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His most recent book is Neoliberalism and Political Theology: From Kant to Identity Politics. 49 Posts | Links (2) - [carlraschke.com](https://carlraschke.com/) - [email](mailto:carl.raschke@jcrt.org) --- ![Spooky Cognition: Quantum Entanglement, Ephaptic Coupling, and the Transcendental Frontiers of Consciousness Studies](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Spooky Cognition: Quantum Entanglement, Ephaptic Coupling, and the Transcendental Frontiers of Consciousness Studies** Carl A. Raschke links quantum entanglement and ephaptic coupling to consciousness studies, proposing a transcendental semiotics of religious experience. [Learn More](/archives/25.2/raschke/) ![Saying “You”: the Grammar of Address and the Limitations of Cognitive Theories of Religion](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Saying “You”: the Grammar of Address and the Limitations of Cognitive Theories of Religion** [Learn More](/archives/23.2/raschke/) ![The Religious Roots of Environmental Justice](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Religious Roots of Environmental Justice** [Learn More](/archives/22.2/keller_raschke/) ![The Use and Abuse of the Expression “Christian Nationalism”](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Use and Abuse of the Expression “Christian Nationalism”** [Learn More](/archives/22.2/raschke/) ![A Critical Conversation on “Political Erasure”](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **A Critical Conversation on “Political Erasure”** [Learn More](/archives/21.3/raschke/) ![In Praise of Mortality: Christianity as a New Humanism](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **In Praise of Mortality: Christianity as a New Humanism** This edition of JCRT is a full translation from the German of the book Preis der Sterblichkeit: Christentum und Neuer Humanismus (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Verlag Herder, 2015) Kurt Appel, Editor; Jakob Deibl; Isabella Guanzini; Alex Skinner; Natalie Eder; Carl A. Raschke; Rachel Thomas (Translators) [Learn More](/archives/20.2/praise/) ![Altizer’s Theology in Context](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Altizer’s Theology in Context** [Learn More](/archives/19.1/raschke/) ![A Preface to the Genealogy of Neoliberalism.](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **A Preface to the Genealogy of Neoliberalism.** [Learn More](/archives/17.1/raschke/) ![The End of Theology and The Event of Truth](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The End of Theology and The Event of Truth** [Learn More](/archives/16.3/introduction/) ![The End of Theology and the Event of Truth: an Introduction](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The End of Theology and the Event of Truth: an Introduction** [Learn More](/archives/16.3/raschke/) ![The Civic Humanities and the Crisis of Neoliberalism.](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Civic Humanities and the Crisis of Neoliberalism.** [Learn More](/archives/16.1/raschke/) ![What Gives? Force, Gift, and the Ongoing](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **What Gives? Force, Gift, and the Ongoing** The article discusses the efforts of German philosopher Edmund Husserl to find the roots of philosophy, which he located in the transcendental method, in his book [Learn More](/archives/15.1/raschke/) ![Not Your Grandmother’s Theory of Religion: an Interview with Carl Raschke.](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Not Your Grandmother’s Theory of Religion: an Interview with Carl Raschke.** The article presents an interview with journal editor Carl A. Raschke who discusses his book [Learn More](/archives/14.1/raschke/) ![From Alchemy to Revolution: a Conversation with Carl A. Raschke.](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **From Alchemy to Revolution: a Conversation with Carl A. Raschke.** An interview of University of Denver's professor Carl A. Raschke that includes depiction of postmodern approaches in deconstruction literature; collaboration of diferent literary discourses in the [Learn More](/archives/12.3/taylor.raschke/) ![Peter Sloterdijk as “First Philosopher” of Globalization](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Peter Sloterdijk as “First Philosopher” of Globalization** The article offers information on philosopher Peter Sloterdijk that includes absence in translations of Sloterdijk's philosophical teachings; consideration of Sloterdijk's teaching as pop-cultural; and assessment of phenomenology towards globalization conditions. [Learn More](/archives/12.3/raschke/) ![The Monstrosity of ŽIŽEk’s Christianity](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Monstrosity of ŽIŽEk’s Christianity** [Learn More](/archives/11.2/raschke/) ![The New Orientalists: Representations of Islam from Foucault to Baudrillard](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The New Orientalists: Representations of Islam from Foucault to Baudrillard** [Learn More](/archives/09.3/raschke/) ![The Religion of Politics: Concerning a Postmodern Political Theology ‘to Come’](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Religion of Politics: Concerning a Postmodern Political Theology ‘to Come’** [Learn More](/archives/09.1/raschke/) ![The Weakness of God...and of Theological Thought for That