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Whitestone Foundation ### Get in touch The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (JCRT) is a publication of The Whitestone Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation registered in the state of Colorado. [Contact Us](/contact/) --- [Built with Eleventy](https://www.11ty.dev/) | Design: [HTML5 UP](https://html5up.net/) | Maintained by [Adam DJ Brett](https://adamdjbrett.com) | [Credits](/credits/) [Listed at Duotrope](https://duotrope.com/magazine/journal-cultural-religious-theory-20464?ref=lst-7vbKB-7r3u0g8&pc=L-7VBKB) JCRT The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory JCRT The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory # **Victor Taylor** ![Victor Taylor](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ## Independent Scholar Executive Editor 27 Posts | email --- ![A Conversation with Philip P. Arnold on the Urgency of Indigenous Values](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **A Conversation with Philip P. Arnold on the Urgency of Indigenous Values** [Learn More](/archives/23.2/arnold/) ![A Reflection on Charles H. Long: Resisting and Shortcircuiting the Discourses of Exclusion in the Theory and Practice of Administration.](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **A Reflection on Charles H. Long: Resisting and Shortcircuiting the Discourses of Exclusion in the Theory and Practice of Administration.** [Learn More](/archives/21.2/taylor/) ![Altizer and Derrida: Apocalyptic Spectralities](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Altizer and Derrida: Apocalyptic Spectralities** [Learn More](/archives/19.1/taylor/) ![Jesus‘ Spectral Intervention: Derrida, Christianity, And](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Jesus‘ Spectral Intervention: Derrida, Christianity, And** Jesus, who was concerned till manhood with his own personal development, was free from the contagious sickness of his age and his people; free from the inhibited inertia which expends its one activity on the common needs and conveniences of life; free too from the ambition and other desires whose satisfaction, once craved, would have compelled him to make terms with prejudice and vice. [Learn More](/archives/17.1/taylor/) ![An Interview with Henry Giroux](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **An Interview with Henry Giroux** [Learn More](/archives/16.1/interviewgiroux/) ![An Interview with Henry Giroux](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **An Interview with Henry Giroux** [Learn More](/archives/16.1/taylor_giroux/) ![The Cultural Un/life of Zombies](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Cultural Un/life of Zombies** [Learn More](/archives/13.2/taylorandweiss/) ![The Cultural UN/Life of Zombies.](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Cultural UN/Life of Zombies.** An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses reports within the issue including evolution of the zombie in mainstream and gay films, contrast between films [Learn More](/archives/13.2/weiss_taylor/) ![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/) ![Absolute Christ or ‘Wdcd?’: the Question of Christian Materiality in the Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Absolute Christ or ‘Wdcd?’: the Question of Christian Materiality in the Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic** [Learn More](/archives/11.2/taylor/) ![Minimal Difference with Maximal Import: ‘Deep Pragmatism’ and Global Religion: an Interview with Hent De Vries](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Minimal Difference with Maximal Import: ‘Deep Pragmatism’ and Global Religion: an Interview with Hent De Vries** [Learn More](/archives/11.3/de-vries/) ![A Conversation with Jean-Luc Marion](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **A Conversation with Jean-Luc Marion** This conversation with Jean-Luc Marion took place at The Johns Hopkins University Humanities Center in the Spring of 2005. The JCRT editors express their thanks to Hent de Vries for arranging the meeting and to Jean-Luc Marion for generously agreeing to join our conversation. [Learn More](/archives/07.2/taylor/) ![A Conversation with Richard Kearney](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **A Conversation with Richard Kearney** [Learn More](/archives/06.2/kearney-taylor/) ![A Conversation with Slavoj ŽIŽEk](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **A Conversation with Slavoj ŽIŽEk** [Learn More](/archives/07.1/taylor/) ![Theorizing Religion II](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Theorizing Religion II** [Learn More](/archives/06.3/taylor/) ![Divisible Derridas](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Divisible Derridas** [Learn More](/archives/06.1/taylor/) ![Theory Fever: Archivalism and the Future of Religious Studies](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Theory Fever: Archivalism and the Future of Religious Studies** [Learn More](/archives/05.2/taylor/) ![Refusing Theory: Avital Ronell and the Structure of Stupidity](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Refusing Theory: Avital Ronell and the Structure of Stupidity** [Learn More](/archives/04.2/taylor/) ![The Future of Theory](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Future of Theory** [Learn More](/archives/04.2/lambert-taylor.intro/) ![Desire and Mourning: Theology and the Literary Imagination](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Desire and Mourning: Theology and the Literary Imagination** [Learn More](/archives/03.2/taylor/) ![The City of K: Franz Kafka and Prague](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The City of K: Franz Kafka and Prague** [Learn More](/archives/03.3/taylor/) ![The Metaphysics of Indeterminacy: Postmodern Religious Theory and the Ruin of Referentiality](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Metaphysics of Indeterminacy: Postmodern Religious Theory and the Ruin of Referentiality** [Learn More](/archives/02.2/taylor/) ![The Division of Religion with Signs Following](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Division of Religion with Signs Following** [Learn More](/archives/01.2/taylor/) ![The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/charles-h-long.webp) ### **The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)** The following essay introduces the upcoming volume of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory featuring reflections on the work of renowned religious [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-legacy-of-charles-h-long-resisting-and-short-circuiting-the-discourses-of-exclusion-in-the-theory-and-practice-of-administration-victor-e-taylor/) ![Bernie Madoff University](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Bernie Madoff University** Victor Taylor satirizes the corporate university through Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, exposing a higher education model built on appearance, debt, and profit. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/bernie-madoff-university/) ![The Business of the Real and the Unreality of Business](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **The Business of the Real and the Unreality of Business** Victor Taylor examines corporate failure and the 2008 economic crisis, arguing that business models conceal the Real they claim to master through metrics. [Learn More](/religioustheory/live/the-business-of-the-real-and-the-unreality-of-business/) ![Catholics vs. the Catholic Hierarchy in the 2008 Election](/images/jcrt-open-graph.webp) ### **Catholics vs. the Catholic Hierarchy in the 2008 Election** Victor Taylor examines Catholic voters in Pennsylvania, abortion politics, and the Church hierarchy's influence on conscience in the 2008 presidential election. 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