Call for Papers Now Open: GNPT Interim Meeting 2026 (Amsterdam)
The Global Network for Public Theology (GNPT) is pleased to announce that the Call for Papers is now open for the 2026 Interim Meeting in Amsterdam, themed:
Public Theology in a Fractured World: Voices, Visions, and Vulnerabilities
Our contemporary world is marked by deep fractures: social and political polarisation, ecological crises, violent conflict, and widening inequalities intensified by technology and migration. At the same time, these fractures expose profound vulnerabilities, amplify voices calling for justice and healing, and invite new theological visions for the common good.
This interim meeting seeks to explore how public theologians, rooted in diverse contexts, can engage these realities with intellectual depth, moral courage, and spiritual imagination. How might public theology foster dialogue and solidarity in divided societies? What scriptural, ethical, and spiritual resources sustain resilience, hope, and justice? And how can public theology remain self-critical and attentive to voices from the margins?
Working Groups and Calls for Papers
Paper proposals are invited for the following five Working Groups. Each Working Group has its own Call for Papers and online submission form. Please find all of them here or click on the links below to go directly to the call for papers for a particular group.
Working Group A: Political Power, Democracy, and Conflict
(Call for papers – coming soon)
Working Group B: Justice, Economy, Labour, and the Conditions of Life
(Call for papers – available via online form)
Working Group C: Embodiment, Gender, Sexuality, and Vulnerability
(Call for papers – coming soon)
Working Group D: Land, Soil, and Water: Healing Fractures, Making Home
(Call for papers – available via online form)
Working Group E: Public Theology Beyond the Echo Chamber: Communication, Culture, and Critique
(Call for papers – available via online form)
Each Working Group invites paper abstracts that engage its theme from diverse disciplinary, contextual, and methodological perspectives within Public Theology.
Submission and Review Process
Abstract length: Maximum 300 words or 2000 characters
Submission deadline: Sunday 22 February 2026
Submission window: Abstracts will be accepted over a two-week period
Review process: Submissions will be reviewed by the Working Group coordinators
Final recommendations due: approximately Monday 2 March 2026
This is an interim, in-person meeting, and participation is therefore limited. Total attendance across the conference will be capped at approximately 100 participants, with around 20 presenters per Working Group. Online participation is not anticipated for the working groups.
In selecting papers, the Working Groups are keen to encourage diversity of gender, geographical context, and career stage, alongside scholarly coherence and thematic focus. Scholars at all career stages are warmly encouraged to submit proposals and to contribute to a rigorous and generative conversation.