Matter: Acta Est Fabula Plaudite](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Weakness of God...and of Theological Thought for That Matter: Acta Est Fabula Plaudite** [Learn More](/archives/08.1/raschke/) ![Derrida and the Return of Religion: Religious Theory After Postmodernism](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Derrida and the Return of Religion: Religious Theory After Postmodernism** [Learn More](/archives/06.2/raschke/) ![Radical Islam and the Spectre of the Desert - Otherwise, the Call of Theory](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Radical Islam and the Spectre of the Desert - Otherwise, the Call of Theory** [Learn More](/archives/05.2/raschke/) ![Bataille’s Gift](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Bataille’s Gift** [Learn More](/archives/05.1/raschke/) ![From Religion to Faith: Levinasian Ethics and the Grammar of Address](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **From Religion to Faith: Levinasian Ethics and the Grammar of Address** [Learn More](/archives/04.1/raschke/) ![Loosening Philosophy’s Tongue: a Conversation with Jack Caputo](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Loosening Philosophy’s Tongue: a Conversation with Jack Caputo** [Learn More](/archives/03.2/caputo_raschke/) ![About About Religion: a Conversation with Mark C. Taylor](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **About About Religion: a Conversation with Mark C. Taylor** [Learn More](/archives/02.2/taylor_raschke/) ![The Deposition of the Sign: Postmodernism and the Crisis of Religious Studies](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Deposition of the Sign: Postmodernism and the Crisis of Religious Studies** [Learn More](/archives/03.1/raschke/) ![Heterological History: a Conversation](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Heterological History: a Conversation** [Learn More](/archives/01.2/wyschogrod_raschke/) ![Para/Theology: the Study of Religion and the Science of the Negative](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Para/Theology: the Study of Religion and the Science of the Negative** [Learn More](/archives/02.1/raschke/) ![Theorizing Religion at the Turn of the Millennium: from the Sacred to the Semiotic](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Theorizing Religion at the Turn of the Millennium: from the Sacred to the Semiotic** [Learn More](/archives/01.1/raschke/) ![What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/09/albert-niemeyer-2016_andy_warhol.webp) ### **What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)** This article is published in two installments. The first can be found here. Taylor’s typification of postmodernism as Flatland, however, as the quintessential [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/09/viewing_robert_smithsons_spiral_jetty_on_june_18th_2018-1200x642.webp) ### **What Exactly Is Postmodernism, And How Did It Change The Landscape Of Religious Studies?, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)** Almost a half century ago a change took place in the humanities, and by extension in the fledgling field of religious studies It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/what-exactly-is-postmodernism-and-how-did-it-change-the-landscape-of-religious-studies-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/tellus_-_ara_pacis.webp) ### **Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)** The following is the last of a three-part series. The first can be found here , the second here. A genealogy of the neoliberalization, together with the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-3-carl-raschke/) ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/isabella_whiteford.webp) ### **Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)** The following is the second of a three-part series. The first can be found here . The supreme achievement of neoliberalism, according to Han, is that it has [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/10/august_labicana_massimo_inv56230_n2.webp) ### **Religious Studies As The “State Religion” Of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)** > “Neptunus alii per alia, poterunt intellegi qui qualesque sint, quoque eos nomine consuetudo nuncupaverit, hoc eos et venerari et colere debemus.” – Cicero [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/religious-studies-as-the-state-religion-of-neoliberalism-carl-raschke/) ![“Progressive Neoliberalism” – Symbolic Capitalism And The Global Reproduction Of The “Precariat” (Interview With Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/img_6855.webp) ### **“Progressive Neoliberalism” – Symbolic Capitalism And The Global Reproduction Of The “Precariat” (Interview With Carl Raschke)** *Raschke, Carl. Neoliberalism and Political Theology: From Kant to Identity Politics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019 It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/progressive-neoliberalism-symbolic-capitalism-and-the-global-reproduction-of-the-precariat-interview-with-carl-raschke/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/blake_jacobsladder.webp) ### **The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 3 (Carl Raschke)** This article is the last of