Conflict and Coexistence – Christianity and Islam, session at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) "Religion – Continuations and Disruptions", University of Tartu, Estonia, June 25–29, 2019

The thematic strand of the EASR 2019 Conference, ‘Continuations and Disruptions’ provides an excellent opportunity to organize a panel on the study of the encounters and relationship between Christianity and Islam. The session ‘Conflict and Coexistence’ seeks to apply the general theme of the Congress either on the experiences of Christians in the Islamic world, or on those of Muslims in a society of Christian majority, from the Middle Ages up to the present day. The panel invites contributions that investigate those aspects of Christian/Muslim practice, discourse, use of liturgical language, theoretical considerations, etc. that underwent change as a result of an encounter, interaction and/or conflict; or which specify “core” elements that cannot be disrupted without the loss of identity. On the other hand, the approach of ‘coexistence’ seeks to explore those circumstances that allow the simultaneous ‘continuations’ (and inventions) of different traditions. Papers could examine, for example, encounters and interactions between religious or confessional communities, social and political aspects of change, agents and victims of disruption, and migration.