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                ![Conference on Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy – Call for Papers and Presentations (Conferences)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2025/04/bundesarchiv_bild_183-1989-1106-405_plauen_demonstration_vor_dem_rathaus.webp)

### [Conference on Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy – Call for Papers and Presentations (Conferences)](/religioustheory/posts/conference-on-populism-nationalism-and-the-future-of-democracy-call-for-papers-and-presentations-conferences/)

April 18, 2025 — By editors

This call invites interdisciplinary papers on populism, nationalism, and democratic futures, outlining themes, participation details, and deadlines for

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                ![Religion and Bioethics (Conferencee)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/human_genome.webp)

### [Religion and Bioethics (Conferencee)](/religioustheory/posts/religion-and-bioethics-conferencee/)

December 18, 2024 — By editors

Sponsored by the The Whitestone Foundation dba The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in collaboration with the University of Denver It highlights

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                ![Religious Sacrificial Sympathy- How Man Became More Valuable Than Beast (Kev Grane)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2024/09/3725.webp)

### [Religious Sacrificial Sympathy- How Man Became More Valuable Than Beast (Kev Grane)](/religioustheory/posts/religious-sacrificial-sympathy-how-man-became-more-valuable-than-beast-kev-grane/)

March 15, 2024 — By Kev Grane

The religious attitude of the West today demonstrates a consumerist ethos that would have been deeply foreign to the religious discourse of old It highlights

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                ![The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/12/img_1693.webp)

### [The Sacred As Bordering Practice, Part 2 (Anna-Maria Edlinger)](/religioustheory/posts/the-sacred-as-bordering-practice-part-2-anna-maria-edlinger/)

November 13, 2023 — By Anna-Maria Edlinger

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first portion can be found here. It was originally published in issue 22.1 of the Journal for Cultural and

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                ![The Religious Roots of Environmental Justice – An Online Conference](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/07/ta_prohm_iii.webp)

### [The Religious Roots of Environmental Justice – An Online Conference](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-roots-of-environmental-justice-an-online-conference/)

September 15, 2023 — By editors

Catherine Keller practices theology as a relation between ancient hints of ultimacy and current matters of urgency. As the George T As the George T. It

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                ![The Religious Roots Of Environmental Justice – Call For Papers Or Presentations (Conference)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2023/07/ta_prohm_iii.webp)

### [The Religious Roots Of Environmental Justice – Call For Papers Or Presentations (Conference)](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-roots-of-environmental-justice-call-for-papers-or-presentations-conference/)

July 13, 2023 — By editors

Where: Online (Zoom) – Registration Required Submission deadline for proposals: Friday, September 15, 2023 It highlights key arguments and implications

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                ![Embodiment – A Conference On The Crisis In Contemporary Theory And The Humanities (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/08/img_0123-2.webp)

### [Embodiment – A Conference On The Crisis In Contemporary Theory And The Humanities (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/embodiment-a-conference-on-the-crisis-in-contemporary-theory-and-the-humanities-announcement/)

August 25, 2022 — By editors

You must register in advance (see below) whereupon you will automatically receive a participation link. If you are having trouble, please email us It highlights

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                ![Critical Conversations – A Conversation With Arthur Bradley On Sovereignty, Part 2](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/aboriginal_sovereignty_-_panoramio.webp)

### [Critical Conversations – A Conversation With Arthur Bradley On Sovereignty, Part 2](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-a-conversation-with-arthur-bradley-on-sovereignty-part-2/)

June 9, 2022 — By editors

The following is the second part of a transcript of one of our ongoing “Critical Conversations” with distinguished British political philosopher Arthur Bradley

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                ![Critical Conversations – A Conversation With Arthur Bradley On Sovereignty, Part 1](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/06/leviathan_-_hobbes_leviathan_1651_title_page_-_bl.webp)

### [Critical Conversations – A Conversation With Arthur Bradley On Sovereignty, Part 1](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-a-conversation-with-arthur-bradley-on-sovereignty-part-1/)

May 27, 2022 — By editors

The following is the first part of a transcript of one of our ongoing “Critical Conversations” with distinguished British political philosopher Arthur Bradley

