“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” And The Inhospitable State – Abrahamic Hospitality And The Limits Of Multiculturalism (Emily McAvan), Part 1
The following is the first of a two-part series. “Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” (Romans 12:13 NIV) “he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should show hospitality to his guest” (Sahih Muslim hadith,…
Lacan And Pneumatology (Mark Murphy)
There has been much work on Lacan in describing his relationship to a Christological theology. We see this in work such as Žižek’s The Fragile Absolute and also in his dual work with John Milbank, The Monstrosity of Christ.[1] We…
The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 3 (Paul Maltby)
The following is the third of a three-part series. The first can be found here, the second here. A Non-Sacramental Nature End Times fiction must be distinguished from other literary genres by its conspicuous absence of local color, its lifeless mise-en-scène…
The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 2 (Paul Maltby)
The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here. End Times fiction’s unrelenting focus on human sinfulness and unworthiness, a focus that reflects the defining tenet of fundamentalist anthropology, leaves out of account the…
The Hollow Christians Of End Times Fiction, Part 1 (Paul Maltby)
The following is the first of a three-part series. A flaw at the heart of End Times fiction gravely weakens its credibility as Christian literature. Its stock characters lack the degree of interiority required for convincing narratives of encounters with…
Call For Proposals – Migration, Mobility, And Mass Displacements – Toward a “Political Theology” Appropriate To An Age Of Global Disorder
Migration, Mobility, and Mass Displacements – Toward a “Political Theology” Appropriate to an Age of Global Disorder Where? University of Kent (Canterbury, England) When? August 27-29, 2020 Deadline for Proposals: May 1, 2020 The Department of Religious Studies and the…
Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 2 (Rode Molla)
The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Docile Ethiopian Bodies Foucault, in his book, Discipline, and Punish, describes how the human body is the object of different ideologies. Foucault emphasizes the modern…
Reframing The Adwa Victory As A Decolonizing Praxis – Discourse Around Colonization In The Ethiopian Context, Part 1 (Rode Molla)
The following is the first installment of a two-part series. White-Painted Ethiopia Bodies In 1896 Ethiopians defeated the Italian military and defended their border. That made Ethiopia the only black nation that defended its border in the era of colonization.[1]…
Review – What is Real? (Filippo Pietrogrande)
Giorgio Agamben. What is Real? Trans. Lorenzo Chiesa. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. 88 pages. ISBN: 978-1-5036-0737-8 Every mysterious disappearance assumes mythical tones, the subsequent fate of the missing person remaining indefinitely suspended when concrete and sufficient information is lacking:…
To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 2 (Matt Rosen)
The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The recasting of the field of three against the field of two, which is the field that is anterior to it and unilaterally determines it…