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What specifically sets horror apart from other genres such as fantasy and science [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-part-2-gavin-hurley/) ![Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 1 (Gavin Hurley)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/12/ossuary-bones.webp) ### [Horror Fiction And Catholic Theology – A Rhetorical Synthesis, Part 1 (Gavin Hurley)](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-gavin-hurley/) December 29, 2019 — By Gavin Hurley Catholic horror—horror fiction that integrates Catholic perspectives into the fiction itself—is often be seen by Catholics to be incompatible with the mission [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/horror-fiction-and-catholic-theology-a-rhetorical-synthesis-gavin-hurley/) ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/img_4233.webp) ### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 3 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl-2/) May 17, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here, the second one here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl It [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl-2/) ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 2 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/1920px-la_campina_romana1639_claude_lorrain.webp) ### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 2 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl/) May 7, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first one can be found here. Translated by Philipp Schlögl Translated by Philipp Schlögl. [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics-part-3-jakob-deibl/) ![From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/07/hoelderlin.webp) ### [From Kant to Hölderlin – Poetry And Religion In The Wake Of Philosophical Aesthetics, Part 1 (Jakob Deibl)](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics/) April 30, 2019 — By Jakob Deibl The following is the first installment of a three-part series. Translated by Philipp Schlögl. Friederich Hölderlin’s famous quote “Thus all Religion would be [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/from-kant-to-holderlin-poetry-and-religion-in-the-wake-of-philosophical-aesthetics/) ![The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part II (Oleg Komkov)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/11932077953_0f5e07d6f2_b.webp) ### [The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part II (Oleg Komkov)](/religioustheory/posts/the-vertical-form-iconological-dimension-in-20th-century-russian-religious-aesthetics-and-literary-criticism-part-ii-oleg-komkov/) March 31, 2018 — By Oleg Komkov The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. II. “Absolute Symbolism” of Christian Worldview: The Aesthetic [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-vertical-form-iconological-dimension-in-20th-century-russian-religious-aesthetics-and-literary-criticism-part-ii-oleg-komkov/) ![The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part I (Oleg Komkov)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/umberto_boccioni_1913_dynamism_of_a_cyclist_dinamismo_di_un_ciclista_oil_on_canvas_70_x_95_cm_gianni_mattioli_collection_on_long-term_loan_to_the_peggy_gugg.webp) ### [The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part I (Oleg Komkov)](/religioustheory/posts/the-vertical-form-iconological-dimension-in-20th-century-russian-religious-aesthetics-and-literary-criticism-part-i-oleg-komkov/) March 21, 2018 — By Oleg Komkov The following is the first part in a two-part installment. This article is an attempt to highlight and reflect on several interrelated issues that seem to be [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/the-vertical-form-iconological-dimension-in-20th-century-russian-religious-aesthetics-and-literary-criticism-part-i-oleg-komkov/) ![Prayer After the Death of God, Part II (Ashley [Gay] Graham)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/02/img_0502.webp) ### [Prayer After the Death of God, Part II (Ashley [Gay] Graham)](/religioustheory/posts/prayer-after-the-death-of-god-part-ii-ashley-gay-graham/) February 18, 2018 — By Ashley Graham The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. This abandonment is not a permanent void; rather, it demonstrates [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/prayer-after-the-death-of-god-part-ii-ashley-gay-graham/) ![Hegemony And Techno-Rationality – Toward An Aesthetic Soteriology (Mason Davis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/04/6222400489_896549e00e_o.webp) ### [Hegemony And Techno-Rationality – Toward An Aesthetic Soteriology (Mason Davis)](/religioustheory/posts/hegemony-and-techno-rationality-toward-an-aesthetic-soteriology-mason-davis/) April 18, 2017 — By Mason Davis To speak of aesthetics is not simply to consign art to its effects on sensibility, but to open up the configurations of experience that create new modalities of [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/hegemony-and-techno-rationality-toward-an-aesthetic-soteriology-mason-davis/) ![Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/transcendence.webp) ### [Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-2-agata-bielik-robson/) August 1, 2016 — By Agata Bielik-Robson The following is the second of a two-part series. The first segment was published on July 25, 2016 and can be accessed here It highlights key arguments [Learn More](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-2-agata-bielik-robson/) [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). Website © The Whitestone Foundation dba The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory 1999-2026. 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