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                ![The Fracturing Of World Order – A Series of International and Interdisciplinary Online Mini-Conferences, Call For Papers And Presentations (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/03/crack-3364707_1280.webp)

### [The Fracturing Of World Order – A Series of International and Interdisciplinary Online Mini-Conferences, Call For Papers And Presentations (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/the-fracturing-of-world-order-a-series-of-international-and-interdisciplinary-online-mini-conferences-call-for-papers-and-presentations-announcement/)

March 10, 2022 — By editors

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory and The New Polis in collaboration with representatives of the University of Denver announces a call for papers

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                ![Critical Conversations – The Power Of “Political Erasure”, A Seminar With Arthur Bradley (Announcements)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/03/guernica-museum-sofia-queen-on-july-2018-rotated.webp)

### [Critical Conversations – The Power Of “Political Erasure”, A Seminar With Arthur Bradley (Announcements)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-the-power-of-political-erasure-a-seminar-with-arthur-bradley-announcements/)

March 2, 2022 — By editors

Sign up for this online seminar with distinguished British political philosopher Arthur Bradley on the compelling and most timely issue of “political erasure.“

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                ![Locating The Oceanic In Sylvia Wynter’s “Demonic Ground”, Part 3 (Justine M. Bakker)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/01/clouds_and_water_met_dp236116.webp)

### [Locating The Oceanic In Sylvia Wynter’s “Demonic Ground”, Part 3 (Justine M. Bakker)](/religioustheory/posts/locating-the-oceanic-in-sylvia-wynters-demonic-ground-part-3-justine-m-bakker/)

January 27, 2022 — By Justine M. Bakker

Part 3 concludes the series by synthesizing Wynter's oceanic analytics and drawing implications for contemporary religious theory, critique, and decolonial

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                ![Let’s Get Real About Race – Two Very Timely Upcoming Online Seminars (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/08/race.webp)

### [Let’s Get Real About Race – Two Very Timely Upcoming Online Seminars (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/lets-get-real-about-race-two-very-timely-upcoming-online-seminars-announcement/)

August 23, 2021 — By editors

It’s time to get real when we talk these days about race and racism. Ever since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the late spring of 2020 at the

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                ![Difficult Discussions – Christian Evangelicalism And Critical Race Theory (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/dd-l.webp)

### [Difficult Discussions – Christian Evangelicalism And Critical Race Theory (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/difficult-discussions-christian-evangelicalism-and-critical-race-theory-announcement/)

July 26, 2021 — By editors

When: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 10 am-12 pm (Mountain Daylight Time) Register for online seminar: It highlights key arguments and implications for

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                ![Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/06/the_kiss_klimt-1.webp)

### [Critical Conversations 10 – “Tenderness,” Or Putting Neoliberalism On The Analyst’s Couch (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-10-tenderness-or-putting-neoliberalism-on-the-analysts-couch-announcement/)

June 4, 2021 — By editors

When: Tuesday, June 29, 10am Mountain Standard Time How: Zoom. By Advance Registration. Please register at the following link below It highlights key arguments

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                ![Critical Conversations 9 – Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/05/aamidor-on-chuck-taylor-image-2.webp)

### [Critical Conversations 9 – Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-9-economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-announcement/)

April 19, 2021 — By editors

Participants are invited to join us live in the ninth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the

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                ![Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire – Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Conference Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/03/machu_picchu_peru.webp)

### [Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire – Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Conference Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-international-conference/)

March 22, 2021 — By editors

Sponsored by The New Polis, Whitestone Publications, and Metropolitan State University of Denver in collaboration with members of the Iliff School of Theology

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                ![Call For Presentations And Proposals – Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire, Or Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/01/1600px-machu_picchu_the_lost_city_of_the_inca_empire.webp)

### [Call For Presentations And Proposals – Decoloniality And Disintegration Of Western Cognitive Empire, Or Rethinking Sovereignty And Territoriality In The 21st Century (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/decoloniality-and-disintegration-of-western-cognitive-empire-rethinking-sovereignty-and-territoriality-in-the-21st-century-call-for-presentations-and-papers/)

