The Research Group “Global Voices in Biblical Scholarship” is starting a three-year study on “Biblical Lament in Global Perspectives.” For 2026, we will focus on how imprecatory prayers have been used in contexts of war, colonization, and genocide in the Majority World (MW) for the sake of those who suffer. We hope to include one paper from each region of the MW (Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America). Each presentation explicates what imprecatory prayer means in a particular MW context, how this compares with biblical imprecatory prayer, and what new meanings emerge through the process of interpretation. The goal is to demonstrate how imprecatory prayer can be of help to those in contexts of war.
Please send paper proposals to [email protected] or [email protected] by March 4, 2026.
