcoming meeting will be provided later in the year. The 2009 Call for Papers may be found below.

2009 Annual Meeting: Call for Papers
Society for Pentecostal Studies

March 26-28, 2009
Eugene Bible College
Eugene, Oregon

The Society for Pentecostal Studies invites you to participate in the 2009 annual meeting. The program will feature a number of plenary sessions exploring different aspects of the conference theme. In addition, there will be several parallel sessions that relate to the following ten interest groups of SPS: Asian/American, Bible, Christian Ethics, Ecumenical Studies, History, Missions & Intercultural Studies, Philosophy, Practical Theology/Christian Formation, Religion and Culture, and Theology.

Theme: "Pentecostal Intersections:
What Does the Spirit Have to Say Through the Academy?"

The focus of this year's conference will be to explore the particular contribution Pentecostal scholarship has to make to the important issues that face our contemporary church, society, and world. War, violence, gender/family issues, health care, politics, economics and poverty, education, and spirituality all concern Pentecostals as well as other Christians and non-believers. This theme explores the difference Pentecostal/Charismatic scholars make in the Evangelical, mainline, and secular academy, the church, society, and world through the unique perspective our Spirit empowered and informed intellects brings to these important discussions.

For further questions on the theme of this call, please contact Estrelda Alexander, 1st Vice President and Program Chair.

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Paper Proposals

All plenary sessions will address the conference theme in some significant way. Parallel papers do not necessarily need to relate to the theme. Sessions can include presentations in several forms, including panel or round table discussions, as well as the traditional academic paper with respondent format. All sessions should allow opportunity for dialogue.

Each proposal should be between 350 and 400 words. It should include a working title, a statement of the problem, the scope & outline of the paper, a brief discussion of the methodology, and a tentative conclusion. Please confirm that your name, title, and organization are as they should appear on the program. Requests for audio/visual equipment must be made along with the proposal, but cannot be guaranteed.

Proposals are due to the appropriate Interest Group Leader (IGL) no later than July 1, 2008. Each proposal will be acknowledged by e-mail from the IGL or chair within two weeks of submission. In the absence of such a reply, one should send an e-mail directly to the appropriate person (click name below) to ensure that the online form was received.

By September 15, 2008, proposers should hear from their respective Interest Group Leaders on the status of their paper proposals.

If your proposal is accepted, completed papers must be submitted in a format established by the SPS guidelines no later than January 15, 2009.  Submitting a paper proposal commits presenters to submit a completed paper according to established guidelines by January 15, to attend the March 2009 meeting at Eugene Bible College, and to present their papers in the specified section (if the proposal is accepted). Submitting a paper proposal also authorizes SPS to include the paper in its Parallel Session Paper Collection in both printed and digital formats (CD-ROM and Online).

Please follow the instructions below to complete an online form that will be e-mailed to the appropriate Interest Group Leader.

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Submit Your Proposal

Click the "Form" link below which corresponds to the Interest Group to which you wish to submit your proposal. Please complete and submit the online form, which will be sent to the appropriate Interest Group Leader.

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