January 13, 2021 — By editors

The New Polis in collaboration with the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (part of The Whitestone Foundation of publications) announces a webinar-based

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                ![Critical Conversations – “On Decoloniality” With Walter Mignolo (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/12/wmignolo.webp)

### [Critical Conversations – “On Decoloniality” With Walter Mignolo (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-on-decoloniality-with-walter-mignolo-announcement/)

December 29, 2020 — By editors

An earlier version of this posting had the date listed as “December,” which would imply the webinar had already occurred It highlights key arguments and

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                ![Critical Conversations – American Indian Worldview And The Twinned Cosmos Of Indigenous America (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/11/legend.webp)

### [Critical Conversations – American Indian Worldview And The Twinned Cosmos Of Indigenous America (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-american-indian-worldview-and-the-twinned-cosmos-of-indigenous-america-announcement/)

November 18, 2020 — By editors

Participants are invited to join us live in the fifth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the

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                ![Critical Conversations – 2020 And The Catastrophe Of The Global Neoliberal Order (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/11/crisis-city.webp)

### [Critical Conversations – 2020 And The Catastrophe Of The Global Neoliberal Order (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/critical-conversations-2020-and-the-catastrophe-of-the-global-neoliberal-order-announcement/)

November 3, 2020 — By editors

Participants are invited to join us live in the fourth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the

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                ![Critical Conversations -“Subjectivities Since The Sixties” (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/09/man-male-tshirt-fashion-1.webp)

### [Critical Conversations -“Subjectivities Since The Sixties” (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/3343/)

September 21, 2020 — By editors

Participants are invited to join us live in the second of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the

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                ![“The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Critical Conversations)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/09/geographica_restituta_per_globi_trientes_-_norman_b-_leventhal_map_center_at_the_bpl.webp)

### [“The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Critical Conversations)](/religioustheory/posts/the-end-of-cognitive-empire-critical-conversations/)

September 9, 2020 — By editors

The following is the video and transcript of the first of “Critical Conversations”, a monthly Zoom seminar with advance registration sponsored by The New Polis

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                ![The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 2 (W. Travis McMaken)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/08/img_5070-1.webp)

### [The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 2 (W. Travis McMaken)](/religioustheory/posts/the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-bonhoeffers-twofold-contextualism-in-adjudicating-competing-ethical-claims-part-2-w-travis-mcmaken/)

August 23, 2020 — By W. Travis Mcmaken

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. Reflecting on the development of Bonhoeffer’s ethical thought, Rasmussen notes

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                ![The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 1 (W. Travis McMaken)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/08/dietrich_bonhoeffer_und_wilhelm_rott_um_1938.webp)

### [The Ultimate And The Penultimate – Bonhoeffer’s Twofold Contextualism In Adjudicating Competing Ethical Claims, Part 1 (W. Travis McMaken)](/religioustheory/posts/the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-bonhoeffers-twofold-contextualism-in-adjudicating-competing-ethical-claims-part-1-w-travis-mcmaken/)

August 17, 2020 — By W. Travis Mcmaken

The following is the first of a two-part series. The life and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer quickly captured the imagination of theologians, clergy, and lay

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                ![Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/the_conquest_of_tenochtitlan.webp)

### [Critical Conversations – “The End Of Cognitive Empire” (Announcement)](/religioustheory/posts/3288/)

July 30, 2020 — By editors

“Critical Conversations” is an ongoing initiative of Whitestone Publications. The main sponsor of the current series is The New Polis It highlights key

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                ![“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. Willis, III)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/05/img_4260.webp)

### [“Naming The Darkness,” Spiritual Violence, And Radical Incompleteness – Resituating A Political Theology, Part 2 (James E. Willis, III)](/religioustheory/posts/naming-the-darkness-spiritual-violence-and-radical-incompleteness-resituating-a-political-theology-part-2-james-e-willis-iii/)

May 9, 2020 — By James E. Willis III

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. A philosophy of finite human time is one way to read Martin Hägglund’s recent

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                ![To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 2 (Matt Rosen)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/lacanja_burn_crop.webp)

### [To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 2 (Matt Rosen)](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-2-matt-rosen/)