three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-3-carl-raschke/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/c3991bb2cfd9febacdde5120616f152a.webp) ### **The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)** This article is the second of three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/img_1588.webp) ### **The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory, And The Tawdry – Media And The Undoing Of The Demos, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)** This article appears in three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk Conference [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/debt-slave.webp) ### **A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 2 (Carl Raschke)** The following is the second installment of a lecture delivered to the faculty and students of the Research Platform on Religion and Transformation from the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-2-carl-raschke/) ![A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/08/malabon-city.webp) ### **A Preface To The Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part 1 (Carl Raschke)** The following is the first installment of a lecture delivered to the faculty and students of the Research Platform on Religion and Transformation from the [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/a-preface-to-the-genealogy-of-neoliberalism-part-1-carl-raschke/) ![What Egypt Really Means for the Theory of Religion](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **What Egypt Really Means for the Theory of Religion** Carl A. Raschke interprets Egypt's 2011 uprising through May 1968, youth politics, Derrida, and a universalist religion without renewed religiosity in public. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/what-egypt-really-means-for-the-theory-of-religion/) ![Obama’s Cairo Speech: “New Beginning,” New Enlightenment, or Old Aporia?](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Obama’s Cairo Speech: “New Beginning,” New Enlightenment, or Old Aporia?** Carl A. Raschke analyzes Obama's Cairo speech as a bid for renewed relations between Islam and the West, testing its promise against Enlightenment aporias. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/obama-s-cairo-speech-new-beginning-new-enlightenment-or-old/) ![Specter and Event](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Specter and Event** Carl A. Raschke reflects on 2009 as a year of spectral eventfulness, reading Derrida and Nietzsche against political repetition, nihilism, and false dawns. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/specter-and-event/) ![“Post-America”: An Exchange](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **“Post-America”: An Exchange** David Hale and Carl A. Raschke exchange views on American decline, debt, empire, irony, and the uncertain line between the audacity and arrogance of hope. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/post-america-an-exchange/) ![Dis-Enclosure and the Inaugural Moment](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Dis-Enclosure and the Inaugural Moment** Carl A. Raschke reads Obama's inauguration beside Jean-Luc Nancy's Dis-Enclosure, asking how event, faith, Christianity, and the future resist philosophy. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/dis-enclosure-and-the-inaugural-moment/) ![The Morning After—with a Nod to Vince Lombardi](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Morning After—with a Nod to Vince Lombardi** Carl A. Raschke reflects on Barack Obama's election, warning that political euphoria must give way to shared responsibility before the next global crisis. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/the-morning-after-with-a-nod-to-vince-lombardi/) ![Apocalypse Now? The Subaltern Has Spoken](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Apocalypse Now? The Subaltern Has Spoken** Writing before the 2008 election, Carl A. Raschke considers Obama, globalization, identity politics, and whether an apparent apocalypse signals a new beginning. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/apocalypse-now-the-subaltern-has-spoken/) ![The Hinge of History, or Žižek’s “New Politics”](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Hinge of History, or Žižek’s “New Politics”** Carl A. Raschke asks whether the 2008 financial crash marks a hinge of history, testing Žižek's call for a new politics against consumer capitalism today. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/the-hinge-of-history-or-zizek-s-new-politics/) ![Hyperreality](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Hyperreality** Carl A. Raschke reads the 2008 financial crisis through Baudrillard, Mark C. Taylor, and Derrida, asking what hyperreality means for faith and democracy. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/hyperreality/) [The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT)](https://jcrt.org) is an online, peer-reviewed, academic publication published by [The Whitestone Foundation](http://thewhitestonefoundation.org/), a 501c3 corporation located in Boulder, Colorado. ISSN 1530-5228. Articles are open access under a [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license; authors retain copyright. Indexed by [EBSCO](https://www.ebsco.com/). Listed with [Duotrope](https://duotrope.com/magazine/journal-cultural-religious-theory-20464?ref=lst-7vbKB-7r3u0g8&pc=L-7VBKB). 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