The planners of the conference All you need is love: Honoring the diversity of women’s voices in theology are asking, “What does it mean to love in the midst of a world rife with struggle and oppression?” The conference will face these realities head on—tensions between women of greater and lesser privilege, the need to listen deeply to a wide variety of women’s voices in matters of faith and theology, the difficulty of putting love into action and standing in solidarity with struggling sisters around the world.

We welcome submissions of proposals for 20-minute conference presentations from those whose research or thought will make significant additions to the development of the conference theme. We warmly welcome and encourage submissions from the vantage point of scholars, students, activists, pastors, church workers, and people of other vocations.

Possible topics should relate in some way to thinking theologically* about love, voice, and/or gender. Since the conference will focus on doing theology through the medium of storytelling, presentations that incorporate story, though not necessary, are welcome. Please submit proposals by Dec. 8, 2013.

*We define “thinking theologically” as thinking about God in relation to our lives. One need not be formally trained in theology in order to submit a proposal.