January 21, 2020 — By 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

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                ![To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/01/zapatismo_picture_marcos.webp)

### [To Not Lose Sight Of The Good – Notes On The Zapatismo Ethic, Part 1 (Matt Rosen)](/religioustheory/posts/to-not-lose-sight-of-the-good-notes-on-the-zapatismo-ethic-part-1-matt-rosen/)

January 14, 2020 — By Matt Rosen

On the first of January 1994, as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army

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                ![Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/04/kirsh_1-071014.webp)

### [Call For Papers – Special Issue On Walter Benjamin And Religion](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-walter-benjamin-and-religion/)

April 30, 2019 — By editors

What does Walter Benjamin’s work suggest about religion and the methods of studying it? This special issue of The Journal for Cultural and Religious Studies

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                ![Re-Envisioning Religious Studies As A Global Discipline – A Pre-AAR Symposium](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/10/indigenous-peoples-4.webp)

### [Re-Envisioning Religious Studies As A Global Discipline – A Pre-AAR Symposium](/religioustheory/posts/re-envisioning-religious-studies-as-a-global-discipline-a-pre-aar-symposium/)

October 2, 2018 — By editors

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory and the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver in conjunction with its partner faculty

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                ![Announcing “The New Polis” – An E-Publication On Critical Theory, Cultural Analysis, And Political Thought](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/unnamed-14.webp)

### [Announcing “The New Polis” – An E-Publication On Critical Theory, Cultural Analysis, And Political Thought](/religioustheory/posts/announcing-the-new-polis-an-e-publication-on-critical-theory-cultural-analysis-and-political-thought/)

March 16, 2018 — By editors

The directors of The Whitestone Foundation, the Colorado-based 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that has published The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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                ![Call for Contributors – The Dialectic of Divine Presence and Absence](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/img_0554.webp)

### [Call for Contributors – The Dialectic of Divine Presence and Absence](/religioustheory/posts/the-dialectic-of-divine-presence-and-absence-call-for-contributors-to-special-issue/)

February 14, 2018 — By editors

Since the philosopher Nietzsche announced the “death of God” over a century ago, the specter of divine absence has hovered over Western civilization It

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                ![Looking For Reviewers](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/04/woman-face-in-shadow.webp)

### [Looking For Reviewers](/religioustheory/posts/new-book-titles-looking-for-reviewers/)

January 2, 2018 — By editors

We are looking for authors to review the a variety books in different topic areas related to religious and cultural theory It highlights key arguments

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                ![“Notations” – Call for Contributors](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/951986_stock-photo-music-notes-on-old-paper-sheet-to-use-for-the-background-2.webp)

### [“Notations” – Call for Contributors](/religioustheory/posts/notations-the-european-refugee-crisis-and-more/)

January 1, 2018 — By editors

In addition to reviews and commentaries, the new JCRT feature “religious theory” ([jcrt.org](https://jcrt.org)/religioustheory), updated regularly, will publish...

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                ![Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 2 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/images.webp)

### [Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 2 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](/religioustheory/posts/framing-religious-conflict-and-violence-insights-from-historical-institutionalism-part-2-vivek-swaroop-sharma/)

September 22, 2017 — By Vivek Swaroop Sharma

The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first installment can be found here. There are two important qualifications to the following

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                ![Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 1 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/09/7e40f143e74c385ee290c7e279d9897f.webp)

### [Framing Religious Conflict and Violence – Insights from Historical Institutionalism, Part 1 (Vivek Swaroop Sharma)](/religioustheory/posts/framing-religious-conflict-and-violence-insights-from-historical-institutionalism-part-1-vivek-swaroop-sharma/)

September 12, 2017 — By Vivek Swaroop Sharma

Killing hundreds of people in the name of “cow protection” would, at first glance, appear to be a headline drawn from a Monty Python skit It highlights

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                ![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)](/religioustheory/posts/the-kingdom-the-power-the-glory-and-the-tawdry-media-and-the-undoing-of-the-demos-part-1-carl-raschke/)

July 4, 2017 — By Carl A. Raschke

This article appears in three installments. It was originally a paper given at the international conference “The Crisis of Representation” at Melk Conference

