RELIGION AND (IN)EQUALITIES

 

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Social inequalities — such as poverty, social exclusion, and discrimination — along with legal inequalities and gender disparities, lie at the heart of many challenges that shape modern societies. Religions have historically contributed to the emergence of various forms of inequality, for example by promoting hierarchical views of society, yet they have also played crucial roles in mitigating and reducing inequalities through commitments to equal dignity, charity, social welfare, peace, and justice. This call for papers invites contributions that examine both religion as a general social and cultural phenomenon shaping notions of equality and hierarchy, and the ways in which religions — understood as diverse traditions, institutions, and actors — have variously reinforced or challenged specific forms of (in)equality.

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EuARe 2026 will feature keynote speakers from theology, the social sciences, history, and law to explore the multifaceted relationships between religion and the problematics of (in)equalities. At the same time, the annual EuARe conference warmly invites both longstanding and new members to join the conversation on this theme and beyond, providing a venue for sharing and developing research in an interdisciplinary context dedicated to the study of religion in all its dimensions

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