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                ![Collective Desire and the Pathology of the Individual, Part 2 (Jodi Dean)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/10/proudhon-children.webp)

### [Collective Desire and the Pathology of the Individual, Part 2 (Jodi Dean)](/religioustheory/posts/collective-desire-and-the-pathology-of-the-individual-part-2-jodi-dean/)

October 19, 2016 — By Jodi Dean

The following is the second installment of a two-part series. The first installment was published on October 10 and can be accessed here It highlights

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                ![Collective Desire and the Pathology of the Individual, Part 1 (Jodi Dean)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/10/robotics.webp)

### [Collective Desire and the Pathology of the Individual, Part 1 (Jodi Dean)](/religioustheory/posts/collective-desire-and-the-pathology-of-the-individual-jodi-dean/)

October 10, 2016 — By Jodi Dean

An interesting strand of contemporary theory designates the specificity of capitalism with the qualifier “cognitive.” I do not write under this term, although I

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                ![Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/public-domain-images-free-stock-photos-wedding-dress-outdoors-green-grass-wisteria-vines.webp)

### [Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 2 (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-2-daniel-tutt/)

September 13, 2016 — By Daniel Tutt

The following is the second installment of a two-part article by Daniel Tutt entitled “Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology.” It has been

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                ![Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 1 (Daniel Tutt)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/09/muses.webp)

### [Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology, Part 1 (Daniel Tutt)](/religioustheory/posts/love-psychoanalysis-and-leftist-political-ontology-part-1-daniel-tutt/)

September 5, 2016 — By Daniel Tutt

The following is the first installment of a two-part article by Daniel Tutt entitled “Love, Psychoanalysis, and Leftist Political Ontology.” It has been

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                ![What Is A Dispositif? – Part 2 (Gregg Lambert)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/07/foucaults-pendulum.webp)

### [What Is A Dispositif? – Part 2 (Gregg Lambert)](/religioustheory/posts/what-is-a-dispositif-part-2/)

July 18, 2016 — By Gregg Lambert

The following article by internationally known theory scholar Gregg Lambert is the second of a two-part series. The first part was published on July 11, 2016

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### [What Is A Dispositif? – Part 1 (Gregg Lambert)](/religioustheory/posts/what-is-a-dispositif-part-1/)

July 11, 2016 — By Gregg Lambert

The following article by internationally known theory scholar Gregg Lambert is the first of a two-part series. The concept of “dispositif” is best known as a

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                ![Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology”, Part 3](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/05/brain-facs.webp)

### [Jesus’ Ghost – Derrida, Christianity, and “Hauntology”, Part 3](/religioustheory/posts/jesus-ghost-derrida-christianity-and-hauntology-part-3/)

May 14, 2016 — By editors

The following is Part 3 of a 3-part series by Victor Taylor on how one might reflect theologically on Jesus and the Christian message from a Derridean

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                ![Recovering the Unconscious – A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion – CFP](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/04/freud-and-clutter.webp)

### [Recovering the Unconscious – A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion – CFP](/religioustheory/posts/call-for-papers-and-presentation-recovering-the-unconcious-a-conference-on-the-intersection-of-psychoanalysis-with-politics-philosophy-and-religion/)

April 2, 2016 — By editors

A Conference on the Intersection of Psychoanalysis With Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Sponsored by the University of Denver and the Colorado Analytic Forum

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                ![Conferences and CFPs – Upcoming](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/william-pynchon.webp)

### [Conferences and CFPs – Upcoming](/religioustheory/posts/upcoming-conferences-call-for-papers/)

February 26, 2016 — By editors

Beyond Habermas? Critical Theory, Political Theology, and Interreligious Dialogue “Habermas’ postsecular perspective of socio-political integration has had a

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                ![Religious Theory – A New Review, Commentary, and Conversations Feature of JCRT](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2016/02/adam-1.webp)

### [Religious Theory – A New Review, Commentary, and Conversations Feature of JCRT](/religioustheory/posts/religious-theory-a-new-review-commentary-and-conversations-feature-of-jcrt/)

February 24, 2016 — By editors

Religious Theory is the new commentary, review, and conversation blog for The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory It highlights key arguments and

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